€121,000 YOGA Book Android is 'priced right' says Lenovo
(2021/02/19)
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- News link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2021/02/19/lenovo_the_121000_yoga_book/
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Laptops aren't quite as rare as hen's teeth or rocking horse shit but massive demand means inventories for all vendors are low, and clearly the laws of supply and demand are leading some to raise prices.
Though Lenovo, which admitted recently that its [1]distributors' stock of computers was at a record low , is taking things to the extreme with its YOGA Book Android, which was being sold online today for an eye-watering [2]€120,998.79 .
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The device, which Lenovo boasts via its web shop is "Priced right" for the "The Ultimate On-the-Go Creativity tablet," has nonetheless sold out. This might show the seemingly insatiable appetite for all things PC in these coronavirus-ravaged times, when people in lockdown are working, studying and playing from the confines of the family prison cell home.
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A Reg reader who highlighted the exploitation asked whether Lenovo's pricey tab was "gold plated" and "diamond encrusted". Nope.
The YOGA device makes even Apple's wheel kit for the Mac Pro, [6]priced at $699 , look competitive but at least it is way cheaper than Dell's Precision 7720, seen selling online for a little more than [7]£7m back in 2019 before the supply problems began.
Tech vendors, eh? If they can get away with it they will. It's not just the PC makers who are happy to fill their boots when the opportunity arises. Cloud was initially sold as being a cheaper way for customers to run their business but costs can soon mount up as more workloads migrate from on-prem.
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One AWS customer contacted us in 2017 to reveal his [9]monhly bill for using Lightsail had risen to $46bn , which even by Amazon's track record seemed a bit steep. The company didn't ever get back to us so we never discovered the reason. Perhaps it was a mistake. ®
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[1] https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/03/lenovo_on_pcs/
[2] https://www.lenovo.com/ie/en/deals-and-coupons/tablet-deals/
[3] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_personal_tech/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2YC-upZT9sUb-IyS5roLuZAAAAFM&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0
[4] https://regmedia.co.uk/2021/02/19/yoga_expensive.jpg
[5] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_personal_tech/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=3&c=33YC-upZT9sUb-IyS5roLuZAAAAFM&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[6] https://www.theregister.com/2020/04/16/apple_mac_pro_699_dollar_wheels/
[7] https://www.theregister.com/2019/01/09/dell_7_million_pound_laptop/
[8] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_personal_tech/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44YC-upZT9sUb-IyS5roLuZAAAAFM&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[9] https://www.theregister.com/2017/11/07/aws_lightsail_overcharge_error/
[10] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
Though Lenovo, which admitted recently that its [1]distributors' stock of computers was at a record low , is taking things to the extreme with its YOGA Book Android, which was being sold online today for an eye-watering [2]€120,998.79 .
[3]
The device, which Lenovo boasts via its web shop is "Priced right" for the "The Ultimate On-the-Go Creativity tablet," has nonetheless sold out. This might show the seemingly insatiable appetite for all things PC in these coronavirus-ravaged times, when people in lockdown are working, studying and playing from the confines of the family prison cell home.
[4]
Click to enlarge
[5]
A Reg reader who highlighted the exploitation asked whether Lenovo's pricey tab was "gold plated" and "diamond encrusted". Nope.
The YOGA device makes even Apple's wheel kit for the Mac Pro, [6]priced at $699 , look competitive but at least it is way cheaper than Dell's Precision 7720, seen selling online for a little more than [7]£7m back in 2019 before the supply problems began.
Tech vendors, eh? If they can get away with it they will. It's not just the PC makers who are happy to fill their boots when the opportunity arises. Cloud was initially sold as being a cheaper way for customers to run their business but costs can soon mount up as more workloads migrate from on-prem.
[8]
One AWS customer contacted us in 2017 to reveal his [9]monhly bill for using Lightsail had risen to $46bn , which even by Amazon's track record seemed a bit steep. The company didn't ever get back to us so we never discovered the reason. Perhaps it was a mistake. ®
Get our [10]Tech Resources
[1] https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/03/lenovo_on_pcs/
[2] https://www.lenovo.com/ie/en/deals-and-coupons/tablet-deals/
[3] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_personal_tech/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2YC-upZT9sUb-IyS5roLuZAAAAFM&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0
[4] https://regmedia.co.uk/2021/02/19/yoga_expensive.jpg
[5] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_personal_tech/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=3&c=33YC-upZT9sUb-IyS5roLuZAAAAFM&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[6] https://www.theregister.com/2020/04/16/apple_mac_pro_699_dollar_wheels/
[7] https://www.theregister.com/2019/01/09/dell_7_million_pound_laptop/
[8] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_personal_tech/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44YC-upZT9sUb-IyS5roLuZAAAAFM&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[9] https://www.theregister.com/2017/11/07/aws_lightsail_overcharge_error/
[10] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
Re: Out of stock or sold out?
Ben Tasker
Yours is more likely, but the other thing that sometimes causes this is surge pricing algorithms.
The idea being that the algo increases price a bit in line with demand/stock-levels and/or competitors (if they've all raised prices, then you can probably afford to too). But then, just occasionally, they drop a nut and start setting some insane prices.
Surge price screwups were fairly common on Amazon's marketplace at one point.
Out of stock or sold out?
I've seen this kind of thing elsewhere. It's is more likely a dummy price for unavailable items (usually a tester's default value). Out of stock probably really means no longer sold.
I'd be amazed if I were found to be wrong on this.