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by lotsofpulp 5 days ago
The “minimum” means minimum price. There is a big market for the lowest price product in case a customer wants the lowest quality product because they only need to use it a couple times or for a trivial task.

Buying a cheap tool at Harbor Freight first and then going for the more expensive tool is a good way to save money.

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> The “minimum” means minimum price.

But "worse on purpose" products typically decrease the quality (and cost to make) without decreasing the sale price to match. It's exploiting the product's reputation for being premium not minimum.