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I mean, they had to somehow procure stock from startups that are long out of business. Items nobody actually wants, so what's the point of having _more_ items nobody actually wants?

(EDIT: oh. whoops. they're miniatures haha)

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They are not selling the actual products of these startups but rather super cute miniaturized versions that they made.

Some of these items barely existed in the first place. You can get a Juicero, probably, but good luck getting your hands on an honest Theranos device. Few existed, and most of those are probably in the hands of the federal prosecutors charging Holmes with fraud.

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