Post: Think about what you are buying ;)
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12-08-2010, 01:33 AM
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F_S_M
Salam Gay boi
Well i made this thread to inform you on some stuff about these company's.
Normal xbox's or slims cost around $250. To make a xbox is costs less then $10 i heard. so they are making around $200 dollar profit if you think about it
How it works?
well there is always a "china" eh?
they buy bulk millions of parts from china for really cheap and build it in america. Really all they need is plastic and medal. Same with sony same thing.
Whole point of this thread.
i made this thread to inform you on how much it really costs to produce an xbox/ps3.
Thank to everyone who took the time to read this thread so not flame me thanks.
Remember i saw this on the internet and if you really think about it is true THANK YOU!!
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12-08-2010, 03:56 AM
#21
the stuff
League Champion
Originally posted by Grimsley33
Yeah have you heard of this great innovation called buying things in bulk? :O You get huge discounts on the material that way. That's how companies make things in mass quantities. It really does cost them about only 5$ to make it, and that would just be for materials mainly. And yes it is crazy that stores like Best Buy jack up all of their prices, and it's probably not making sense to you since you haven't found out yet that people rip you off CONSTANTLY with almost everything you buy. And somehow this turned into me never working? Except that I have a job right now while in high school along with sports. People are crooks, get used to it I guess.
And you have a job and you're in high school? Holy shit. I didn't know you had your big boy pants on.
12-08-2010, 04:01 AM
#23
the stuff
League Champion
Originally posted by Dr.Dark
They get it in bulk the more you get the cheaper it is,its all from china(cheap shit there), they bring it here and build it. think about it.
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12-08-2010, 04:07 AM
#24
F_S_M
Salam Gay boi
Originally posted by koolkarpet
Raw materials, that's about it. Shit still costs alot to build and its not like the volume theory applies to many companies, these parts are exclusive to sony or microsoft.
yes yes true, although the people they get it from they sell it for cheap they buy from them all the time, i will ask my dad tomorrow he works with microsoft, and i'll get you back to this. Like i said they buy a million of each part, i still don't think it costs 50 to make one.
12-08-2010, 05:47 AM
#26
jeffadkins51
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Originally posted by Grimsley33
Ermm yeah employees at Best Buy get to buy things from the store at the same price the store gets it for. I have a friend working the cell phone section there, and in video games. It costs sony maybe five dollars to mass produce each ps3, and they give it to stores for around 60$, the stores mark it up to 400$. Where sony pays money for it is the creation of the idea, and translating that into a real thing.
you're a blithring idiot. i just told you i used to work for best buy, im well aware of the discount, i got 4000 dollar tv's for 1000, i got 120 cables for 5 bucks. and you know what i got playstations for? the same price as every other random person who walked in. you know why? b/c best buy doesnt make a penny off of those consoles. why do you think that you've never seen a ps3 cheaper in one store than another? its b/c they arent making money so they cant make less money than no money and give a discount
please read the post you are quoting before you rattle off some retarded shit like that again... jesus man
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Originally posted by Dr.Dark
yes yes true, although the people they get it from they sell it for cheap they buy from them all the time, i will ask my dad tomorrow he works with microsoft, and i'll get you back to this. Like i said they buy a million of each part, i still don't think it costs 50 to make one.
you do realise how retarded that sounds right? microsoft only buys hardware for there employees to use.... they dont buy millions of parts.... they write software genius
jesus christ this entire thread is filled with the dumbest mother****ers on this entire website i swear to god
i know most of you are kids who cant grasp at this sort of thing... so please just go play your game and quit trying to grasp it b/c when you try to do it publicly and fail then people like me have to take the time to read it and perform epic three handed facepalms just for you /facepalm /facepalm /facepalm
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oh and on a sidenote you do all realise that this isnt like some guy selling pot out of his garage right? this is a real business they have to report everything to the IRS and the stock market and the general public...... they cant lie about the fact that each unit costs them more to make than they sell it for... unless they are purposely ****ing themselves over so that they have to pay taxes on money they didnt really make......
this entire thread is so fail lol
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