>Aside from spare parts I think that destruction of unsold
>merchandise is pretty routine in industrial societies. The
>discontinued stuff is competition for the new model.
Which industrial society would that be? Certainly not the one
in which I live. Automakers do not destroy inventory, they
reduce the price to get rid of it. I've never read a story
concerning quantities of washing machines or other applicances
being destroyed. In every company I've worked - and I've
worked for quite a few - I've never heard of inventory being
destroyed in the manner you describe. I have heard of companies
selling old products to a distributor, however.
>Destruction of spare parts has the same effect. If you make
>fairly reliable equipment the few customers who are really
>ticked by not being able to fix the old stuff are far outnumbered
>by the ones who replace it because they want the latest.
Or to state it from a different point of view, customers who
wish to buy the latest technology will do so. However, to
alienate existing customers is contrary to long-term corporate
survival.
Pete
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