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Gillette is actively trying to push people off of Mach 3 (and most of their advertisements specifically show people who stop using it and switch to the newest "
by niggler 14y ago
Gillette is actively trying to push people off of Mach 3 (and most of their advertisements specifically show people who stop using it and switch to the newest "Fusion" model)
- mimiflynn 14y agoWhy are they trying to get people to stop using Mach 3? Is it just to get more sales on the new razor or is there some kind of issue with the Mach 3?
- bjxrn 14y agoThere's no issue with the Mach3, or whatever came before it. They just want to push their consumers to the newest version.
- jlgreco 14y agoTo that point, you can even still buy the 2 bladed sensor excell blades.
- bjxrn 14y agoYes, to be fair, Gillette still manufactures and sells older versions. They even make & sell double edged razor blades. But they definitely push for whatever is the newest (and usually more expensive) option.
- niggler 14y agoFusion is more expensive and, I'd imagine, has higher margins than Mach 3. They still make both. (I'd like to see priceonomics write a blog post about the razor blade model)
- mimiflynn 14y agoSo many people love Mach3... its almost like they made too good of a razor for their own good ;)
- untog 14y agoI still can't take any of these discussions seriously after an Onion article correctly predicted the Fusion: http://www.theonion.com/articles/fuck-everything-were-doing-five-blades,11056/ http://www.theonion.com/articles/fuck-everything-were-doing-...
- niggler 14y agoWould you call it 5 or 6 blades (given that there's a single blade in the back and 5 in the front)?
- jrochkind1 14y agoThe very first Saturday Night Live episode had a similar parody. http://snltranscripts.jt.org/75/75atriple.phtml http://snltranscripts.jt.org/75/75atriple.phtml
- TWAndrews 14y agoYou'd think that, but it's not like they make money on the razors, it's all in the blades. Not sure why they're pushing people to move.
- cwb71 14y agoThey can pry my Sensor Excel from my cold dead hands.
- warfangle 14y agoEver try a safety razor, with actual shaving cream instead of pressurized-cream-in-a-can?