The Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteM to memes@lemmy.world · 10 months agoEmbarrassing all those chumps just buying lightbulbsstartrek.websiteimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1906arrow-down114
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minus-squarepancakeslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-210 months agoIt’s also ridiculous the markup on fasteners. I used to work in nuts and bolts and the going rate was like 90-97% markup on fasteners. Edit: I was confused, it was 90-97% profit margin, not markup. Example, a bolt sold for $3.00 would cost like $0.10 to produce
minus-squaredejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoTo be fair, when you absolutely need that one or two special bolts to put your lawnmower back together, the markup isn’t a big deal. Otherwise, I’m buying stuff by the box, and starting to prefer metric more and more.
It’s also ridiculous the markup on fasteners. I used to work in nuts and bolts and the going rate was like 90-97% markup on fasteners.
Edit: I was confused, it was 90-97% profit margin, not markup. Example, a bolt sold for $3.00 would cost like $0.10 to produce
To be fair, when you absolutely need that one or two special bolts to put your lawnmower back together, the markup isn’t a big deal.
Otherwise, I’m buying stuff by the box, and starting to prefer metric more and more.