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minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoBestbuy employee said cables are their profit generators, they are marled up 400%
minus-squaresocsa@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoYeah, I worked at Best buy when they still sold CDs and our discount was store cost plus 10% so we’d get the $100 monster cables for like $15. My buddy and I legit made $5k one summer just flipping that shit on eBay before he got caught doing it and got fired.
Bestbuy employee said cables are their profit generators, they are marled up 400%
Yeah, I worked at Best buy when they still sold CDs and our discount was store cost plus 10% so we’d get the $100 monster cables for like $15.
My buddy and I legit made $5k one summer just flipping that shit on eBay before he got caught doing it and got fired.
Geez that’s a crazy markup