5 Things Sold at a Loss (One Is a Business Myth)

Discover the hidden economics behind why companies sell products like game consoles and printers at a loss to make money on follow-up purchases. Learn how HP printing makes $3.1 billion in profit and how Costco uses a $1.50 hot dog combo to drive membership fees. Find out how patents and subscriptions lock you into the real cost of ownership. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:49 #1 The Game Console 1:53 #2 The Razor 3:04 #3 The Hot Dog 4:21 #4 The Movie Ticket 5:19 #5 The Printer 6:46 The Second Purchase 7:42 The Lock Breaks 8:51 Counting The Real Cost 9:48 The Real Business Model Sources: Costco's $1.50 hot dog price is 'safe,' company's CFO says (ABC7, 2024): https://abc7news.com/post/costcos-150-hot-... The Whopping Number Of Hot Dog And Soda Combos Costco Sold In 2025 (Chowhound, citing...: https://www.chowhound.com/2094755/costco-h... Costco Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2025 Operating Results: https://s201.q4cdn.com/287523651/files/doc... HP Inc. Q4 and Fiscal 2025 Earnings Press Release: https://s203.q4cdn.com/918857832/files/doc... HP Inc. Form 10-K FY2025, Item 1A Risk Factors: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47... Epic v. Apple trial reveals Microsoft never made money off Xbox hardware (Geek: https://www.geekwire.com/2021/epic-v-apple... Sony Took a Loss on Each of the 4.5 Million PS5s it Sold in 2020 (Tom's Hardware, 3...: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/sony-ps5... Randal C. Picker, The Razors-and-Blades Myth(s), University of Chicago Law Review...: https://lawreview.uchicago.edu/sites/defau... Stock footage: Pixabay (pixabay.com), by MJW_Dublin, Coverr-Free-Footage, albsworks, Hassas_Arts, Buvrix27, BilawalOnwa, ninosouza, Josh_Malic, nanoslavic, Roque_dg, Sapphoto, MuhammadAhmad10, HOCKULUS, Oliver_GR, klimkin, SalvadorVaron, tomalauphi, Engin_Akyurt, aframeinmotion, Kaffeesüchtig, rashed7671, RainMeditateHub, wcw6900, SYG_Anime, jLasWilson, jsjcreationsmm, artista_sk, u_xfdbbova, 34168960, TPMotion, Life-Of-Vids, Pixabay, B_A, Luiz-Jorge-Artista, u_p8ti4wda5h, zameenaasman172, isuruzampa, adria_moreno, tiburi, max_bbb, u_s3x58oi3kn, Erkut2, Omnix, NickyPe, MilanWulf, EtoileOfficial, matlevesque, conte_public, commlab, Alessandro89, ArtSqb, Darioguzben, SaigonJoe, jaumeps99, FlorenceCdeM, mephala1980, MaxMedyk, frycyk01. Narration voice: AI-generated. Script researched and fact-checked against the sources above. #business #economics #documentary