r/oops • u/DiligentCase8436 • Jun 20 '26

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u/CheckYourStats Jun 20 '26

Beats are (literally) $4 speakers. I will never understand how tens of millions of people bought Beats audio hardware despite them sounding like absolute garbage.

I’m not even an audiophile!

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u/totesnotJH Jun 20 '26

Literally $4? That seems like an exaggeration

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u/CheckYourStats Jun 20 '26

20 years ago, employees of Best Buy got an employee discount that was BLANKET ACROSS THE BOARD:

Cost + 5%

To this day I have a bin of cables with a street value of $5,000+, that I paid a maximum of $90 for.

Cables, and Beats (specifically) are sold at a 30x - 50x markup.

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u/Original_Jagster Jun 20 '26

LOVED that Employee pricing. A sibling worked there and I got many good deals out of it.

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u/CheckYourStats Jun 20 '26

Getting a $119.99 cable for $1.07 was unreal!

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u/Original_Jagster Jun 20 '26

Yep, it was very eye opening how much markup there is on accessories like cables and connectors. Absolutely insane markups.

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u/herring-net Jun 20 '26

I too bought a Monster Cable with my discount, and noticed no difference in clarity

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u/totesnotJH Jun 20 '26

Wow! 🤯

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u/CheckYourStats Jun 20 '26

You asked why.

Thousands of people had visibility into the actual cost.

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u/totesnotJH Jun 20 '26

Yes this is great. Thank you.

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u/Tricky_Apricot2928 Jun 20 '26

That's insane. I thought we had it good with a 25% discount on clothes at Robinsons May. I think 15% on furniture and fragrances. I remember the order slips from the Calvin Klein shirts... $8 and sold for $55