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While it is healthy to maintain a skepticism about really inexpensive products, if you saw the actual landed cost on some of them, you'd realize how

Posted by crash davis (aka crash davis) Feb 9 '18, 09:23

much some retailers have been taking people for in certain market segments for years.

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If you have this information, you should share it on ST. I'd love to know this. -- nm - Mop Feb 9, 09:27 2
- I'll just say that when I worked for The Sharper Image, that one of our top sellers (for $30) cost $3.12 landed in the Los Angeles distribution center -- nm - crash davis Feb 9, 09:29 1
  - when I worked at best buy, we paid cost + 5% for everything. cables, remotes, accessories, etc were routinely 90% off for employees. -- nm - amanda Feb 9, 09:31
Sasquatch bait is actually only 2 cents a pound, not $20, you mean? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 9, 09:25 4
- Bachelor Chow should release a Sasquatch Bait cereal -- nm - Beryllium Feb 9, 09:26 3
  - what the heck is Bachelor Chow? -- nm - crash davis Feb 9, 09:26 2
    - Don't you watch Futurama??? -- nm - David Feb 9, 10:30
    - It's a joke from Futurama. Dogfood for men. -- nm* - Beryllium Feb 9, 09:27

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