• Jay
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    I guess they have their use, but I dislike green extension cords. my daughter has a few of them, and she tends to leave them laying in the grass when I go over to mow her yard.

    She now has a few shorter ones.

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      Not good for visibility, but great for blending. We use them for Christmas and Halloween so that you don’t see a ton of cords about. I have to move them or weed eat around them if it rains much during those months.

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        Ah that makes sense. I live in Canada, our ground is white and covered with snowdrifts that time of year.

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            Hell, I’ve lost my car a few times under the snow. You know you’re a true Canadian when you have shovel dents on your hood.

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    Well the green one is only for the garden according to the label. Don’t even think about plugging it in indoors.

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    Orange is probably the bulk of the cords sold, so green is made in lower quantities and thus higher per-unit cost.

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    My guess is people who care about whether the cables blend in with their lawn are willing to pay more for them.

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      It’s also possible they sell fewer green ones, meaning they produce fewer and don’t get as much of a benefit from economies of scale.

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        You’re right. This is just evidence of a modern well-run supply chain.

        Amazon does this better than anyone, and you’ll commonly find products available in different colors with each having a slightly different price. These prices change dynamically based on trends like historic and forecasted demand, current on hand quantities, and many other factors.

        Edit to add: Some more advanced brick and mortar stores (see B&H Photo in NYC) use electronic price displays in the shelving to allow them to change prices more dynamically and frequently without having to incur the labor costs of restickering and retagging product.

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    Theoretically it could be that the ingredient to make the coating green cost more, but most likely it’s just an attempt to get more money.

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      It also could be that they want to clear the shelf space of the orange cords, and for some reason they have more of them than the green once.

      But of course, the store is business and they exist to make money.

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      While it probably is the latter; I remember when I worked for sherwin williams, green was one of the most expensive colored pigments.

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    Might be a nudge to get people to default to orange and only buy green if they really want it to make their stock needs more predictable.

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      Fun fact, this is part of the reason so many cars are silver, white, or black now. A lot of base models of cars are only available in those three colors, along with maybe red. To get a different color, you have to get an upgraded package… and there’s your $1k price jump.

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        I’d be happy to spend $1k more for better colors, but many new cars don’t even come in any interesting colors regardless of the price.

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          This is also true.

          My wife and I have accidentally ended up with a purple car and a green truck, both stick out in a sea of silver bubbles.

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            purple car and a green truck

            Tell me you drive Dodge without telling me you drive Dodge.

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            I just thought a couple of days ago that how awesome it would be if we have a LOT of colorful cars. Not just the same 4-5 always. Parking lots are fucking boring these days.

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    They aren’t the same cord, the green one is a thinner wire size and is 14 gauge, and the orange one is thicker at 12 gauge.

    EDIT: Nevermind, they are the same, I saw the 12 gauge wire, not the orange 14, that’s on me.

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    In Canada, they charge 50-100% for black extension cords

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      In Europe red are usuallly the cheap PVC ones while black has higher quality insulation and last much longer, well worth the price difference.