economy of scale

Sep 27, 2022 Last reply: 3 years ago 3 Replies

Walmart sells a head mount mini-light, $1. Low power, but useful.



Powered by two 2032 batteries. Those are sold in a two pack, $4



Trader Joe's stocks kelp in single bags, 0.4 oz, $1 The same product is offered in bulk, 6 bags in a package, each bag .17 oz, $3.50 per package.



Looks like my education is dated, I need remedial courses in economics and arithmetic - OK gang, you got any stories of products you were involved with, where the market price was preposterous?


Digikey has a lot of insane pricing lately.

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Lots of dinky IC's over $1000 each.

My customers should think my product is insanely priced, but so far they've not complained.

It's funny that I give them volume discounts, but they always put the single piece price on the PO. Not my fault.

Noticed that too, so jelly bean stuff is ~ normal, while others are crazy high. Is this some algorithmic pricing, left to run loose?

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