Cheaper, new PCs benefit everyone, right? Very wrong. The surge in the tablet market has caused the PC market to weaken, affecting original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) like Dell.
Major OEMs are being forced to cut operating margins to trigger sales in a weak PC market. This quarter alone, Dell reported a 71 percent decline in quarterly gross profits due to rising tablet sales.
Refurbished PCs and other soon to be outdated electronics have been put on the back burner in stores, with OEMs flooding the market with new, yet comparably cheap, models.
While refurbished electronics are the environmentally friendly option for buying PCs, they seem to no longer be the cheapest choice.
Refurbished electronics retailers continue to battle competition in weakening markets to provide consumers an environmentally sound option when buying PCs.
We can either rejuvenate the PC market by utilizing these tactics accept that tablets are on top, for now, and wait for the next trend in the mobile market.
Shop refurbished and save your green.
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