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Re: The $25,000 PDF at Amazon

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Post by gee_totes » Thu, Jul 19, 2012, 6:50 PM UTC

aqme28 wrote: post #36

pavel_lishin wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Googling around has led me to http://120293-0001revkmicrosemiconductor.blogspot.com/ , which greatly puzzles me.

Guessing it's an affiliate marketing scheme. Some guy made a bot that generates blogspot blogs that refer to various Amazon products. When you click on any of those Amazon links they'll use his affiliate id.

Actually it's not an affiliate bot. Whatever a microsemiconductor is, it costs 10 million dollars:

http://store.americanmicrosemiconductor.com/120293-0001revk....

I also enjoy the negative 9 million dollar discount you get.

Does anyone know what a microsemiconductor does?

Re: The $25,000 PDF at Amazon

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Post by madmax108 » Thu, Jul 19, 2012, 6:58 PM UTC

motoford wrote: post #22

motoford wrote: post #17

Here is what I get in my "Customers who viewed this also viewed" list: 120293-0001REVK: $10mil (various electronic components?) Zenith Men's Extreme Tourbillion watch: 90k 6-in-1 keychain multitool: $9.95 Dating for Dummies: $14.95 Giant inflatable human hamster ball: $1,699.99 Tactical Bleeding Zombie Target: $94.59 I assume you guys are responsible for these?

I just noticed those jerks at American Semiconductor are charging ten dollars shipping for the $10,000,000.00 part. What a rip!

Haha... that's a dealbreaker right? Give me free shipping and I'll buy it before you can say 'semiconductor'! :P

EDIT: Review of the microsemiconductor: "Sure, the price looks okay for a microsemiconductor. However, for only 6.3 million dollars more, I was able to purchase a macro whole conductor, Sir Simon Rattle of the Berlin Philharmonic." ROFL

Re: The $25,000 PDF at Amazon

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Post by hkmurakami » Thu, Jul 19, 2012, 9:51 PM UTC

tptacek wrote: post #5

Subtext, for those of you who don't know how analyst firms work: Vendors subscribe to these things, or buy reports for their field, in order to get access to analysts. Access to analysts ensures that they themselves will appear in these reports.

Not only does it ensure appearance in these reports, access to analysts also gives a firm the ability to influence the report itself through "its market expertise" and whatnot. It's actually not entirely a bad thing for this to happen, since the companies in the industry actually do have better ground level knowledge about the details and direction of the industry.

As with many things, balance is of the essence. :)