What physical item has the highest markup on earth?

[Zeze]

Can anything beat movie theater popcorns? Kernels of corn... $9 for large. Probably costed 3 cents for material. I know that's the theater's main revenue (as ticket sales go to studios).

Razor blades?
Any goods in an airport?
..
Razor blades in an airport? Game over.

 

[purbeast0]

i would think the markup on a large soda at the movies is more than the popcorn.

 

[Eug]

Diamonds? At least if you compare to actual worth as an industrial commodity.

 

[Jeff7]

Bottled water.
Jewelry diamonds.
Collectible plastic children's toys. ($40 for 4 cents of plastic.)
Homeopathic remedies. (Inert material.)

 

[Matthiasa]

Diamonds? At least if you compare to actual worth as an industrial commodity.

Industrial diamonds are actually really cheap.

 

[lxskllr]

Printer ink?

 

[Imp]

Coffee...

 

[BladeVenom]

Bottled water
High priced fashion labels
Super expensive cigars

 

[amdhunter]

No one said <insert Apple product here> yet?
Also, if you a fat piece of crap like me: Women.

 

[Paul98]

I don't think anything can beat "high end" audio cables.

7k+ for 12 foot speaker wire.

$1500 for a power cord.

or this 20k 3 meter speaker cable.

http://www.audio-direct.com/p-7618-platinum-eclipse-biwire-speaker-cable-30-meter.aspx

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Blood of the innocent. I mean, it's not like they're going to use it again.

 

[etrigan420]

Monster cables.

 

[Eug]

Industrial diamonds are actually really cheap.

Yes, exactly. I guess I should have specified, but I was talking about diamonds used for jewelry, vs. their real world worth as industrial products.

 

[mmntech]

Coffee...

Specifically, coffee pods. Those things cost more per pound that very premium beans.

Want to end the discussion? Anything marketed at audiophiles. You can buy a turntable that costs more than the machine used to make the record master.

 

[DesiPower]

not only movies, its the same at the games... one popcorn, two soda and 2 nachos (NOT fully loaded) cost me $45 the other day...

 

[DrPizza]

Can anything beat movie theater popcorns? Kernels of corn... $9 for large. Probably costed 3 cents for material. I know that's the theater's main revenue (as ticket sales go to studios).

Razor blades?
Any goods in an airport?
..
Razor blades in an airport? Game over.

Why does everyone always repeat that whole "ticket sales go to studios" stuff? If ticket sales go to the studios, then why can I go to a theater locally and watch TWO new releases for $5 total? Do the movie companies really say "hey, you're in NYC, therefore we're charging your theater $8 per person who sees the movie. Oh, and you - you're in a rural area, so we're charging $2 per person who sees this movie."

 

[Imp]

Want to end the discussion? Anything marketed at audiophiles. You can buy a turntable that costs more than the machine used to make the record master.

You mean I wasted $350 on ma Dr. Dre BEATS?!?

 

[brianmanahan]

No one said <insert Apple product here> yet?
Also, if you a fat piece of crap like me: Women.

amdhunter you never dissappoint

 

[sdifox]

bottled water

 

[SKORPI0]

http://www.noiseaddicts.com/2008/11/most-expensive-speaker-cable-world-audioquest-audiophile/

$21,000.

 

[tboo]

Kim Kardashian

 

[SandEagle]

rice

 

[Farang]

Gotta think cigarettes rank somewhere

 

[FoBoT]

Spanish saffron
1/4 oz.

$72.00

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Medication.

Apparently they can have about 6000% markups.