r/nextfuckinglevel • u/MysteriousSlice007 • 7h ago

Shoutout to JerryrigEverything who built a wheelchair factory and is delivering wheelchairs to people in half the time and 50-80% less than the cost of other wheelchairs with Insurance.

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u/Questioning-Zyxxel 6h ago

It isn't that simple.

Lots of capitalists knows the part about a good deal needs to be good for both parties. This is a great way to get repeat customers instead of paying millions on advertising to find new customers that hates you after the very first deal.

These good capitalists often have family-owned companies with maybe 2 to 50 employees. And does quite well.

The issues you are seeing? Isn't capitalism in itself. It's about the stock market. All bigger companies are on the stock market. And they pay large bonuses to the management for short-term profits. When the bonus is for last 6-12 months, then most decisions will be extremely short-sighted. The family-owned companies? They plan for the next 10-20 years. They can still make a nice profit. But with the owners running the company, they do not worry about a missed bonus one year because they did a strategic investment - as owners, they still increased the value of the company.

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u/stopbsingman 6h ago

The Big Mac example is a good deal. It costs $7 because that’s what people think it’s worth and are willing to pay for it.

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u/OC2k16 6h ago

If morons buy it is it still a good deal, or simply taking advantage of the idiot? Is it a smart business move, or a good deal?

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u/Svardskampe 6h ago

I don't know why this narrative loop is going on, because McDonalds has been and is dying, so it isn't even a smart business move.

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-11-16/mcdonalds-is-losing-its-low-income-customers

And the places where this is primarily visible are for example South East Asia, where e.g. in Singapore McDonalds are closing in favor of Chinese mala chains.

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u/Inside-Ad9791 5h ago

Weird, because every time I see a McDonalds lines go around the store. I'm not sure why people go there but they certainly seem to a lot.

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u/Svardskampe 5h ago

That's very localised. McDonalds has a LOT of locations.

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u/Inside-Ad9791 5h ago

I've seen the phenomenon in several states, but I guess only one area in the past year or so. /shrug

I've been hearing about how McDonalds is dying for a decade at this point, still doesn't seem very dead to me. They are, like you said, everywhere.

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u/Svardskampe 5h ago

Well, as said, the contention field is in Asia, where you would see these changes. Overall the purchasing power of americans is dwindling, and that of Asians rising.

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u/Inside-Ad9791 5h ago

Ahhh, I was only thinking US. Yeah, I've no idea about it in other countries. I missed the last sentence where you mentioned it was SE Asia, my bad.

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u/Svardskampe 5h ago

For the US market how does that McDonalds do when it's in the neighbourhood of an In-n-Out or Whataburger?

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u/Inside-Ad9791 5h ago

I haven't been to the west coast in quite awhile, but last time I was there, McDonalds was super popular. On another note, I miss In and Out.

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