The steep prices at the vending machines and shops atop Mt. Fuji sparked a debate on 5ch’s Nanademo Jikkyo (“Live Commentary”) board. Against posters defending the prices by citing transport and labor costs, a wave of replies pushed back with concrete comparisons, like “Coke at Tokyo Dome is only 400 yen.”
Even factoring all that in, it's still a straight-up rip-off, you maggot.
Vending machines probably just charge the standard price, right? The bottled drinks are the expensive part though.
If it's too expensive, just skip buying it and carry up however much you need yourself.
>>23
It's heavy, so hauling it up there is a pain!
It's heavy, so hauling it up there is a pain!
If you set up shop in front of the Mt. Fuji vending machines and sold bottled drinks for 400 yen, you'd make a killing!
Amazing.
Amazing.
>>28
Nobody's buying a lukewarm Coke that's gone soggy in the drizzle.
Nobody's buying a lukewarm Coke that's gone soggy in the drizzle.
OP's already gone, huh.
>>30
Yeah, there's no way he can win this one.
Yeah, there's no way he can win this one.
>>30
He's probably hopped on a plane and gone into hiding.
He's probably hopped on a plane and gone into hiding.
https://blog-imgs-47-origin.fc2.com/c/h/i/chikugogawa/IMG_051s.jpg
They're hauling it up with stuff like this, so it really should be cheaper.
They're hauling it up with stuff like this, so it really should be cheaper.
100 km— wait, I meant 100 kg.
>>45
100 kg a load is pretty inefficient.
100 kg a load is pretty inefficient.
Eating out is a total rip-off too.
Like, even on Marugame Seimen's monthly "1st of the month" discount days,
their daily sales still aren't running at a loss.
Meaning the business works fine even at that price,
so the rest of the time they're just charging customers double for no reason.
Like, even on Marugame Seimen's monthly "1st of the month" discount days,
their daily sales still aren't running at a loss.
Meaning the business works fine even at that price,
so the rest of the time they're just charging customers double for no reason.
>>51
So it's like how some people would take a civil servant job for 3 million yen a year, yet they go and pay 6 million anyway — that kind of weird?
So it's like how some people would take a civil servant job for 3 million yen a year, yet they go and pay 6 million anyway — that kind of weird?
Feels like China would've already rolled out drone delivery for this.
>>57
How many round trips is some underpowered drone gonna need?
How many round trips is some underpowered drone gonna need?
>>62
They can reach the summit of Everest in 8 minutes — this isn't the drone you're picturing.
They can reach the summit of Everest in 8 minutes — this isn't the drone you're picturing.
>>62
Update your drone knowledge, man.
Update your drone knowledge, man.
But how come nobody complains about having to pay to use the toilets?
>>79
Kamikochi has toilet attendants, but they barely let anyone in who doesn't look like a hiker — that's shady.
Kamikochi has toilet attendants, but they barely let anyone in who doesn't look like a hiker — that's shady.
When you're making Cup Noodles up there,
does the water actually get all the way to 100°C?
does the water actually get all the way to 100°C?
>>83
Does that really matter that much?
90°C should be plenty.
Does that really matter that much?
90°C should be plenty.
>>83
It boils at around 90°C up there, so it won't get any hotter than that.
It boils at around 90°C up there, so it won't get any hotter than that.
>>83
No way.
Eating hard, lukewarm cup noodles and still going "so good, so good" — that's what mountain climbing is.
No way.
Eating hard, lukewarm cup noodles and still going "so good, so good" — that's what mountain climbing is.
They've got to make all their money during the summer season, so they gouge as hard as they can.
>>91
If you think that, why don't you do it yourself then?
If you think that, why don't you do it yourself then?
>>92
Because you can't open a new business there.
The mountain huts in the national parks are the same — pure vested interests.
Because you can't open a new business there.
The mountain huts in the national parks are the same — pure vested interests.
>>94
So it's just sour grapes, then.
So it's just sour grapes, then.
Coke at Mt. Fuji's summit → 500 yen
Coke at Tokyo Dome → 400 yen
If you're gonna bring up transport costs, you should be complaining about that one first.
Coke at Tokyo Dome → 400 yen
If you're gonna bring up transport costs, you should be complaining about that one first.
>>96
Coke at a live house venue is 600 yen…
Coke at a live house venue is 600 yen…
Just come prepared in the first place.
>>109
Aquarius is just too tasty, I end up drinking way more than I should 😭
Aquarius is just too tasty, I end up drinking way more than I should 😭
Why is it okay for Mt. Fuji to mark up Coke and resell it at a massive premium?
>>112
Is water from an oasis in the middle of a desert worth the same as water that comes out when you turn on a tap downtown?
Is water from an oasis in the middle of a desert worth the same as water that comes out when you turn on a tap downtown?
If they drilled a shaft through the side of Mt. Fuji and sent supplies up like an elevator, they could probably get it down to around 400 yen.
>>117
And who's paying for that construction, exactly?
And who's paying for that construction, exactly?
>>117
How would they even recoup the cost?
How would they even recoup the cost?
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nanademo Jikkyo) thread “Me: “Mt. Fuji’s vending machines are overpriced” Idiots: “It’s the transport costs~ the labor costs~”.”
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