cctech Digest, Vol 21, Issue 5

[Barry Watzman]

Re:

It's another triumph of crapitalism ...

I really don't understand how they can manufacture these, ship them
across the ocean to a distributor, the distributor ships them to a
dealer, and the dealer sells them to me for $10, and someone makes
a profit at each step.  Making a floppy drive (even not a very good
one) still requires some precision manufacturing.  If all they had to
do was pick them up off the ground (like a rock), put it in a box, ship
it across the ocean, to the distributor, to the dealer, and finally to
me, I'd have expected to have to pay more than $10 for it.

......

It's only by the virtues of "capitalism" that you can buy a working floppy
drive for $10.