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I'm sure they never used to be this expensive.
What sort of mark-up do the manufacturers make with prices like that?
Reg wrote:Just looked up a plain HP black cartridge on a "discount" site, and it was almost 49 quid!![]()
I'm sure they never used to be this expensive.
What sort of mark-up do the manufacturers make with prices like that?
subsub wrote:Reg wrote:Just looked up a plain HP black cartridge on a "discount" site, and it was almost 49 quid!![]()
I'm sure they never used to be this expensive.
What sort of mark-up do the manufacturers make with prices like that?
Quite a lot, I suspect.
Same with printers as it is with razors - the main bit is cheap, but the blades (ie the things you have to keep replacing) are a ripoff.
Reg wrote:subsub wrote:Reg wrote:Just looked up a plain HP black cartridge on a "discount" site, and it was almost 49 quid!![]()
I'm sure they never used to be this expensive.
What sort of mark-up do the manufacturers make with prices like that?
Quite a lot, I suspect.
Same with printers as it is with razors - the main bit is cheap, but the blades (ie the things you have to keep replacing) are a ripoff.
Yeah, When I googled it, someone was actually saying there is a business model based on razors.
Still don’t really understand how they can get away with such insane prices.
Basualdo wrote:The razor cartel is under a bit of pressure from these 'shave club' things. In fact at least one of "big razor" has started it's own one in the States. Plus Gillette shat the bed with their now infamous recent ad campaign which made a lot of men say "fuck them" and sign up for clubs.
Reg wrote:Just looked up a plain HP black cartridge on a "discount" site, and it was almost 49 quid!![]()
I'm sure they never used to be this expensive.
What sort of mark-up do the manufacturers make with prices like that?
Vespa wrote:Basualdo wrote:The razor cartel is under a bit of pressure from these 'shave club' things. In fact at least one of "big razor" has started it's own one in the States. Plus Gillette shat the bed with their now infamous recent ad campaign which made a lot of men say "fuck them" and sign up for clubs.
They bought the shave clubs.
Wilkinson Sword bought Harry's for $1.4bn.
Basualdo wrote:Vespa wrote:Basualdo wrote:The razor cartel is under a bit of pressure from these 'shave club' things. In fact at least one of "big razor" has started it's own one in the States. Plus Gillette shat the bed with their now infamous recent ad campaign which made a lot of men say "fuck them" and sign up for clubs.
They bought the shave clubs.
Wilkinson Sword bought Harry's for $1.4bn.
That's what I was thinking of! Thanks.
Christ, $1.4bn is a fucking lot to pay for something thats not hurting them.
Basualdo wrote:The razor cartel is under a bit of pressure from these 'shave club' things. In fact at least one of "big razor" has started it's own one in the States. Plus Gillette shat the bed with their now infamous recent ad campaign which made a lot of men say "fuck them" and sign up for clubs.
Basualdo wrote:Hey 'Reg's Cartridge Club' or 'The Holmesdale Ink Society'. Jesus Reg, there's a thing that might actually work!
I want 10%....& none of your Hollywood accounting practices either, bucko. I know people called Knuckles and Big Jim.