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373 points h2odragon | 1 comments | 19 Oct 24 17:27 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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rglullis ◴[19 Oct 24 19:05 UTC] No.41889863[source]▶
I am seriously considering creating a dropship company focused exclusively on buying and selling electronic components that are sold for parts and people can assemble them at home, Ikea-style.

I would start with selling 50" and 65" inch "dumb" TVs. Just the panel, a nice enclosure and a board with an IR receiver, TV tuner and HDMI outputs. BYO top box and Soundbar. I wonder how fast it would take to get 10000 orders.

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pixiemaster ◴[19 Oct 24 19:22 UTC] No.41890016[source]▶
please do. but it seems it would be more expensive to produce a tv with less features: https://www.tomsguide.com/features/dumb-tvs-heres-why-you-ca...
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leereeves ◴[19 Oct 24 19:54 UTC] No.41890278[source]▶
"Google pays between $12 and $15 per unit to a manufacturer like TCL or Hisense per TV that uses Google TV."

I'd be willing to pay a $15 premium for a TV that is built to do what I want, not what an advertiser wants.

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1. Wowfunhappy ◴[20 Oct 24 01:29 UTC] No.41892179[source]▶
A problem, as I understand it, is that if you let all the customers with high disposable income pay extra to avoid ads, you're left with a group of lower income customers who are less valuable to advertisers.

Manufacturers would rather get $15 for every TV than only $15 for some TVs. If they were to let you pay your way out, you'd have to pay significantly more in order to subsidize the people who won't pay.