Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

What programs like that tells me is that I can get at least a 10% discount if I talk to one of your sales people. My wife doesn't consider something a discount if it's less than 20%, because "You can always get a 20% discount" (on certain product categories).

I did have to deal with a store where I almost couldn't buy something, because I refused to signup for the "customer club program discount card", which gives you a 20% discount. The staff just looked confused and didn't know what to do. In the end my wife filled in the form and got the stupid card.



Not many genuine businesses have a margin of 20%, especially in retail. If you can get such a discount then it's already been priced-in.


Electronics (excluding gaming console), furniture, interiors design stuff, appliances, clothing and beauty products are frequently 30 - 50% margin. I previously worked with buyers, the toy department expected around 40% margins, electronics didn't want to deal with anything that didn't make them 45%, unless it was part of some promotion.

You can always get a 20% discount on appliances in big-box stores, if you're flexible on the brand. I got 66% discount on a extractor fan when updating our kitchen, that's just insane.

Edit: depending on your script, you could get the Busybox image and use that as a base. Probably a little more work, but it does fix some of your dependency issues. It doesn't have bash, git or fzf though, so there's a fun challenge getting those build.


I think you edited the wrong comment.


There's margin on cost of goods sold, and there's the margin of overall business.

Retail is low margin only if you subtract salaries/offices/marketing AND cost of goods.


Sports and outdoor gear almost always has discounts like this




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: