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WTF: Do you need a 400$ juicer?

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  • J Jochen Arndt

    Silicon Valley’s $400 Juicer May Be Feeling the Squeeze - Bloomberg[^]:

    Google’s venture capital arm and other backers poured about $120 million into the startup. Juicero sells the machine for $400, plus the cost of individual juice packs delivered weekly. Tech blogs have dubbed it a “Keurig for juice.” But after the product hit the market, some investors were surprised to discover a much cheaper alternative: You can squeeze the Juicero bags with your bare hands.

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    Joe Woodbury
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    I was :omg: It's not a juicer--it's a delivery appliance for pre-processed food. Doesn't that erase the entire point of taking "fresh" fruits and vegetables and mashing them together? (The juice bar my oldest likes just uses blenders.)

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    • J Jochen Arndt

      Silicon Valley’s $400 Juicer May Be Feeling the Squeeze - Bloomberg[^]:

      Google’s venture capital arm and other backers poured about $120 million into the startup. Juicero sells the machine for $400, plus the cost of individual juice packs delivered weekly. Tech blogs have dubbed it a “Keurig for juice.” But after the product hit the market, some investors were surprised to discover a much cheaper alternative: You can squeeze the Juicero bags with your bare hands.

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      jgrogan
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      Some products just seemed designed to separate money from fools. Other products just seem designed to separate money from VC's. This looks like it was designed to tick every box for a VC.

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      • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

        Brent Jenkins wrote:

        Seems like a dud to me

        A Milk Dud, perhaps? Milk Duds - Wikipedia[^]

        The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.

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        Lost User
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        They are manufactured by The Hershey Company

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        Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.

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        • M megaadam

          Yes, thank you!

          ... such stuff as dreams are made on

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          Lost User
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          You're smellcome! :)

          Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.

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            Quote:

            They are manufactured by The Hershey Company

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            Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.

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            Greg Lovekamp
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            They were better before Hershey bought out Leaf, but they're still pretty good despite now being made from Hershey's mediocre chocolate.

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            • L Lost User

              [Lemon | Define Lemon at Dictionary.com](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/lemon)

              Quote:

              Informal. a person or thing that proves to be defective, imperfect, or unsatisfactory; dud: His car turned out to be a lemon.

              Seems like a dud to me :laugh:

              Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.

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              Charles Programmer
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              Likewise, American elections. Just sayin'.

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              • J Jochen Arndt

                Silicon Valley’s $400 Juicer May Be Feeling the Squeeze - Bloomberg[^]:

                Google’s venture capital arm and other backers poured about $120 million into the startup. Juicero sells the machine for $400, plus the cost of individual juice packs delivered weekly. Tech blogs have dubbed it a “Keurig for juice.” But after the product hit the market, some investors were surprised to discover a much cheaper alternative: You can squeeze the Juicero bags with your bare hands.

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                AnotherKen
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                People want those because they want to be fat and constipated for some reason.

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                • J Jochen Arndt

                  Silicon Valley’s $400 Juicer May Be Feeling the Squeeze - Bloomberg[^]:

                  Google’s venture capital arm and other backers poured about $120 million into the startup. Juicero sells the machine for $400, plus the cost of individual juice packs delivered weekly. Tech blogs have dubbed it a “Keurig for juice.” But after the product hit the market, some investors were surprised to discover a much cheaper alternative: You can squeeze the Juicero bags with your bare hands.

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                  James Lonero
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                  Because, I can afford it.

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                  • T Tim Carmichael

                    While I would not buy this product, there are others that might. I like my coffee - drip or percolated is fine by me. Does it meets other's 'standards'? Probably not, but, I'm the one drinking it, not them. Similarly, I heat my house largely with wood in a wood burning insert. I cut the wood myself and split by hand; I could borrow a hydraulic wood splitter, but I like the exercise. So.. to each his own.

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                    James Lonero
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                    Thanks for reminding me. I have some wood to split this weekend. I look forward to the exercise.

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                    • C Charles Programmer

                      Likewise, American elections. Just sayin'.

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                      Lost User
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                      Democracy is a nice idea but fundamentally flawed really.. As a country Britain seemed a lot stronger, safer and more influential in the world when we had less of it :laugh:

                      Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.

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