Comments | murasaki_neko: Thinking of bentos

murasaki_neko

Thinking of bentos

Mar 06, 2007 13:36

I watch this LJ community that is all people posting photos/info on their bentos, so it's been inspiring. I've always wanted to make bentos but never felt it was worth the energy. Now that I have time, I'm learning! Anyway, I'm distracting myself looking on ebay at bento supplies, even though I'm not planning on buying anything there ( Read more... )

bentos, cooking

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jenn2d2 March 7 2007, 19:14:09 UTC

I had seen some of that stuff when I was looking for hard-boiled egg shapers (yes, it is silly, but neat....) and all of the listings were for $14 plus an additional $5 shipping! I know all of those things come from Daiso. How ridiculous is that? Geez. (Then again, we have Daiso within driving distance, which most of the US doesn't...)

murasaki_neko March 7 2007, 19:58:42 UTC

I've been wanting to try one of those boiled egg shapers! I haven't seen them at Daiso, so I haven't bought one yet. Did you get one?

I don't really mind the resellers (like you said, we are lucky to have one so close), since many people don't have access to the product, but why charge such a huge markup on it? Just a couple dollars per item would more accurately reflect your transportation costs and the cost of buying the stuff. Most places charge a lot for shipping, too, so that's not why the markup is so high. It feels like they are taking advantage of people.

jenn2d2 March 7 2007, 20:47:07 UTC

I haven't found one of the egg-shapers yet, but I wasn't looking for them in the Daiso any of the times I've gone. The prices remind me of when anime was first really hitting the US mainstream; so many things that were fairly cheap were marked up to high heaven by toy retailers. As its become easier to check on the original prices, that's come down quite a bit.