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oliver1948uk · 03-04-2011, 13:37

What I write is pure speculation (as indeed is what just about everybody else writes in this thread).

We are told 50 thousand or so people have expressed an interest in Tivo. But perhaps VM have initially only ordered 10 thousand boxes. As a business, they would be foolish not to get as much as they can for these boxes (especially after the publicity stunt of giving away so many).

Thus a sensible firm will try to price it so that the number of genuine customers having Tivo matches the number they have available. On the thread asking for people to vote in the light of the recent email, approximately one-fifth (at the time of writing) say they will go ahead with Tivo. One-fifth of 50000 is 10000.

I have taken these figures from the top of my head, but any decent business would surely be working along those lines. They are a business, not a charity.

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oliver1948uk cf.geek Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Mansfield Woodhouse NG19 Services: VM Mix TV, 200 internet, basic house phone. Also Virgin mobile phone Posts: 541	Re: TiVo What I write is pure speculation (as indeed is what just about everybody else writes in this thread). We are told 50 thousand or so people have expressed an interest in Tivo. But perhaps VM have initially only ordered 10 thousand boxes. As a business, they would be foolish not to get as much as they can for these boxes (especially after the publicity stunt of giving away so many). Thus a sensible firm will try to price it so that the number of genuine customers having Tivo matches the number they have available. On the thread asking for people to vote in the light of the recent email, approximately one-fifth (at the time of writing) say they will go ahead with Tivo. One-fifth of 50000 is 10000. I have taken these figures from the top of my head, but any decent business would surely be working along those lines. They are a business, not a charity.