[Mitche01]

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Dell-L...ews-32990.html

I bet Dell has had an argument with one of the companies about supply to dell and now has taken the huff!

 

[DuckieHo]

....again!?!?!?!?!

The monitor companies already got fined for price fixes 1-2 years ago...
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10095219-92.html

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November 12, 2008 11:25 AM PST LG Display, Sharp, and Chunghwa Picture Tubes agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges for participating in a liquid crystal display price-fixing conspiracy and pay $585 million in fines, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday. The three companies worked in concert to set prices on thin-film transistor LCDs, which are used in computer monitors, notebooks, televisions, mobile phones, and various electronics, according to the antitrust unit of the Justice Department. Apple, Dell, and Motorola were among the companies affected by the price fixing, antitrust regulators said.

 

[Urufu_Shinjiro]

Good, maybe IPS panels will start coming down in price...

 

[Jarhead]

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Originally Posted by Urufu_Shinjiro Good, maybe IPS panels will start coming down in price...

Doubtful. I mean after all they have another lawsuit they have to pay for.

 

[Mitche01]

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Originally Posted by Jarhead Doubtful. I mean after all they have another lawsuit they have to pay for.

True in which case prices will go up!

 

[Urufu_Shinjiro]

Ah, but the accusation is price fixing, which means the prices are artificially inflated right now and they will be forced to stop that.

 

[Sm0keydaBear]

Why can't they do this to gas companies?

 

[Mitche01]

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Originally Posted by Sm0keydaBear Why can't they do this to gas companies?

Why would Dell sue gas companies?

Electricity companies would be better as then we could not worry about the cost of running 1000W PSUs to cope with GTX480 in SLI!

 

[DuckieHo]

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Originally Posted by Sm0keydaBear Why can't they do this to gas companies?

Keep it on topic.

 

[supaspoon]

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Originally Posted by DuckieHo ....again!?!?!?!?! The monitor companies already got fined for price fixes 1-2 years ago..

Cheat->make billions->get fined 500m=.5billions profit? If that's the best punishment to be expected I'd still be doing it too.

 

[Licht]

What is it with these monitor companys? They already got busted once, you think they wouldn't like the fines and would stop. Hopefully they get kicked to the curb again. This time they will really feel it, given the economic heat.