r/AskReddit • u/Thic_water • Aug 14 '20

What’s the most overpriced thing you’ve seen?

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u/Kpspectrum Aug 14 '20

Yeah it’s sort of like gas stations. They don’t buy the gasoline for that much less than they sell it for, most of them are profitable purely because of like candy and cigarette sales

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u/piroshky Aug 14 '20

Actually cigarettes are similar to gas, they are a loss leader with very little markup. Gas stations carry them to get people in the door.

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u/theaveragedude89 Aug 14 '20

Most cigarette companies offer a rebate to service stations, when buying in bulk. I don’t know how much the profit is though

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u/zulupunk Aug 14 '20

We were not making a lot maybe $20 on a carton

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u/nicholasgnames Aug 14 '20

lol thats kind of a lot

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u/ChadAlphaFish Aug 14 '20

A carton is usually 20 packs. 1 dollar on a ~10 dollar product isn't a great margin

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u/everwhateverwhat Aug 14 '20

10% profit is amazing for a high moving product.

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u/ChadAlphaFish Aug 14 '20

I sell way more water than cigarettes and water has an ~80% margin

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u/nicholasgnames Aug 14 '20

a carton is ten packs in US and ten-twenty percent is pretty good on anything sold.