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Something something high quality, ethically-sourced coffee? (I don’t actually know the details of those descriptions. Playing devils advocate it sounded to me
by Ancalagon 4y ago
Something something high quality, ethically-sourced coffee?
(I don’t actually know the details of those descriptions. Playing devils advocate it sounded to me like they were trying to run a very ethical, environmentally friendly, health-focused business from the start, which is expensive as far as I can tell in the US, so maybe those prices made sense.)
- powera 4y agoThe point is that a "unit" could not possibly have been a $16 bag of coffee, if they were getting paid $41 per unit. The story smells fake to me. The most charitable interpretation is that they were misled by their "food broker" more than they realize even now.
- chasd00 4y agomaybe they gave the broker their AMEX to pay not realizing the broker makes their money on commission. heh although that would be an even more inconceivable mistake than the dollar discrepancy.
- marcinzm 4y agoThey seem to sell the bags on their website for ~$15 so they should know that someone selling them for at least 3x the price is odd.
- lisper 4y agoThe details of the product don't matter. What matters is that their "fire sale" 50% off price is $8/bag, so their full retail price is $16/bag. So they were looking at a wholesale price that was 3x their retail price and no one noticed that this was odd and bothered to investigate further. I find it hard to believe that anyone could be that stupid. I also think it's pretty dishonorable to publicly characterize the consequences of their mistake as a "grift" by their distributor. Modest Coffee is not the victim of anything but their own negligence.
- corgi609 4y agoHello! If you read the whole story you will understand the numbers and the situation. It is all explained and you should read the whole story from beginning to end.