wool and cotton toppers and pads are marked up by 5,000%

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ok i just googled the prices for wool and cotton.

in US the prices are:

wool - $ 1.7 per pound
cotton- $ 0.9 per pound

so a topper with 8 pounds of wool uses about 6 dollars of wool … and costs $350

a mattress pad with 4 pounds of cotton uses 4 dollars of cotton … and costs $200

so they mark it up by a factor of 50X or 5,000% in both cases.

WHAT ? ARE YOU SERIOUS ?

i was wondering how my grandma was able to buy wool mattress pads in Ukraine for $30 well now i see that $30 is what they are supposed to cost ! ! !

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Hi g1981c,

There are lots of people who make their own if they have the time to spend and the expertise and equipment to do it right.

Phoenix

3

Come on! The market price of a product is never determined by the cost of the raw materials. These products may be “over-priced” in your estimation, but they are not marked up 5,000%. What do you think the raw material cost is for all of the bottles of water that are sold for $1? Talk about overpriced! You can get a whole gallon of purified or distilled water for $1. However, there are still costs of doing business in the beverage business. Bottling plants, plastic bottles, warehouses, shipping and distribution, labor costs, marketing, and all of the mark-ups along the way.