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New Shuffle Costs Apple $21.77 to Build

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cddude
04/13/09

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it's amazing how someone can sell a flash drive as a music player for $80. i have a flash drive that's twice that size i paid $15 for. so i'm basically paying $65 for the ability to play music off it portably?
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Kaiser-Machead
04/13/09

@cddude: It isn't just a flash drive. If it was just a flash drive, it would do nothing more than store data. obviously, that's not the case. By that logic, my iPod touch is just a 32GB flash drive, because the other components around the medium with which it stores information is insignificant.

That flash drive that you paid $15 for probably costs a few cents to produce individually, thus the markup on that cheap flash drive is probably similarly proportioned to this product.
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shadowproof9
04/13/09

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I dont understand why more people dont hate Apple, exactly for reasons like this. over 75% markup??? Thats simply immoral.
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GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
04/13/09

@shadowproof9: Take this empty glass:
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shopperciti.com
04/13/09

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Dont act surprised GIZHEADS, if you where a MON(APPLE)LY you would do the same thing. I work in sales for a BOILERROOM type company making 100k a year just talkn on the phone, its all about supply and demand which in sales is the only two rules that exist and im sure at the rate they are pump'n out they are making at least a 65-75% profit so the costs that where just specified are way to high. High profits low parts cost cause your able to buy more in bult at a cheaper rate than your comptition. These guys are DDD-DIGITAL DOPE DEALERS and im a helpless TECHEAD whos fix is never satisfied unless the toy is considered the latest and greatest thats out. They have me by the cockandballs!
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GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
04/13/09

@shopperciti.com: Sorry, as soon as you said Boiler Room, I pictured you as either Giovanni Ribissi or Vin Diesel, and your words transformed into grunts.
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Andreas Mueller
04/13/09

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Why are people offended that it costs less to make than its sold for?

How many of you "outraged" posters work at cost? You could be fed, clothed and housed for $10/day, why don't you ask for a paycut if you think taking profit is immoral or a ripoff?
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GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
04/13/09

@Andreas Mueller: How many outraged posters are posting at work, on someone elses dime, so they are producing less than what they are getting paid for?
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Kaiser-Machead
04/13/09

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Was anyone seriously surprised? The thing is smaller than my eraser, and flash technology is now dirt cheap compared to a few years ago. The processor is tiny, and unless it's made with a fine hybrid of diamond filament and unicorn pubes, it's not going to be costly.

My advice is to not allow the cost of production to sway you, but rather how much a product provides to you personally for the amount it asks for in retail.

How much do you think those sneakers you're probably wearing cost to make?
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Lodril
04/13/09

@Kaiser-Machead:
How much do you think those sneakers you're probably wearing cost to make?

Take a pair of high priced sneakers and disassemble them. You'll be amazed at the layers of stuff that goes into them. Different types of rubber, layers of different types of foam, air bladders and more in some of the fanciest basketball shoes. Shoes have come a long way from the old rubber cupsoles.
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Kaiser-Machead
04/13/09

@Lodril: That doesn't necessarily make them that much more expensive. No one will convince me that a $250 of Nike dunks costs anywhere near even half that per pair to produce unless there's some facts. Sneakers are, however, generally have a very significant markup, similar to these. I see no reason why the pattern would have changed, even with the enhancements in shoe design.
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Jakooboo the Whedonite
04/13/09

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Really? That seems... inexpensive. Mebbeh Apple isn't providing us with the highest quality materials. Mebbeh I want a pricier processor instead of a paltry $5.98 one. Apple iPod Shuffle Intel Atom edition, anyone?
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GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
04/13/09

@Jakooboo: Volume usually equals savings.
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