# Industries pricing themselves out of the market

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/industries-pricing-themselves-out-of-the-market/675834>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 8, 2013, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/industries-pricing-themselves-out-of-the-market/675834 "2013-12-08T17:27:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/industries-pricing-themselves-out-of-the-market/675834/41 "2013-12-11T05:47:29Z")

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> [@usedtobe](#):
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> That gives them a real 4-place plane that the people who want planes are willing to pay - and they get a 300 mph pressurized bullet

> [@Broomstick](#):
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> Not everyone wants a “pressurized bullet”

Not everyone has half a million dollars burning a hole in his or her pocket.

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**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/industries-pricing-themselves-out-of-the-market/675834/42 "2013-12-11T06:58:48Z")

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Cable TV.  
I think people are getting sick of paying for bundled channels that they don’t want.  
I’m a cable cutter. That puts $130/month back in my pocket. HBO go is now being offered independently in some markets. Now with services like Aero I have no desire to pay for cable.

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