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694 points taubek | 1 comments | | HN request time: 0.266s | source
1. kqr ◴[] No.43641293[source]

Damn! I tried to answer the question without looking at the thread and arrived at a unit cost of 28 % of the retail price, after deducting reasonable guesses at VAT, store margin, shipping, etc. Fairly close to the quoted 25 %.

Fermi estimation is awesome and if you're one of today's lucky 10,000 who haven't heard of it, this is your day!