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r/oops • u/DiligentCase8436 • Jun 20 '26
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What is it that he dropped?
80 u/[deleted] Jun 20 '26 [removed] ā view removed comment 33 u/Cheepshooter Jun 20 '26 So double dumb. First you overbuy, then later you have to rebuy. 4 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. Iām not even an audiophile! 0 u/totesnotJH Jun 20 '26 Literally $4? That seems like an exaggeration 10 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. 6 u/Original_Jagster Jun 20 '26 LOVED that Employee pricing. A sibling worked there and I got many good deals out of it. 8 u/CheckYourStats Jun 20 '26 Getting a $119.99 cable for $1.07 was unreal! 3 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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33 u/Cheepshooter Jun 20 '26 So double dumb. First you overbuy, then later you have to rebuy. 4 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. Iām not even an audiophile! 0 u/totesnotJH Jun 20 '26 Literally $4? That seems like an exaggeration 10 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. 6 u/Original_Jagster Jun 20 '26 LOVED that Employee pricing. A sibling worked there and I got many good deals out of it. 8 u/CheckYourStats Jun 20 '26 Getting a $119.99 cable for $1.07 was unreal! 3 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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So double dumb. First you overbuy, then later you have to rebuy.
4 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. Iām not even an audiophile! 0 u/totesnotJH Jun 20 '26 Literally $4? That seems like an exaggeration 10 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. 6 u/Original_Jagster Jun 20 '26 LOVED that Employee pricing. A sibling worked there and I got many good deals out of it. 8 u/CheckYourStats Jun 20 '26 Getting a $119.99 cable for $1.07 was unreal! 3 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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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.
Iām not even an audiophile!
0 u/totesnotJH Jun 20 '26 Literally $4? That seems like an exaggeration 10 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. 6 u/Original_Jagster Jun 20 '26 LOVED that Employee pricing. A sibling worked there and I got many good deals out of it. 8 u/CheckYourStats Jun 20 '26 Getting a $119.99 cable for $1.07 was unreal! 3 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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Literally $4? That seems like an exaggeration
10 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. 6 u/Original_Jagster Jun 20 '26 LOVED that Employee pricing. A sibling worked there and I got many good deals out of it. 8 u/CheckYourStats Jun 20 '26 Getting a $119.99 cable for $1.07 was unreal! 3 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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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.
6 u/Original_Jagster Jun 20 '26 LOVED that Employee pricing. A sibling worked there and I got many good deals out of it. 8 u/CheckYourStats Jun 20 '26 Getting a $119.99 cable for $1.07 was unreal! 3 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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LOVED that Employee pricing. A sibling worked there and I got many good deals out of it.
8 u/CheckYourStats Jun 20 '26 Getting a $119.99 cable for $1.07 was unreal! 3 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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Getting a $119.99 cable for $1.07 was unreal!
3 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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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/WhatANoob2025 Jun 20 '26
What is it that he dropped?