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Re:Intel Xeon 5150 is now $8 by neeee on Sunday April 28, 2013 @08:13AM (#5620950)
It doesn't look like a mistake if you see the pricing history. http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+5150+%40+...
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Re:Intel Xeon 5150 is now $8 by gus_massa on Sunday April 28, 2013 @08:34AM (#5621008)
Anyone knows why the price bounced from $99 to $770 in 2011?
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Re:Intel Xeon 5150 is now $8 by hmottestad on Sunday April 28, 2013 @08:43AM (#5621035)
It seems to use Newegg and Amazon as sources. A common trick is to just leave an item at high price when you don't have it in stock so no one would buy it. If someone did buy your item at that price you could cancel the transaction or go out of your way to get hold of the item.

So I guess at that point they were the only ones with the item "in stock".

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