Wade:

 

Factor in the cost of stocking that widget and tying up money having something sit on the shelf for maybe months then the resource to sell said widget... 

 

Costs may have moved but from memory it costs a business $50 to complete a sale end to end, so a $1 object needs to attract a huge margin to cover this cost let alone be profitable, so sell 1 for $51 or 10 for $6ea, both scenarios only cover actual cost to business

 

I agree. A production run of right rear door handles for Honda XYZ may be part of the real production run, but that door handle will sit and sit and sit, for maybe years. Anyone here had to buy a right rear door handle in the last year?