OK that’s fine but then WTF are they a gazillion dollars?
The hysteria here in the US among corporations is a one dollar raise across the board equals a quadrillion dollars in hits to earnings.
#### em. Hit em with a tariff to sell them here.
I don’t give a #### what the different cost of living is.
Sounds like FR is swinging back to “free market at any cost” thinking.
That was quick.
The sad part is Trump would flip about this so why did those who this bothers so much, it being reported, vote or him?
[OK that’s fine but then WTF are they a gazillion dollars?]
You’re paying for the very expensive miniature parts, which cost a lot because the very expensive machinery required to churn them out has to be paid for. However, once the now cutting edge machinery becomes common as dirt 10 years from now, current day models might be $20 a pop. But we’ll have moved on to the latest and greatest. I once remarked that LCD TV’s, which used to cost thousands for a 32” model, vs ~$400 for a 27” Sony tube TV, should eventually become far cheaper than tube TV’s for the same size, once the capital equipment for making LCD TV parts became commonplace. That’s because the tube TV had 60 lbs of materials in it vs the LCD’s 15 lbs.