Dell increases UK pricing by 10 per cent due to GBP decline

[kalniel]

Well someone mentioned if food prices go up....then we can always be more selective and eat less and maybe we wont continue to be nation of fatties. Anyway I thought the EU paid some farmers not to grow certain crops because of creating food mountains, well that would change as you can see fields unused.

Sadly the inverse is likely to happen - if food is expensive then people are more likely to head to cheap, highly processed and long-shelf life type stuff instead of going for fresh/sustainably grown produce. Lack of wider oversight as a bad thing as well - we should be working with our geographical neighbours to produce the right food in the right places.

[realstock]

Do people still buy crappy DELL PC's?

My thoughts exactly, they penetrate the enterprise environments mainly. So how will if effect me.... well it won't affect me at all. The only thing this serves to potential business customers that were on the fence while buying PC/Servers etc, will now look for a cheaper alternative.

[excalibur2]

Sadly the inverse is likely to happen - if food is expensive then people are more likely to head to cheap, highly processed and long-shelf life type stuff instead of going for fresh/sustainably grown produce. Lack of wider oversight as a bad thing as well - we should be working with our geographical neighbours to produce the right food in the right places.

Well surely home produced food won't go up in price e.g. Cheese, butter, milk, eggs, bread (if we don't import the wheat) apples, chicken and so on....Oh wait due to the lower £ Norway might increase the price of gas and IIRC don't the French supply electricity at times, erm then there is petrol|diesel

[Corky34]

My thoughts exactly, they penetrate the enterprise environments mainly. So how will if effect me.... well it won't affect me at all.

I guess if you have no dealings with any company that has an IT budget it won't, if cost in enterprise environments go up ultimately those costs get passed on to their customers.

[DanceswithUnix]

Well surely home produced food won't go up in price e.g. Cheese, butter, milk, eggs, bread (if we don't import the wheat) apples, chicken and so on....Oh wait due to the lower £ Norway might increase the price of gas and IIRC don't the French supply electricity at times, erm then there is petrol|diesel

There was always a strong case for energy independence. A push for renewable energy and electric vehicles could be timely, and give the country exportable expertise.

I guess if you have no dealings with any company that has an IT budget it won't, if cost in enterprise environments go up ultimately those costs get passed on to their customers.

And into employee pay rises as cost savings.

[realstock]

I guess if you have no dealings with any company that has an IT budget it won't, if cost in enterprise environments go up ultimately those costs get passed on to their customers.

Luckily i don't deal with budgets or sales, any of our customers that use currently use Dell, go direct to Dell because we cannot compete with their prices as a partner, it has been like this for a while now.
All this means is that customers are likely to look for cheaper alternatives, which may push more business our way, although it won't be that profitable for the tin, but once they are on the phone we can up-sell other things.