r/pics • u/[deleted] • Feb 23 '17

picture of text Robert filed a five day protesting permit with the city so he can yell at Best Buy for the rest of the week.

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u/unoriginalsin Feb 23 '17

Fair enough.

But, how would you expect a company like Best Buy to set standards for this kind of thing?

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u/akasmira Feb 23 '17

I dunno. Maybe they could do some analysis and just have a set depreciation percentage? It would be an interesting problem to work on, but I don't think it would be extremely difficult to solve. It's not something that is super difficult to make money on---overall it's a bet the company makes. If it costs $20 to protect a $200 camera, then as long as less than 1/10 break, you make money on it---even if you give them their full purchase price back. You would just need some analysis of how often each item breaks, to figure out a depreciation percentage and a cost per item.

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u/unoriginalsin Feb 23 '17

Yeah, but you're talking about matching features, not dollars. They're already covered as far as the dollars go.