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So if you can make it at home so cheaply, why can't it be mass produced in a factory even more cheaply? It doesn't seem like shipping pellets would be much less

So if you can make it at home so cheaply, why can't it be mass produced in a factory even more cheaply? It doesn't seem like shipping pellets would be much less expensive than shipping filament.

adventured 14y ago
It's because the demand for plastic pellets is radically larger than for plastic filament. Since the filament side of things has been caught in a sea of change - where sudden demand swamps supply - companies making the filament are able to start and hold prices from a high point. This kind of event is common, and it usually just takes time + competition to bring prices down.