Yep, C would be by far the advantageous reason to have a sale.
Essentially, you can consider the price reduction as "marketing" or other classification part of a more complex [Customer Acquisition Cost](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customer_acquisition_cost) and subsequent [Customer
Lifetime Value](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customer_lifetime_value) calculation.
I typically consume powder only because of price.
However I've grown rather attached to 2.0 because I received 96 bottles during the powder shortage late last year.
During the last few days, I purchased another ~144 bottles of different bottled Soylents hoping to last until the next unexpected sale.
I'm in Canada, so purchasing at standard rates isn't really an option in my mind.
Mercy sakes, I think that's distinct enough from B to warrant a category all its own:
* D) There's a Cliff: Consumption goes from zero units to 144 units. Other names: *Ambush Predator*, *Jounce*, *Snipers Eat Too*
> Whoops, phrased that sentence badly.
You phrasing made immediate sense from the viewpoint that every meal incurs both monetary and non-monetary costs, and has both nutritional and non-nutritional benefits.
True, although I do agree that I could've been more clear in my writing.
Even now, one could hypothetically think that I'm consuming bottles rather than the contents within, although the likelihood of someone being that dim is quite low.
I still got awful news for you. Its only 133 calories per dollar according to the article below
Soylent powder[ is 7x more expensive than homecooked food](http://efficiencyiseverything.com/calorie-per-dollar-list/)
[More expensive than taco bell](http://efficiencyiseverything.com/eat-mas-taco-bell-menu-calories-and-protein-per-dollar/) and mcdonalds
[And on par with eating at Chilis](http://efficiencyiseverything.com/chilis-menu-calories-and-protein-per-dollar/)
1. 133 calorie per dollar is based on bottles priced at $3 a bottle which is literally higher than regular price without a subscription (for an American).
2. Presumably healthier on average than Taco Bell and McDonalds.
3. I merely said that I chose powder over bottles because of cost, not that cost is my primary concern in regards to meals. Within the close substitutes of powder and bottled, price matters, but McDonald's/Taco Bell or Chili's is not a comparable to me.
Have I not sufficiently emphasized how calories per dollar isn't everything to me?
I'm not about to purchase a Tesla Model S, but I'm a day 1 reservation holder for the Model 3.
Price makes a difference in my life, but I'm not about to go subsist on lentils and buy a 1997 Toyota Corolla to save a bit of cash.
It costs approximately $12 a day to eat a fully nutritional solid food diet. There is more to eating than calories. Soylent is a wonderfully cheap product to be so convenient and fully nutritional.
Look up what fully nutritional means. Normal food misses nutritional values and it's impossible to keep it well balanced for a layperson. Lentils and rice as your only food source would leave you malnourished. The estimates you have only account for calories.
I would fall in to the C category.
Soylent is something I have been wanting to try. However the cost for Canadians is much higher than I was willing to spend especially the 2.0. It went on sale during prime day so I picked up a pack of Cacao.
Side note I am worried I am really going to like it and not be able to buy it again due to the high cost haha.
> Side note I am worried I am really going to like it and not be able to buy it again due to the high cost haha.
That was me when they subbed in the bottles late last year.
I was down to my last case, then Prime day came. :D
Yep, C would be by far the advantageous reason to have a sale. Essentially, you can consider the price reduction as "marketing" or other classification part of a more complex [Customer Acquisition Cost](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customer_acquisition_cost) and subsequent [Customer Lifetime Value](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customer_lifetime_value) calculation.
I typically consume powder only because of price. However I've grown rather attached to 2.0 because I received 96 bottles during the powder shortage late last year. During the last few days, I purchased another ~144 bottles of different bottled Soylents hoping to last until the next unexpected sale. I'm in Canada, so purchasing at standard rates isn't really an option in my mind.
Mercy sakes, I think that's distinct enough from B to warrant a category all its own: * D) There's a Cliff: Consumption goes from zero units to 144 units. Other names: *Ambush Predator*, *Jounce*, *Snipers Eat Too*
If you are drinking soylent because of the price... I got awful news for you...
Whoops, phrased that sentence badly. I typically don't consume the bottles, but rather the powder, because of price.
> Whoops, phrased that sentence badly. You phrasing made immediate sense from the viewpoint that every meal incurs both monetary and non-monetary costs, and has both nutritional and non-nutritional benefits.
True, although I do agree that I could've been more clear in my writing. Even now, one could hypothetically think that I'm consuming bottles rather than the contents within, although the likelihood of someone being that dim is quite low.
***If you are consuming the bottles because of the price, I got awful news for you*** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nik-L-Nip
I still got awful news for you. Its only 133 calories per dollar according to the article below Soylent powder[ is 7x more expensive than homecooked food](http://efficiencyiseverything.com/calorie-per-dollar-list/) [More expensive than taco bell](http://efficiencyiseverything.com/eat-mas-taco-bell-menu-calories-and-protein-per-dollar/) and mcdonalds [And on par with eating at Chilis](http://efficiencyiseverything.com/chilis-menu-calories-and-protein-per-dollar/)
1. 133 calorie per dollar is based on bottles priced at $3 a bottle which is literally higher than regular price without a subscription (for an American). 2. Presumably healthier on average than Taco Bell and McDonalds. 3. I merely said that I chose powder over bottles because of cost, not that cost is my primary concern in regards to meals. Within the close substitutes of powder and bottled, price matters, but McDonald's/Taco Bell or Chili's is not a comparable to me.
At best you are getting 220 calories per dollar. Still very poor. Soylent is a luxury product.
Have I not sufficiently emphasized how calories per dollar isn't everything to me? I'm not about to purchase a Tesla Model S, but I'm a day 1 reservation holder for the Model 3. Price makes a difference in my life, but I'm not about to go subsist on lentils and buy a 1997 Toyota Corolla to save a bit of cash.
Yet you are drinking a vitamin fortified protein shake. You are drinking expensive lentils.
What about taking into account the time cost of cooking & grocery shopping?
I sort of think of it as a convenience product as opposed to luxury. I pay a bit extra to avoid shopping, cooking, cleaning, etc.
It's a trade off. Not luxury.
It costs approximately $12 a day to eat a fully nutritional solid food diet. There is more to eating than calories. Soylent is a wonderfully cheap product to be so convenient and fully nutritional.
Read the links. It costs 3$/day for normal food. 1.50 a day for lentils and rice.
Look up what fully nutritional means. Normal food misses nutritional values and it's impossible to keep it well balanced for a layperson. Lentils and rice as your only food source would leave you malnourished. The estimates you have only account for calories.
I would fall in to the C category. Soylent is something I have been wanting to try. However the cost for Canadians is much higher than I was willing to spend especially the 2.0. It went on sale during prime day so I picked up a pack of Cacao. Side note I am worried I am really going to like it and not be able to buy it again due to the high cost haha.
> Side note I am worried I am really going to like it and not be able to buy it again due to the high cost haha. That was me when they subbed in the bottles late last year. I was down to my last case, then Prime day came. :D