Chris,

Or, Theory 1 + Theory 2! That has my vote.

Richard

At 04:59 PM 12/12/01 +1300, you wrote:
>Hi Steve,
>
>dont forget that for some of these suppliers part of their business is
>to refurbish used machines and then offer them as a cheaper alternative
>for companies that cant afford to buy new.
>
>If suppliers are buying all of the old machines to force people to buy
>new, then they would have to make enough profit on the new machine to
>offset the costs of buying the old ones, which might be pretty difficult
>to do in today's competitive environment.  Mind you, if they got the old
>equipment cheaply enough, then maybe it's worth it.
>
>Two other theories are 1)  More people want to buy second hand due to
>cash constraints so the OEMs want to get more into this market, or 2)
>The OEMs are trying to temporarily take these machines off the market so
>that they get some work for their factories and dont have to shut them
>down.  If they believe the financial anaylsts then the US economy will
>bounce back next year, and they can release the old equipment then.
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Chris Murphy

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