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Re:Wisconsin couple has tens of old phones – and nobody to b... by steelbird on Saturday November 11, 2023 @12:28PM (#38232347)
They could lower their prices...
Re:Wisconsin couple has tens of old phones – and nobody to b... by floren on Saturday November 11, 2023 @12:30PM (#38232365)
Yeah I'm sympathetic but this feels like something you see over and over -- rather than adapt to reduced demand / value of your product by lowering prices, just throw your hands in the air and declare that you're stuck with this stuff forever.

See the perpetually for sale, perpetually overpriced cars of Craigslist.

Re:Wisconsin couple has tens of old phones – and nobody to b... by toyg on Saturday November 11, 2023 @12:55PM (#38232643)
"throwing your hands in the air" is a form of advertising. "Oh poor me, will anyone rid me of all this stock? I'm so desperate by now, I'm willing to sell it for the low low price of...".

They just had free advertising in a newspaper. That will likely help them move quite a bit of phones.

Re:Wisconsin couple has tens of old phones – and nobody to b... by euroderf on Saturday November 11, 2023 @12:58PM (#38232680)
> "throwing your hands in the air" is a form of advertising. "Oh poor me, will anyone rid me of all this stock? I'm so desperate by now, I'm willing to sell it for the low low price of..."

Crazy Eddie.

Re:Wisconsin couple has tens of old phones – and nobody to b... by ShadowBanThis01 on Saturday November 11, 2023 @12:34PM (#38232403)
Yep. I would consider driving up there to have a look and take a few off their hands... but at those prices, nope. They're going to have to blow these things out well under $100 each.
Re:Wisconsin couple has tens of old phones – and nobody to b... by dehrmann on Saturday November 11, 2023 @02:03PM (#38233382)
There's probably more supply than demand. The price will go down to the point of their warehouse costs and opportunity cost of running the business. It's a passion business, so low.