(keitai-l) Re: De-subsidising of handsets?

From: Gary James <gary.james_at_lincmedia.co.jp>
Date: 08/07/01
Message-ID: <3B6FA8D0.448DE274@lincmedia.co.jp>
I've seen this happen too.  Shops sometimes have special offers that
usually only last for a limited time.  I guess if a clothes shop can
have a sale, a keitai shop can too!


> >Only a week before I had been to the market when I had seen
> >the signs of N503i at 15000 yen and P503is at 8000 yen.
> >
> >When I went there back yesterday, the earlier prices had been
> >striked off and they are again at 22000 and 18000 respectively.
> >
> >Any explanation as to why the reduction was backtracked?
> >
> >The shop owner in a regular Japanese fashion just said that
> >from now on these are the rates and did not elaborate further.
>
> Interesting.
>
> May it be the Japanese cellular market is maturing ?!
>
> Can anybody confirm that this is happening in all outlets (supposedly) and
> with all or most models?
>
--
Gary James
Project Leader (Theta Team)
Layer-8 Technologies, LINC Media Group




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Received on Tue Aug 7 11:27:02 2001