Things that you just can't fathom why they cost so much.

[CaramonLS]

I can't fathom how they managed to spend 750 million in research and testing for the Mach 3.

Were they shaving the pubes of high class hookers with diamond-laced shaving cream?

[MacDougalbry]

1) Taxes
2) Children
3) Anything in Banff

[Flames in 07]

Originally Posted by Caged Great

It's the gas companies and governments. Actual raw costs of fuel is about .25 per liter. About 33% of the final cost is government tax, and the rest is markup from the companies.

Completely false. if the raw cost of gasoline was just 25 cents and it was being sold at 1.25 there would be a million gasoline marketers.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Homes in the Flathead Valley.

[FireFly]

Chicken breasts. Seriously, why is a pack of 3 chicken breasts $12, when you could buy 3 drumsticks for $1.50? There are just as many breasts on a chicken as there are legs, quit gouging me because I like white meat!

[ken0042]

Originally Posted by FireFly

Chicken breasts. Seriously, why is a pack of 3 chicken breasts $12, when you could buy 3 drumsticks for $1.50?

Because you are not alone; most people prefer the breasts. It's not that the breasts are expensive; the legs are so cheap because nobody will pay more for them.

Same reason why striploin steak costs more than round.

[FireFly]

Originally Posted by ken0042

Because you are not alone; most people prefer the breasts. It's not that the breasts are expensive; the legs are so cheap because nobody will pay more for them.

Same reason why striploin steak costs more than round.

But you get 100 legs in a package for the same price! It's lame!

[Juventus3]

Originally Posted by urban1

Back to the razors...

The Gillette Mach 3 is often used a business case in b-schools.



http://www.boston.com/business/globe...azors/?mode=PF

I would venture to say I could have come up with the idea that three blades are better than two in a jr. high school classroom think tank. True enough I have no knowledge of that area...but 3/4 of a billion to make something that takes hair off peoples faces? Using that logic Joe boxers must have spent over $1 billion reserach the best position to hold my sack in place while a walk around all day. Holy snap I think I'm about to boycott Gillette.

Did their sales really benefit from their incurred costs?

[Dion]

CD's and DVD's

[jammies]

Originally Posted by Juventus3

I would venture to say I could have come up with the idea that three blades are better than two in a jr. high school classroom think tank. True enough I have no knowledge of that area...but 3/4 of a billion to make something that takes hair off peoples faces?

Speaking of which, my favorite Onion story ever (NSFW) http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33930

[RyZ]

Cell phones and air-time.

[PYroMaNiaC]

Originally Posted by Juventus3

Did their sales really benefit from their incurred costs?

Yes.

Gillette sales are a little over triple what Schick sales are. And, personally, I prefer anything Schick puts out to what Gillette does.

And if I remember correctly, Proctor and Gamble bought out Gillette not too long ago. They have some extremely profitable products in their portfolio to help support such giant numbers on research and marketing.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3969492/

[Dan02]

Originally Posted by The Goon

As someone recently engaged, I'd like to add:

Diamond rings.

pfft thats easy, price fixing of a near monopoly.

[JiriHrdina]

Originally Posted by Dion

CD's and DVD's

I think CDs are one of the great values out there. If there are even a couple songs on a CD that I will enjoy tons of times in my life-time...money well spent.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by JiriHrdina

I think CDs are one of the great values out there. If there are even a couple songs on a CD that I will enjoy tons of times in my life-time...money well spent.

We are being gouged in regards to what we pay for music CD's. I can burn my own compilation discs for less than a buck, yet we get raped by the recording industry when we buy one of their music CD's.

[redforever]

Originally Posted by Dion

We are being gouged in regards to what we pay for music CD's. I can burn my own compilation discs for less than a buck, yet we get raped by the recording industry when we buy one of their music CD's.

Sure you can, but do you have the recording studio and all the other paraphanalia that makes the music sound good in the first place. If it is a junk CD, it still sounds like junk when you compile them yourself.

[redforever]

Originally Posted by FireFly

Chicken breasts. Seriously, why is a pack of 3 chicken breasts $12, when you could buy 3 drumsticks for $1.50? There are just as many breasts on a chicken as there are legs, quit gouging me because I like white meat!

First of all, if you compare actual useable meat in 3 chicken breasts compared to 3 chicken legs, the chicken breast will come out the clear winner.

There is a lot more waste on a chicken leg compared to chicken breast when you consider the bone etc.

Then, chicken breast is much more versatile in how you can cook it. Add together the fact that there is virtually no waste, and add the further fact that it is less fatty making it a healthier product, you now have a product that is much more in demand.

It is all about supply and demand.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by redforever

Sure you can, but do you have the recording studio and all the other paraphanalia that makes the music sound good in the first place. If it is a junk CD, it still sounds like junk when you compile them yourself.

If i'm making compilation discs from CD's I already own, how is it a junk CD?

[redforever]

Originally Posted by ken0042

Because you are not alone; most people prefer the breasts. It's not that the breasts are expensive; the legs are so cheap because nobody will pay more for them.

Same reason why striploin steak costs more than round.

More to it than that. First of all, there is a lot less striploin steak on a side of beef than there is round steak. So, since the supply is less and the demand is there for the product, it costs more.

Second, strip loin is a much more tender cut of beef, making it suitable for just about any way you would like to prepare it. On the other hand, round steak is more suitable for stewing and the like. It can of course be barbecued, but it will have to be well marinated first and even then, it will not have the tenderness that a striploin will. Here you now have the opposite. The supply is greater but the demand is less, hence the product is cheaper.

[redforever]

Originally Posted by Dion

If i'm making compilation discs from CD's I already own, how is it a junk CD?

Then it is not. I thought you were talking about making a compilation by downloading the music off the net.