Thousands of Hi-Tech

    Thousands of hi-tech
    Belarusians spend more and more money on IT products.
    If you think that your computer for $ 1000, an active stereo pair for $ 300 and a TV for $ 500 is the limit of perfection, then you are seriously mistaken. The managers of the computer shops told how very rich people are fond of and how much they spend on it.

    The Belarusian business elite, according to sellers, prefers not to shine, and therefore often prefers new products and exclusive solutions from IT companies to expensive jewelry and world-famous couturier clothes. Firstly, expensive technological toys “do not so clearly indicate wealth as jewelry”, and secondly, “besides show off, there is real pleasure from them.” According to an employee of one of the capital's stores, Andrei, once a retired Air Force pilot came to them. He said that of all computer games, he only likes the IL-2 Sturmovik, because it is very similar to reality. And he ordered a system unit, an expensive joystick for $ 300, and four monitors. And the video card, which is installed immediately in two slots, was specially brought from Moscow within two weeks - they were not even sold with us. In general, the computer cost the colonel $ 4000. “When we asked why we needed four monitors,” Andrei continues, “he shrugged smugly:” I will put two monitors in the center and one at the corners. And then I’ll put in the game a view from the cockpit, I want to look on the left side, I just turn my head to the left, I want the right - to the right. And no extra keystrokes on the keyboard. Conveniently!".
    According to the assurances of other sellers, Belarusians began to relate differently to the installation of home theaters. The head of a large wholesale company, Vladimir says that “projectors from Epson and plasma panels (mostly from Panasonic) have finally begun to be sold. At the same time, the dealer notes, there is no demand for middle-class models: “We either get the cheapest projectors for $ 900 and plasma TVs up to $ 2000 for the last money, or the most expensive ones for $ 5000. Buyers of the latter, the price, as a rule, is not of interest at all. Such people simply come and say: “The best, but the price does not interest!”. Another curious tendency: “This year was the first when our people were seriously interested in LCD TVs. Each store stably sells 2-3 pcs. per month ”- the seller rejoices at the security of Belarusians. Now, on the eve of the Christmas holidays, their sales particularly jumped. In addition to a good large screen, wealthy Belarusians began to buy very expensive speakers. “The builder somehow came to us for an uninterruptible power supply and took the most expensive one - for $ 200,” manager Dmitry says. “He needs him only to protect his speakers from our unreliable electric networks, which he bought for $ 8000. At the same time, he put as much into the walls in the room - so that the sound did not resonate. Together with a TV for $ 4000, half of the apartment comes out! And all this is located in a separate room of 28 square meters, especially for watching movies! ” “The builder somehow came to us for an uninterruptible power supply and took the most expensive one - for $ 200,” manager Dmitry says. “He needs him only to protect his speakers from our unreliable electric networks, which he bought for $ 8000. At the same time, he put as much into the walls in the room - so that the sound did not resonate. Together with a TV for $ 4000, half of the apartment comes out! And all this is located in a separate room of 28 square meters, especially for watching movies! ” “The builder somehow came to us for an uninterruptible power supply and took the most expensive one - for $ 200,” manager Dmitry says. “He needs him only to protect his speakers from our unreliable electric networks, which he bought for $ 8000. At the same time, he put as much into the walls in the room - so that the sound did not resonate. Together with a TV for $ 4000, half of the apartment comes out! And all this is located in a separate room of 28 square meters, especially for watching movies! ”
    And yet, according to managers, the main “show off” among businessmen is considered an expensive laptop, along with the most “sophisticated” PDA / Communicator. “When we put a Fujitsu-Siemens laptop worth BR11 million excluding VAT, we were sure that it would remain our decoration for the next year,” Dmitry continues, “but then one casino owner looked at us and was not embarrassed for a second asked to pack. " It also became fashionable for Belarusians to use Apple's Macintosh computers: they look stunning, and their owner emphasizes once again that he is not “like everyone else”. Although the price of this "show off" is not so big - from $ 1000 to $ 3000 - you can always "sketch" in front of friends.
    Rich people do not skimp on gifts to godmothers: “We have a client to whom we supply equipment for work. He is engaged in real estate. He comes one day and says: “I have two children, I need two computers today. I told him: wait until Monday, cheap components will arrive, otherwise they have already sold everything out. ” He shrugs: “Collect from that which is. As a result, each computer cost him Br4 million. He paid off right there, loaded the systems into the car and went away. ”
    A sales clerk in one of the mobile phone salons was struck by a priest-client: “He came to us for a Nokia 8800 smartphone worth $ 1300 - as it turned out, his son. He turned and pulled out a gold trim from under his Vertu cassock! As far as I know, even most major businessmen do not have such phones. So now I don’t have stereotypes about earnings from the clergy! ”.

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