HP-35S Discontinued?

[johnb]

(12-12-2022 11:09 AM)david sanz Wrote:  It is my understanding that these machines are widely used in certain exams in USA. Could that be the reason of rising prices?

My SWAG (Scientific Wild-A**ed Guess) is that it's more general than that: simple supply vs. demand. No more being made, so supplies are only what remains in stock in a dwindling number of vendors.

However, you might be right about the reason for the demand not decreasing at the same rate as the supply.

A tiny part of the remaining demand must be we collectors ourselves. I have one, but it's one of my daily drivers, and if I were serious about my collection maintaining a high market value, I'd have another that I'd kept pristine. Clearly there are some collectors who don't have one yet and feel they need one. Or need another!

But that can only be a tiny part.

Still, those exams have enough other calculators as options (and we who prefer RPN are a dwindling breed), so I'm not sure.

Wish I had some real data that quantifies things. (I'm still waiting to live in one of Isaac Asimov's worlds... or at least have the Enterprise's Library Computer. Google doesn't cut it for questions like this!)