(09-14-2021, 04:20 AM)Dismas Wrote: (09-14-2021, 03:51 AM)mothered Wrote: (09-13-2021, 09:54 PM)Dismas Wrote: Selling a metal tube for $20... Marketing at its finest.
I wouldn't spend that amount, but I suppose It will pay Itself off by outlasting the purchase of plastic straws over many years.
At almost half the price you could purchase 10,000 straws, which is enough to last 20 years:
https://www.webstaurantstore.com/suffixi...NN/CS.html
One could argue, you're not paying for a straw in and of itself, you're paying for not building up the plastic waste. Of course the $20 is for the company's costs in making the straw, mark up and their delivery, but as a consumer, that $20 is you paying for sustainability over plastic waste. At least, that's the angle of the marketing. But it's not entirely untrue. From a completely transactional view: It's $20 for a metal straw. From a bigger picture view: It's $20 for a solution to a problem (whether that solution is good or not).