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To: Ed Forrest who wrote (16431)	2/18/2001 2:04:30 AM
From: shadowman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110631

Ed, I think what you say is generally true. But in a lot of major purchase sectors (autos...real estate...food), I don't really see it. Auto (new) and home prices have usually gone up and the consumer can normally count on it. But computer hardware and software seem uniquely weird, in that the rate and amount at which they drop is particularly inhibiting to the potential buyer. Plus the actual perceived gain from the purchase seems relatively nebulous. If I were to buy a house for example, things such as neighborhood, square footage, extra bathroom, can be reasonably weighed. A larger hard drive...some more MHz....a faster CD Rom....a new piece of software, seems much more ephemeral :) Add to that the probability that what I'm thinking about buying will (might) be cheaper next week...??? I don't know, I can't think of another major consumer product area that has the same yin/yang dynamic?