Comment on Can't throw me off the scent
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 2 days agoIf this is how the Western world arrives at harm reduction and UBI for everyone - that it’s just good business - I’m not even gonna be mad.
Comment on Can't throw me off the scent
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 2 days agoIf this is how the Western world arrives at harm reduction and UBI for everyone - that it’s just good business - I’m not even gonna be mad.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Like that would happen when they can sell £4 cables for £300.
Shard@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s not that £4 cable costs £300. £4 is the scrap value of the copper once the insulation has been peeled off. Freshly made cable costs a bit more than that.
It costs £300 to fix because of the cost of the cable, labour and the workmanship.
Comment105@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Well, the ones making the cable still probably only make a small fraction of the value in labor. The majority of the inflated price goes to C suite paychecks.
I remember when I made 10s of thousands worth of cable every day from cheap materials and walked away with a couple thousand a month. I ended up quitting that job, but the slightly mentally challenged woman there who was the most efficient and accurate to spec probably still sits there making cables every day.
beaiouns@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
Why scrap it when you can turn around and sell it right back to them?
TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 1 day ago
If I break into your house and steal your TV then knock on your door the next day to offer to sell it back to you, would you buy it?