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Re:A store that generates products from anything you type in... by joquarky on Saturday September 13, 2025 @02:58PM (#45234437)
Back in the 80s and 90s rhey would advertise products on TV with "6 to 8 weeks for delivery".

Now I wonder if they did this to batch up a manufacturing run once enough orders were received.

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Re:A store that generates products from anything you type in... by james_marks on Saturday September 13, 2025 @03:24PM (#45234619)
Totally. You also get batch efficiencies shipping 10k orders in a day vs dribbling them out over weeks, and you can use sub-standard shipping methods that are cheaper because… the carriers themselves are also batching the work.
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