Why does a simple water bottle cost over $10 now?
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200 Big Mouth 21 oz bottles for $600, including custom logo printing.
$3 a piece. Who wants to go in on a purchase?
$3 a piece. Who wants to go in on a purchase?
Only if the logo says "Butt Number Cruncher"
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Learn how to read. OP had no question left after Koyote demonstrated that water bottles were available at the price the OP asserted had disappeared.
The simplest water bottles are a lot less than $10 depending on where and how you buy them. Is a discussion of why there are bottles available for more than $10 even remotely interesting?
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Then we can hear from the people who never wear either or want to show off their 30 year old stuff which still works fine.
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Stopped in my local REI store today:
Sorry, what was the OP's question?
Sorry, what was the OP's question?
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Learn how to read. OP had no question left after Koyote demonstrated that water bottles were available at the price the OP asserted had disappeared.
The simplest water bottles are a lot less than $10 depending on where and how you buy them. Is a discussion of why there are bottles available for more than $10 even remotely interesting?
The simplest water bottles are a lot less than $10 depending on where and how you buy them. Is a discussion of why there are bottles available for more than $10 even remotely interesting?
The question was not "Why are water bottles never under $10?" The basic question is "Why have water bottle average prices increased to $10 most places?"
The answer has a lot to do with that $14000 bike.
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No one cares about the exact number, except someone who would argue with a compass about where North is.
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Of course, production costs, real estate, energy, shipping .... the cost of everything has gone up. The idea that suddenly all these bike companies are making triple-figure profits because cyclists are suckers is pretty much garbage.
Giant made about 10%, according to actual reported figures in the $14k bike thread .... Of course, "reported taxable profit" doesn't mean much, but ten percent profit for a year is pretty small for a business that big. They might be healthy but they aren't raking it in like some people where seem to think.
Again, the difference between talking to customers and business owners is enormous. Some people here think that the whole notion of profit is evil, and that everyone should work for free, not establish a cash fund for emergencies, not invest in expanding the busine3ss, never update the products, tooling, or manufacturing methods .... and should still sell the latest, best-developed, cutting-edge gear .... for less that it cost two years ago.
It is comical until one realizes that they really believe that is how things work.
Giant made about 10%, according to actual reported figures in the $14k bike thread .... Of course, "reported taxable profit" doesn't mean much, but ten percent profit for a year is pretty small for a business that big. They might be healthy but they aren't raking it in like some people where seem to think.
Again, the difference between talking to customers and business owners is enormous. Some people here think that the whole notion of profit is evil, and that everyone should work for free, not establish a cash fund for emergencies, not invest in expanding the busine3ss, never update the products, tooling, or manufacturing methods .... and should still sell the latest, best-developed, cutting-edge gear .... for less that it cost two years ago.
It is comical until one realizes that they really believe that is how things work.
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Of course, production costs, real estate, energy, shipping .... the cost of everything has gone up. The idea that suddenly all these bike companies are making triple-figure profits because cyclists are suckers is pretty much garbage.
Giant made about 10%, according to actual reported figures in the $14k bike thread .... Of course, "reported taxable profit" doesn't mean much, but ten percent profit for a year is pretty small for a business that big. They might be healthy but they aren't raking it in like some people where seem to think.
Again, the difference between talking to customers and business owners is enormous. Some people here think that the whole notion of profit is evil, and that everyone should work for free, not establish a cash fund for emergencies, not invest in expanding the busine3ss, never update the products, tooling, or manufacturing methods .... and should still sell the latest, best-developed, cutting-edge gear .... for less that it cost two years ago.
It is comical until one realizes that they really believe that is how things work.
Giant made about 10%, according to actual reported figures in the $14k bike thread .... Of course, "reported taxable profit" doesn't mean much, but ten percent profit for a year is pretty small for a business that big. They might be healthy but they aren't raking it in like some people where seem to think.
Again, the difference between talking to customers and business owners is enormous. Some people here think that the whole notion of profit is evil, and that everyone should work for free, not establish a cash fund for emergencies, not invest in expanding the busine3ss, never update the products, tooling, or manufacturing methods .... and should still sell the latest, best-developed, cutting-edge gear .... for less that it cost two years ago.
It is comical until one realizes that they really believe that is how things work.
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The OP’s question is functionally equivalent to “Why are water bottles never under (or equal to) $10?”, which is almost identical to the above question.
This is clearly a different question, as it includes average price and most places, which the OP’s question did not address,
Originally Posted by Kontact
The basic question is "Why have water bottle average prices increased to $10 most places?
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I'm not going to give you two pennies for a water bottle that leaches plastic chemicals into my water. I have two words for you: Klean Kanteen. Spend twenty bucks and treat yourself better.
edit: 18oz on sale now at their website for $12.35
edit: 18oz on sale now at their website for $12.35
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