So cynical. We’re talking cutting edge technology hereIsn't there a proverb that goes something like "A fool and his money are soon parted" ?
Edit: Or maybe that was just on a fortune cookie. . .
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Pad & Quill Debuts New Leather Coasters for HomePod
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LOLOLOLOLOL... $20?
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Here's 6 leather coasters on Amazon for $15... https://www.amazon.com/Leather-Coasters-Protect-Furniture-Scratch/dp/B075PW1KKG/
It legitimately looks like Pad & Quill just ordered something similar to those and stamped their name on them.
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If you buy one of these....well....I’m not going to say. I’ll get banned.
I’ll will say, though, you can’t feel like a really smart person if you buy one of these.
I’ll will say, though, you can’t feel like a really smart person if you buy one of these.
The Amazon page says these are "PU Leather", which is fake leather (PU = polyurethane), aka pleather.
I assume the Pad & Quill one is real leather. (But then again, if it's under your HomePod, who cares what it's made of? Still, I admire P&Q's enterprising spirit and ability to quickly meet a market need).
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Very smart business.
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Why not just get one of the kids to stand still and hold it, by promising them ice cream?
Placing an insert between the speaker and a table may reduce the lower frequencies that would occur when a table vibrates with Apple's pod foot.
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We did that but with TV antennas.
More likely it's closer to what @ck2875 said. They're repurposing ordinary leather coasters and trying to gouge the gullible. A cursory google of "leather coasters" will turn up more leather coasters than you can shake a stick at.
When will Apple release a saddle brown leather coaster for $39?
Pad & Quill makes leather products. Your question is better asked of them than to us.
Then we can have loads of threads comparing patina
Thanks a lot Mustang. Now Look at what you did, You will have me searching Google for leather coasters now being infatuated.
Why? It just leather with a circular shape and simple stitching. You can make dozens of these within an hour. The margin will be tenfold of the home pods margin.
I understand they can be manufactured relatively quickly, but my point was that HomePod marking article surfaced within less than 24 hours and there’s already an accessory to be had, I find it coincidental and conveniently fast. And of course, Naturally the margin of a leather coaster won’t be in comparison to a HomePod margin.
Because cutting a piece from a living animal would be messy. And mean.
Well done (pun intended). Your response was the funniest thing I have read in a long time.
...because dead animal does not stain dead tree...
No, see, you're supposed to buy one for $.25 from alibaba sell it for $20. If you tell everyone it only costs $.25, you lose your profit margin.
