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Re:India Is Winning Its War on Human Waste by 4684499 on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @08:56PM (#14208348)
What world? I don't know. I searched and find this website before commenting: http://www.luckyironfish.com/shop , which says It costs $25 each, while you can find $22 iron pan on Amazon.

Sure it might be cheaper in Cambodia, then the price of iron pans would be lower as well.

They didn't just use an ingot, they shaped the ingot into a lucky fish, which also costs money.

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Re:India Is Winning Its War on Human Waste by sandaru1 on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @09:19PM (#14208448)
It's $25 because it's buy one - give one free. http://www.luckyironfish.com/facts (At the bottom).
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Re:India Is Winning Its War on Human Waste by fellellor on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @10:39PM (#14208789)
Buying new pans is such a stupidly colossal waste of money for low income families. They already have pots and pans, and definitely don't need more. An ingot is something they can easily accommodate. And it probably costs a whole lot lesser than 20 USD.
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Re:India Is Winning Its War on Human Waste by wavefunction on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @09:13PM (#14208431)
Who wants to put an ingot in their food? But a lucky fish? We could all use some luck.

And the good thing about a fish rather than a pan is you can put it in your soup pan, your wok, your fry-pan, etc. Try putting your cast-iron pan into your wok!

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Re:India Is Winning Its War on Human Waste by CydeWeys on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @10:39PM (#14208788)
The ingots were distributed for free, and likely cost under a dollar each to manufacture in bulk.
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Re:India Is Winning Its War on Human Waste by Kluny on Thursday April 27, 2017 @04:13AM (#14209986)
It's $25 for you, because online sales are supposed to pay for free distribution.
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