Some companies, are honest, They use a standard markup on most everything, in days of old that was 2.5 but some places it can be much higher (Bars for example Four, Five or even more times the cost of product).
Staples, it would appear is one of those.
Other companies. Like Comcast it is "How much and in how many ways can we gouge them". We will thus say no more about these crooks.
So how do you get a deal like that....
Factory makes a million boxes of fifty, sells 100,000 of them
They make 100,000 boxes of 100, sell 99,000 of them
They now have a whole warehouse full of boes of 50, so they mark 'em down, and Staples buys 'em at the discounted price, and passes the savings on to you the consumer.
And yes, it pays to read the prices.
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