Lets say I can buy 200 of something for $20. but for $60, I can buy 750 of them. How can I quantify the money saved as cost per unit?

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    1 year ago

    What’s the item in question? Is it apples (the actual fruit) or Nvidia graphics cards?

    They’re not gonna have the same failure rate. To assume everything has the same failure rate is a failure in data analysis.

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      1 year ago

      You misunderstand. Assuming you’re buying 200 of product A or 750 of product A, you should expect the same proportion to be defective. Nobody’s suggesting two entirely separate products should have the same failure rate, but the question is also not about comparing two entirely separate products

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        1 year ago

        You totally missed my point. OP didn’t even distinguish whether they’re looking to purchase produce (which has a short shelf life), or looking to purchase electronics or mechanical devices (which tend to have a fairly long shelf life).

        It costs either way to keep items on the shelf. But, like, what’s it cost to keep the items on the shelf long enough to sell them without half your stock rotting away?

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        1 year ago

        Point is, there’s a missing factor here. How much does storage price cost?

        No way to know if OP can’t tell us whether it needs constant refrigeration or not. That drastically changes the prices yo.