Lets say I can buy 200 of something for $20. but for $60, I can buy 750 of them. How can I quantify the money saved as cost per unit?

  • darkdemize
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    1 year ago

    Irrelevant. If we’re comparing identical items, the expected defect rate should be roughly the same.

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      Except buying objects in low quantities allow defects to be detected much sooner, letting you exchange/return/work a deal with the seller. If you buy stuff in bulk and realise the fourth sack of flour has mold, you’re likely to already have passed the reasonable threshold for exchange or return.

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      Okay. Well is the item a food product or a tech product?

      Is it insured? What’s the cost to ship it back and get an exchange or refund if it’s a defective unit? Who pays to ship it back if so? How much does it cost to keep in storage until it sells?

      There are way more questions that need answers to even halfway try answering OP. Bananas need refrigeration, fidget spinners need little more than a box.

      OP didn’t say what they were looking to order in bulk, but doing simple arithmetic without sufficient information means basocally squat.

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      What’s the item in question? Is it apples (the actual fruit) or Nvidia graphics cards?

      They’re not gonna have the same failure rate. To assume everything has the same failure rate is a failure in data analysis.

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        You misunderstand. Assuming you’re buying 200 of product A or 750 of product A, you should expect the same proportion to be defective. Nobody’s suggesting two entirely separate products should have the same failure rate, but the question is also not about comparing two entirely separate products

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          Point is, there’s a missing factor here. How much does storage price cost?

          No way to know if OP can’t tell us whether it needs constant refrigeration or not. That drastically changes the prices yo.

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          You totally missed my point. OP didn’t even distinguish whether they’re looking to purchase produce (which has a short shelf life), or looking to purchase electronics or mechanical devices (which tend to have a fairly long shelf life).

          It costs either way to keep items on the shelf. But, like, what’s it cost to keep the items on the shelf long enough to sell them without half your stock rotting away?