soulxtc
September 2nd, 2006, 07:54 AM
Office Depot will sell a Hewlett-Packard desktop PC complete with a CRT monitor and printer for $99. The bundle, which typically sells for $429, involves a $100 in-store instant rebate and four mail-in coupons.
The offer is good from Sept. 3 through 9.
Still, you have to have the machine shipped, and shipping comes to $99.
On the flip side, consumers don't need to sign up for new Internet service as part of the deal. Other companies and stores have offered $99 computers before, but these deals often required consumers to buy a year's worth of AOL dial-up service or open an account with some other Internet service provider.
Do customers come out for these deals? Yes. In December 2005, CompUSA offered a $149 Toshiba laptop and a $99 Compaq desktop after discounts. The retailer sold 7,500 of the notebooks in two hours, or 2.5 notebooks a minute. (To get these deals, consumers had to subscribe to AOL for a year.)
http://news.com.com/Office+Depot+to+offer+99+PC+with+99+shipping/2100-1041_3-6111924.html?tag=nefd.top
The offer is good from Sept. 3 through 9.
Still, you have to have the machine shipped, and shipping comes to $99.
On the flip side, consumers don't need to sign up for new Internet service as part of the deal. Other companies and stores have offered $99 computers before, but these deals often required consumers to buy a year's worth of AOL dial-up service or open an account with some other Internet service provider.
Do customers come out for these deals? Yes. In December 2005, CompUSA offered a $149 Toshiba laptop and a $99 Compaq desktop after discounts. The retailer sold 7,500 of the notebooks in two hours, or 2.5 notebooks a minute. (To get these deals, consumers had to subscribe to AOL for a year.)
http://news.com.com/Office+Depot+to+offer+99+PC+with+99+shipping/2100-1041_3-6111924.html?tag=nefd.top