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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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mhuffman ◴[19 Oct 24 20:02 UTC] No.41890336[source]▶
You can search NewEgg or Amazon for "Business TV" or "Commercial TV" and they will almost all be "dumb" TVs. They are readily available.
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ska ◴[19 Oct 24 20:13 UTC] No.41890422[source]▶
Readily available at a good premium.

You can sometimes get a great deal on these during liquidation though.

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dylan604 ◴[19 Oct 24 21:00 UTC] No.41890763[source]▶
> Readily available at a good premium.

You have this backwards. The consumer "smart" units are subsidized by the monetization of the data they hoover up as you use it. This subsidized price has become accepted as normal price, but they clearly are discounted prices.

Yeah yeah, economy of scale on consumer vs prosumer+ units, but if you really believe that is the sole reason you are sorely mistaken

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1. account42 ◴[21 Oct 24 12:47 UTC] No.41903587[source]▶
You are assuming that consumer electronic devices are sold at cost and not at whatever markup that the manufactuer thinks they can get away with.