Imagine you’re buying a dietary supplement -gym products- and you find four identical products. The only difference is where they’re manufactured & price; everything else is the same: formulation, quality standards, certifications, safety, and insurance.

• Made in France —> $24.99
• Made in Germany —> $21.99
• Made in the USA —> $17.99
• Made in Canada —> $27.99

All of them are produced under the same technical requirements, with the same processes, equipment standards, and regulatory compliance. The only real difference is price & the country where the manufacturing happens, meaning the jobs, industrial know-how, and production infrastructure are tied to that location.

In that situation, which one would you choose, and why?

Please answer honestly & truthfully

Imagine you’re buying a dietary supplement -gym products- and you find four identical products. The only difference is where they’re manufactured & price; everything else is the same: formulation, quality standards, certifications, safety, and insurance.

• Made in France —> $24.99
• Made in Germany —> $21.99
• Made in the USA —> $17.99
• Made in Canada —> $27.99

All of them are produced under the same technical requirements, with the same processes, equipment standards, and regulatory compliance. The only real difference is price & the country where the manufacturing happens, meaning the jobs, industrial know-how, and production infrastructure are tied to that location.

In that situation, which one would you choose, and why?

Please answer honestly & truhtfully

Je me pose une question....Si certaines régions de France commencent à connaître régulièrement des températures supérieures à 42°C lors des canicules, quels seraient les effets concrets sur l'agriculture et la nature ?

Est-ce qu'on pourrait voir une forte baisse des récoltes, voire la disparition de certaines cultures dans certaines régions ? Qu'en serait-il de la faune et de la flore locales : les espèces pourraient-elles s'adapter suffisamment vite ?

Et à plus long terme, existe-t-il un risque réel que certaines zones du sud de la France connaissent un phénomène de désertification comparable à ce qu'on observe en Afrique ?

I’m trying to understand the real economics of starting a small company and comparing Marseille, France with Houston, Texas.

One thing I’m also factoring in: in practice, I will likely have to eat part of the VAT impact (and reduce my margin) to keep the final product competitive in pricing. So VAT is technically passed through, but not always fully “felt” by the end customer in pricing power.

Assumptions

• Revenue: 700,000
• COGS: 250,000 (it's a commodity so prices are relatively similar)
• 3 employees paid 2× minimum wage
• Owner takes all remaining profit
• France includes VAT system effects (cash-flow + pricing pressure), US does not

https://preview.redd.it/162l4bvidl8h1.png?width=672&format=png&auto=webp&s=dcd000f66fef4b61e955c841358904dfc09e6423

Why is VAT inflating the price, why will I have so many social contributions?

I've had this TS3440 for about 2 years now, and now my color cartridge has started to fail me, lost of lines showing everywhere, I tried cleaning, deep cleaning, toothpicking, printer multiple pages of hard colors...yet...the lines are still here

I've got probably 4 reams out of it over its lifetime.

Should I just let it go? or is it still fixable?

ps: I just drilled a hole inside the cartridge and injected ink in it for 2 years