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WTF: Do you need a 400$ juicer?

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  • Z ZurdoDev

    A lime perhaps? :-\

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    Slacker007
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    Perhaps. :thumbsup:

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    • R Rage

      Here we have this[^], which is more or less a blender that can cook, and is sold between €800 and €1200 depending on the "accessories". No advertisement, same sales principle as tupperware, with meeting organization and gifts, and etc... Roughly estimated, 50% of the households in Germany have one. :wtf: On the same idea, lots of people have a true coffee machine at home, we are again talking about €900 to €2000. So I have no worries the €400 will sell. If you see how much money people are putting in Nespresso each year, this is even a bargain.

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      OriginalGriff
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      I also have a "blender that can cook" - it's called a Morphy Richards 501014 Saute and Soup Maker[^] - and it didn;t cost $400, €400, or even £400 ... Does make pretty good soup, as well.

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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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        Daniel Pfeffer
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        So, you pay $400 for a device that: 1. Uses custom fruit bags (at $5 to $8 for a 240ml (8 fl. Oz) glass!) 2. Cannot use fruit bags from any other manufacturer (captive market, anyone?) 3. Requires an internet connection in order to check whether the fruit bag is expired or has been recalled 4. Is not much better than squeezing said fruit bag by hand OR, you can go down to the local supermarket and buy 2 liters (67 fl. Oz) of juice, probably for less than $10 <sarc>The device (and the manufacturer) certainly sound like great investments to me!</sarc>

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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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          jeron1
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          Wouldn't be surprised if their largest client is the US govt. "Only $400!? wow that sure beats those $600 toilet seats!"

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          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

            I also have a "blender that can cook" - it's called a Morphy Richards 501014 Saute and Soup Maker[^] - and it didn;t cost $400, €400, or even £400 ... Does make pretty good soup, as well.

            Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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            Mark_Wallace
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            Kewl! It's on sale for £55, with a saving of £34.99! Since I'm in NL, could you buy one for me? You'll save £34.99, so I'll give you the difference of £20.01! Cheers!

            I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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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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              Mark_Wallace
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              But it matches my ipad recipe book so well! :sigh:

              I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                Kewl! It's on sale for £55, with a saving of £34.99! Since I'm in NL, could you buy one for me? You'll save £34.99, so I'll give you the difference of £20.01! Cheers!

                I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                OriginalGriff
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                Only if you first loan me £1000, and only give me £500...

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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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                  megaadam
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                  Yes, thank you!

                  ... such stuff as dreams are made on

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                  • R Rage

                    Here we have this[^], which is more or less a blender that can cook, and is sold between €800 and €1200 depending on the "accessories". No advertisement, same sales principle as tupperware, with meeting organization and gifts, and etc... Roughly estimated, 50% of the households in Germany have one. :wtf: On the same idea, lots of people have a true coffee machine at home, we are again talking about €900 to €2000. So I have no worries the €400 will sell. If you see how much money people are putting in Nespresso each year, this is even a bargain.

                    Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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                    den2k88
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                    That thing is costly but helps a lot in kitchen, if someone likes to cook elaborate / has to cook a lot of elaborate foods daily. It's expensive but it may be worth it - my GF (the official house cook) prefers cheap basic instruments, but she has the skills to make up for them.

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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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                      Tim Carmichael
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                      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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                      • 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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                        Richard Andrew x64
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                        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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                        • 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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                          jeron1
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                          [Homer] mmmmmm, milk duds, ahhhhhh [/Homer]

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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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                                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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                                  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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