Re:Amazon sellers marking products as collectible to get aro...
by vageli on Friday May 29, 2020 @05:51PM
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> Keeping a warehouse full of water bottles and generators doesn't cost much more than the interest on the capital costs. Ie. A few percent per annum.
Can water in water bottles sit untreated for prolonged periods? If not, some inventory management would be required, possibly environment control costs, taxes on the property. I'm not seeing how this "doesn't cost much". Maybe if you're already in the storage business.
Re:Amazon sellers marking products as collectible to get aro...
by londons_explore on Friday May 29, 2020 @06:04PM
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First in, first out stock rotation. And combine it with an existing warehouse that handles water bottles so the handling costs are already paid for by whichever other company is using the warehouse.
Keeping a warehouse full of water bottles and generators doesn't cost much more than the interest on the capital costs. Ie. A few percent per annum.
If an emergency occurs more often than once every ~40 years, and you can sell for double the price, you walk away with a profit, and you seriously help a lot of people.