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[–] quicksand@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like how you went into a detailed analysis of the cost and then whiffed on a decimal at the end. I'm pretty sure it should be 875%, which really shows how egregious this is. Thanks for your effort making this estimate, it's appreciated.

[–] general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

from my understanding profit margin is calculated by (sales-costs)/revenue making it impossible for it to be more than 100%

the markup/profit percentage would be calculated as (selling price/costs)-1 so that would be 700%

this is at least how i understood the wikipedia pages

[–] quicksand@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Ya you're right, I misunderstood the comment I replied to and I also didn't try to check the math, but it seemed in the ballpark. I don't know why people upvoted me lmao