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[quote=Anonymous]My opinion is that most people are a little too eager to buy in bulk. Often, you don't get as good of a price as you think. Even if you do, if you end up not using any of it, you lose the savings. And if the product spoils or is defective, you lose the savings. And, if it takes you forever to use up, you lost income by having that money tied up in a bulk product rather than in an investment vehicle. Look at it this way: The single largest reason Toyota became the thirteenth largest company in the world is because it was the first automotive maker NOT to buy in bulk; it switched to just-in-time supply and eventually forced all of its competitors to make the switch as well. Obviously there are exceptions to the rule where the volume discount is huge. My shampoo costs something like 12 dollars for a microscopic bottle and 18 dollars for an everlasting tub, for example, so its probably worth it in that instance. But its easy to go too far.[/quote]
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