10 Products With Surprisingly High Markups

The average markup that you pay for any cosmetic item is anywhere from 60 to 100 per cent over cost. So if the manufactured price is 50 for eyeliner, you end up paying 80 to 90 at the store.

Glasses: All types of glasses that adorn your face, like those that hide your eyes from the sun, to those that enhance your eyesight and those that you wear to look cool all have a markup price up to 1000 percent.

Now products like these are produced in masses that means low production price with the highest products. The only benefit is that you get a free autograph of the designer line engraved on the frames. This is the market that pumps profits from certain items that you really need.

Coffins: “And we thought the dead could rest in peace!” Surprisingly no, because the coffin that holds a dearly beloved of your family has a markup price of 900 percent. This is a huge percentage to pay for a material that is going to rot with a dead body inside.

Funeral homes have whooped in huge profits from the fact that families are willing to pay anything to give their loved ones a final resting place.  If you are thinking of venturing into a business, well here is an ideal idea.

Movie Popcorns: A huge box of popcorn in hand while watching a movie at the theatre is an ideal idea. But are you aware that, that one box of popcorn is cheaper than the cost demanded from you? Popcorn at the movie theatre has a markup of 1275 percent.

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