# It doesn't sell! Let's call it something else! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [January 22, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-sell-lets-call-it-something-else/978624 "2023-01-22T21:34:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-sell-lets-call-it-something-else/978624/161 "2023-02-03T00:13:16Z")
It’s the amount that made it news. That’s a lot of chicken wings. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-sell-lets-call-it-something-else/978624/162 "2023-02-03T00:48:17Z")
Mechanics, carpenters, and plumbers often use pickup trucks with the sides of the bed replaced by toolboxes. The toolbox rig has been a standard option for many decades. But, when selling it to fire departments or EMT services, you call it a “Rescue Vehicle”. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-sell-lets-call-it-something-else/978624/163 "2023-02-03T01:38:32Z")
Kind of like calling something a “marine-grade outlet” or a “hospital grade outlet” bumps the price by a significant amount. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-sell-lets-call-it-something-else/978624/164 "2023-02-03T01:52:07Z")
Want to sell a gadget for inflated prices? Just label it as “Military.” ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-sell-lets-call-it-something-else/978624/165 "2023-02-03T02:08:54Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > It’s the amount that made it news. That’s a lot of chicken wings I don’t know, chicken wings have gotten pricey. They’ve been fluctuating like crazy ever since COVID, and now avian influenza. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-sell-lets-call-it-something-else/978624/166 "2023-02-03T14:08:42Z")
True. By happenstance I looked at the price of raw plain wings in the groc store a day or two ago and I don’t remember exactly what it was, but it was near $4.00/lb. But even at $4.00/lb $1.5million buys ~400K lbs or ~200 _tons_ of chicken wings. Like I said earlier, I have to believe this was the total amount of a lot of such orders over a long time. The only way it could have been a single purchase is if the perp got confused about the unit of measure. But even then they’d have to be way, way off. Ordering 200 lbs to sell out the back door is sensible enough. Goofing by a factor of 2000 and ordering 200 _tons_ is quite the math blunder. Although I recall a supply SNAFU that happened to one of my USAF squadrons. They used D-cell batteries at a decent clip. We usually got them through the DOD supply system in shoe-box-sized boxes of IIRC 100 which came like 6 to a case. Anyhow somebody wasn’t watching carefully and picked the wrong line out of the catalog for one order. They’d ordered what amounted to 5 _shipping containers_ of batteries, not 5 _cases_ of batteries. The order kicked out before it was fulfilled because it blew well past that department’s annual budget. Thank goodness. We’d / they’d still be trying to use up 5 shipping containers of batteries now, 30+ years later. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-sell-lets-call-it-something-else/978624/167 "2023-02-13T23:06:11Z")
Adidas is trying to figure out what to do with their “Yeezy” line. > **[Adidas is looking to repurpose unsold Yeezy products. Here are some of its...](https://www.npr.org/2023/02/13/1155965676/adidas-repurpose-unsold-yeezy-options-kanye-west?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&fbclid=IwAR2fiMstJ90G1QKhIgRkE5s7TGxNlYOLlAoSSej1RigpE9PlCNfi9x51uvg)** > > Retail experts say Yeezys will be particularly difficult to resell given their distinct design and damaged reputation. But not doing so could cost Adidas up to 500 million euros. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-sell-lets-call-it-something-else/978624/168 "2023-02-13T23:30:54Z")
Searched and didn’t find this. Take a pressure cooker and give it a fancier name and sell millions. They called it the Insta-Pot. I bought the same thing years before the Insta-pot, it was just called a counter top pressure cooker. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-sell-lets-call-it-something-else/978624/169 "2023-02-13T23:39:51Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > True. By happenstance I looked at the price of raw plain wings in the groc store a day or two ago and I don’t remember exactly what it was, but it was near $4.00/lb That’s about what they typically are here, but if you know where to shop, I picked them up for $1.69/lb yesterday (for normal sized wings) for the Super Bowl, and a few weeks ago, the same place had jumbo wings at $1.19/lb. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-sell-lets-call-it-something-else/978624/170 "2023-02-13T23:56:03Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > it tastes nasty to me. Perhaps you are a [supertaster?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertaster) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-sell-lets-call-it-something-else/978624/171 "2023-02-14T00:12:09Z")
I did a search, but couldn’t find a classic example. Mars Candy had something called “Forever Yours,” with dark chocolate, caramel, and white nougat. They took it off the market and renamed it “Milky Way Midnight,” which is still available. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-sell-lets-call-it-something-else/978624/172 "2023-02-14T04:33:19Z")
I actually think I’m a super-smeller. I don’t think I’m unusually sensitive to bitter, which seems to be the hallmark of super tasters. But i do taste lots of flavors (which are kinda smells) much more intensely than most people. My sense of taste has declined with age, and i can now tolerate small amounts of mustard, for instance, but i still find peppers, raw onion, and many other popular flavors overwhelming and unpleasant. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-sell-lets-call-it-something-else/978624/173 "2023-02-14T12:45:14Z")
Yeah, I also have a lot of the issues that supertasters have. Bitter is a biggie, especially in things like salad greens. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-sell-lets-call-it-something-else/978624/174 "2023-02-14T12:48:30Z")
There are a lot of nasty bitter salad greens. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-sell-lets-call-it-something-else/978624/175 "2023-02-15T02:45:34Z")
OK, that should have read “mild stimulant.” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-sell-lets-call-it-something-else/978624/176 "2023-02-15T12:54:42Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > Searched and didn’t find this. Take a pressure cooker and give it a fancier name and sell millions. They called it the Insta-Pot. I bought the same thing years before the Insta-pot, it was just called a counter top pressure cooker. And an air fryer is just a small convection oven. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-sell-lets-call-it-something-else/978624/177 "2023-02-15T19:03:13Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > Take a pressure cooker and give it a fancier name and sell millions. They called it the Insta-Pot. Well, technically Instan **t** Pot (it’s spelled with a ‘t’) is a brand name. There are plenty of other pressure cookers out there that are not called InstantPots. But I agree that those other pressure cookers\* wouldn’t be selling as well as they are if it’s weren’t for the demand created by the InstantPot. \*Actually, “multi-cooker” seems to be the generic term for them, as they do more than just pressure cook. There’s also a saute mode and a slow cook mode (so it can replace your Crock Pot as well). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-sell-lets-call-it-something-else/978624.md?page=8)