Yeah, it's not quite the same. For the cost of cooland to the average consumers, the time-to-price ratio isn't really there such that premixed cooland you can put right in is great.
For illegal drugs or wholesale chemicals bought on bulk, it doesn't make sense. The cost savings more than makes up for the added work/time yet people don't seem to notice/care.
There's a psychological factor at play. I never understood how prevalent this psychology was until I was telling a friend about a health supplement I liked but the supplement was a little expensive; however, it was the exact same price as a similar health supplements my friend had recommended to me in the past. One stark difference: the supplement he recommended came with 5x the pills in a bottle but you were supposed to take 5 a day and my supplement was just 1 pill a day. Both lasted 30 days. I felt the supplement I recommended worked way better and there was a noticeable difference whereas his not so much so I told him to try mine. He wouldn't because in his mind he was paying the same price for 1/5 the amount of pills. The number of pills seriously impacted how he perceived the supplement. To me, if you get better results with 1 pill isn't that better than worse results with 5 pills at the same price? Not how he saw it though... He saw it as he was paying 5x as much...
Were your friend's supplements smaller? I know some people would rather take smaller pills more frequently than choke down one horse pill. Maybe that was a factor but he didn't articulate it very well.
Other than that, I dunno. I'm being charitable here.
Yeah, it's not quite the same. For the cost of cooland to the average consumers, the time-to-price ratio isn't really there such that premixed cooland you can put right in is great.
For illegal drugs or wholesale chemicals bought on bulk, it doesn't make sense. The cost savings more than makes up for the added work/time yet people don't seem to notice/care.
There's a psychological factor at play. I never understood how prevalent this psychology was until I was telling a friend about a health supplement I liked but the supplement was a little expensive; however, it was the exact same price as a similar health supplements my friend had recommended to me in the past. One stark difference: the supplement he recommended came with 5x the pills in a bottle but you were supposed to take 5 a day and my supplement was just 1 pill a day. Both lasted 30 days. I felt the supplement I recommended worked way better and there was a noticeable difference whereas his not so much so I told him to try mine. He wouldn't because in his mind he was paying the same price for 1/5 the amount of pills. The number of pills seriously impacted how he perceived the supplement. To me, if you get better results with 1 pill isn't that better than worse results with 5 pills at the same price? Not how he saw it though... He saw it as he was paying 5x as much...
It's weird how some people think.
Were your friend's supplements smaller? I know some people would rather take smaller pills more frequently than choke down one horse pill. Maybe that was a factor but he didn't articulate it very well.
Other than that, I dunno. I'm being charitable here.