On Mon, 5 Feb 2001 07:18:12 EST, ClassicVW@xxxxxxx wrote:
>He told me that in a six-pack of 12 oz. cans,
>the actual cost to the company of the Coke was $0.35. Yes, that's thirty-five
>cents! The rest of the purchase price covered the expense of the cans,
>advertising, and shipment, and profit. A LOT of profit.
As a commodity producer and trader, let me assure you that cans,
advertising, and shipping are EXPENSIVE, as is labor, storage,
utilities, taxes, and other overhead. The price of a commodity is
seldom a substantial percentage of the cost of a finished product.
But that doesn't mean that any given person along the way is making
an outrageous sum. There's just a lot more involved in getting a
product from raw material to finished product on the store shelf than
most consumers can imagine.
ob. OM content) How much do you suppose a few ounces of titanium,
aluminum, and plastic cost? How much would they be worth to you in
raw form as opposed to your OM-4T?
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B.B. Bean bbbean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Bean & Bean Cotton Co/Bean Farms http://www.beancotton.com
Peach Orchard, MO
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