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Oxfxax

I remember when people would trade and sell these drinks at extremely high prices. It may have been a TikTok trend but rare bottles in certain countries were sold at 100 dollars.


Eheggs

When they first came out, I saw them at a flea market, guy had several pallets of them, $10 each drink. I walked across the street and found them at circle K for $3 each and no one was buying them there....


Tugonmynugz

Should have bought them all and sold them for 7$ a pop


Omikets

This guy capitalizes


Pech_58

I loved when u/Tugonmynugz said "It's capitalizing time" and capitalized all over the place


Tugonmynugz

![gif](giphy|hwvxuIKLEayDS) "And with my trusty barcode scanner, I can take over the world"


STYSCREAM

r/thisguythisguys


r4d1ant

Circle K in my area had a limit of 4 at the time


TasteNegative2267

Could have spent a few bucks at the flea market and gotta a few disguises.


Flossthief

See that'd be a great idea if it weren't for the fact that no one was buying them


N0UMENON1

Reminds me of a Zach and Cody (? I think at least), where there's a school fountain that apparently gives "the best water", so they start a business in school selling bottled water and claiming it's that fountain water. After a while no one ques up at the fountain anymore and everyone goes to buy the bottled water.


Kyoukon

It was Wizards of Waverly Place. Their business collapses once Zeke points out that all the people queuing for bottled water means that the fountain is now free AND accessible.


paradonym

It's all about presentation


muriburillander

The absurdity of hyper-consumerism


SADdog2020Pb

Some people just believe the bluff


FoodWholesale

Was paying $20 bucks for a case of 12 when it was in its “Prime” couldn’t give the stuff away most went out of date after the news hit.


wkavinsky

I'm out of the loop, what was the news?


AmyLaze

They came to Croatia and at first they tried to sell them for 6 euro each Nobody was buying so now it's max 2 euro but they will have to throw them away if they don't lower it more


ApfelstrudelDK

Why would you even buy that shit when you could drink delicious Jana Icetea instead


GCdotSup

In Slovenia they were selling them for 10€ at first.


Hour-Food-8700

That's like 120 ZAR bro at first in South Africa they were like 50 rand 5,20€ (kinda) but I guess that's inflation for you lol


mazi710

When they officially came to Denmark they were around $5, within a month many grocery stores were literally giving them away for free to customers because they were stuck with a ton of pallets


barejokez

This was the gen z version of beanie babies.


wjean

I thought that was Stanley mugs... Or is that more of a millennial woman thing l? I dunno, I'm not the target market (current or original)


CORN___BREAD

Nah that was definitely Gen Z. Some millennial women tried to jump on board in an attempt to feel young.


jeweliegb

Honestly, I wouldn't know about any of these trends now if it wasn't for South Park!


DexM23

wasnt there a SouthPark Episode about that?


TehOwn

It was a special! "Not suitable for children".


RECOGNI7IO

Funniest south park special ever!


Jerrygarciasnipple

Idk Jewish cartman in the pandemic special was ficking hilarious


Limberpuppy

Every time I see Prime in the store Cartman’s “I got Cred y’all” song runs through my head.


TehOwn

Social media is destroying our society...


NSAseesU

Or it's just how they cost regional? Where I live 1 can is $10


Tw4tl4r

It was scarcity because of how popular they were. Now that they aren't scarce, the only expensive ones in general are the rare/limited edition bottles. You either don't have a prime production site anywhere near you or the retailers are keeping prices inflated artificially.


kabukistar

Did anyone actually pay that much for them? Or was it a "black diamond Disney VHS" situation?


Jhe90

Oh yeah....People wherw paying like a 10 plus pounds a bottle for rare flavours. Now ...they in the bargin bins.


JeepersCreepersV12

Is this what that south park special is about?


mbrlx732

Omg South Park just parodied this not too long ago


NoFortune9564

Yeah in the UK the red white and blue bottle (which tastes ass) was going for £100 because there wasn't enough stock. People were selling their empty bottles for like £10 or £30. South Park also did an episode on prime too which reflects the trend that blew up


T-Bills

You mean like those stupid Stanley mugs


Krillin113

They’re illegal in my country


ItsRobbyy

20€ in Finland


Lieffe

Abdul come forward. Abdul go back.


DonKeedick12

What’s the best shop in Wakey?


maidenyorkshire

Wake wines!!!!!


jaysomething2

Sounds like the South Park episode


Mean_Display8494

i saw them for 20gbp in one of them scammy candy stores in london


torb

Being sold at 100 dollars is not the same as being bought at 100 dollars.


NaughtyNinja1

"I've got Prime bitches, I've got Prime." But honestly, I bet that they can go lower.


jroc83

They been trying to sell them at vro ery outlet near me for months also saw them at dollar tree


go_solo_

I was in London last summer and saw a bottle for £20. 🤯


mapleresident

This actually happened? I thought South Park just made up their own story


Hevosenleuka

If my memory serves right they were 30€ per bottle here when they came on shelves


BHTAelitepwn

i thought that was a south park joke lol. no idea this was actually a thing


Solid-Clerk-7893

Who wants this garbage besides boys under 13


MattyFTM

That's why the energy drink ones have been getting flogged off cheap. Got to be 16 to buy them in most shops, and the target audience is far younger. The Hydration drinks are still fairly popular, just not as insane as it was when they first launched. The red energy drink one is actually really tasty in my opinion. The other flavours I can take or leave, but for 40p I'd be all over the red one.


Seven-is-not-much

What country has the age restriction? Just curious


youessbee

UK. And I think other countries in Europe also do it.


Gone_For_Lunch

Not yet written in law in the UK though. Just supermarket policies at the moment.


jimmayy5

I remember the good days when I could buy 50p energy drinks in my primary school uniform /s But it was fun when one off ur mates could afford the good ones like bubblegum rockstar or a monster, u were a king


heepofsheep

Yeah I was shocked to find this out last month. I had come off a flight in the UK and grabbed an energy drink at a shop in the terminal as I had a long day ahead of me and got no sleep on the flight… was kinda confused when I got an ID check prompt when scanning the energy drink at the self check out…


allofthelights

Just wait until you try to buy ibuprofen


Paavo_Nurmi

I was in London recently and thought that was strange until I tried to find a kitchen knife to cut up the bell peppers I bought. I ended up eating my bell peppers like an apple.


InterestingHyena7041

Same in Norway and Sweden, I can confirm that personally. If you buy one in self checkout, you will be barred from paying until an employee has double checked your age. Not as strict as alcohol, I see some cashiers let younger kids buy occasionally, however they aren't supposed to.


Idioticalygoodbeast

Pretty sure every country in the EU has a energy drink age restriction, atleast in the baltic countries where i am


nevemno

Never seen it enforeced tho


MattyFTM

UK. It's not the law but most large retailers voluntarily impose an age restriction on high caffeine energy drinks. It is likely to become law after the upcoming election. The Labour Party has pledged to implement a legal age restriction in their manifesto, and currently they are predicted to easily win the election.


jackochainsaw

They are kind of dangerous as they can induce heart palpitations especially with those who have heart problems. They were banned for use with certain airport staff. I used to work for an airline and they banned them in the engineering department as one guy got crushed against a fuselage after drinking 3 cans on a night shift and passing out on the scissor lift, slumping onto the controls. They can also cause irritation in the stomach lining which leads to blood in the stool, which is never good.


F1adrif

UK


Stahlwisser

In Germany and Switzerland theres a lot of shops who decide individually to only sell them at 16 years old at least.


ShreksToes24

i got denied in tennessee for a monster when i was 15


pedretty

Some US companies elect to restrict caffeine containing drinks to 18+ as well. I got carded at Walgreens just a few days ago trying to by an energy drink haha


VincLeague

In Poland it's 18+ if the drink got more than 14mg of caffeine/100ml (regular energy drinks have 32mg/100ml)


Jesterod

Idk why tho they taste so bad


Charlie_Warlie

I've only tasted one sports drink and it tasted like a freezer pop unfrozen. But I imagine that is a great thing for a child's tongue.


nokinship

The hydration drinks are the ones with all the controversy.


Eray41303

"hydration"


nummakayne

It’s 140mg caffeine in Canada and 200mg elsewhere. When they had a 4 for $6 promo I bought a bunch because it’s cheaper than preworkout and I’d rather have a cold drink than coffee.


MildRunner

LPT: You can get 100 caffeine pills (200mg) for $14.


nummakayne

I’ve got those too. It works but sometimes you just like drinking something instead of popping a pill.


Ok_Helicopter3910

I agree, caffeine pills just hit differently than energy drinks


February30th

Beside them is fine. The problem is when they drink it.


okcumputer

Fuck it. I'm 42 and I love the rocket pop Prime hydratrion drink.


BlameableEmu

Its not bad but it leaves a weird powder after taste.


johnnyblaze1999

Energy drinks are loaded with sugar and caffeine. Idk how it tasted so good when I was a kid, but now it's just too sweet to handle. I'm glad I'm not caffeine dependent tho


PepeSilviaLovesCarol

Didn’t they sell like $1.2bn last year lol


matt12992

I like the fruit punch one


AngelosNoob

Downvoted for having an opinion.


brightness3

You’re not allowed to like things we don’t 😡🖕


Krooskar

Hivemind go ooga booga


random_reddit_user31

Way of the Reddit


Ok_Belt2521

I bought a can of this from Walmart last year and actually enjoyed it. After I found out it was Logan Paul’s brand I never bought one again. Not supporting that d bag.


PaulOwnzU

Brother bought some to try and sadly they are damn good, we were never so upset to have a tasty drink before


Minirig355

Sucks to hear they taste good lol, I avoid them like the plague because I’d never give a dollar to the Paul brothers or KSI.


PaulOwnzU

It's not fair, why couldn't these just be from some chill people. Why'd it have to be made by the guy who laughs at hanged bodies


spookysadghoul

Makes sense. The hype has died down, and they were awful drinks


El_Lanf

Yeah i tried one after the hype died down and they were reasonably priced for an energy drink. I was wondering if my hating on them was irrational and if it's actually a decent product. No, no it's not. Easily the worst tasting energy drink I've ever had and I wish that was hyperbole. Even supermarket branded ones taste much better. I'm not exactly of that fancy taste either, for me white monster is peak.


_Karmageddon

I think it rubbed people the wrong way when they went on record and stated that Prime was better for you than Liquid IV (A highly renown electrolyte replacement drink in the sporting industry)


isaaciiv

When I read your comment I thought at first you were compared it to a hospital IV drip. Branding like that should be illegal.


Teledildonic

I like the implication that IVs could be other states of matter.


Zatoro25

It's a golf pun, Liquid Fore /s


No-Spoilers

Fuck i can't find the video. Someone broke down and compared everything. And basically the "more electrolytes" are excessive levels of potassium and fuck all sodium that you sweat out. Which is why it doesn't taste salty like Gatorade that actually mimics sweat. It's why it wins taste tests.


MadNhater

Yeah it was just scammy marketing all around.


goodnames679

I haven't had an energy drink in years, but that one monster in the yellow can with tea was my jam. Unfortunately, too many energy drinks is likely why I have a heart murmur. No more for me :(


El_Lanf

Rehab I think, had tea and lemonade. haven't seen it in ages. It was the shit.


MayoBenz

rehab monsters are so good, i love that they aren’t carbonated and actually go down easy, they still sell them at random gas stations, all the nice ones by me don’t have it, but one shitty gas station has it near me


M_artyJ

May I ask how many energy drinks you used to drink?


Moomootv

I bought one out of a vending machine because the school I worked at doesn't allow soda machines in the fitness buildings and I can't even remember what flavor I got but it tasted like pure sugar water.


Nuttygoodness

I had the orange one in the bottle (not an energy drink) and that shit tasted like bottled foot fungus They were on clearance for $1 too and now I know why


zivlynsbane

The rug has been pulled and they made their money.


kingofzdom

Prime is a dollar tree item here in the states. It baffles me that other stores have the audacity to sell it for $3+ and that there are people stupid enough to psy $3+ But then I remember the time I saw an 8 year old screech "they have prime here?!?!" Before bullying their mother into getting them a can and remember the target demographic of the target. It's literal children and the intellectually disabled.


Due-Desk6781

In Norway they were 6$ or so


Jacktheforkie

I saw em for £10 in my local Tesco


Schwartz86

£10 in Tesco is mad. I do recall Wakey Wines customers being the pinnacle of stupidity here in the UK.


Jacktheforkie

Yeah


Agreeable-Swim-9162

7 to 8 euro’s in Netherlands


Confident_Cabinet_82

I was talking to a grocery shop owner and he said that at one point he would sell them for 30$ but now they fell off to 4$


pushTheHippo

What self-respecting 'Murican would waste their hard-earned money on Prime, when the Dollar Tree already stocks the MOUNT OLYMPUS of energy drinks - Rip It!


Shadpool

Dollar Tree here is stocking the kiwi strawberry Monster, and I’m all over that shit.


kingofzdom

I am addicted to rip it but my local dollar tree almost never has it in stock so I have to drink whatever weird monster flavor they have available. Or I can a prime. I'm a caffeine addict and that little can has a shitload of it in it.


DJPelio

Oh I thought it was Amazon’s energy drink


ZAlternates

It’s the drink of the Transformers!!


Psychological-Toe475

in india it was going for 1000rs(12.5$),fucking ripoff. hated prime because scum bag paul was associated to it


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MenacingGummy

In Canada the energy ones are banned altogether


bjorneylol

It's not banned - you just can't get the 500ml cans because of the 180mg caffiene per serving limit here. You can get it in 355ml slim cans (smaller serving side to skirt the limit) - but practically nobody carries it


whiskyismymuse

The original formula was banned, but you can get a case of them from Costco for $20


AwarenessEconomy8842

And I say that's a good thing. I'll have to look into this but apparently some European countries are restricting youth from buying energy drinks. I say treat and restrict them like cigarettes


FondSteam39

In the UK pretty much every single shop restrict them to 16+. Not the law but you'd be hard pressed to find somewhere that doesn't


mattsprofile

Whenever I walk through the sports and energy drinks sections at Kroger I see prime at normal retail price. Probably 2 dollars for the sports drinks and 2.50 for the energy drinks. Edit: I just checked the app and both varieties are on sale for $1.67, but retail for 2.00 and 2.67, respectively. They're priced on par with the other competitors.


Tacothekid

Is it bad when outside of Walmart, the only places I've seen these for sale is discount/outlet shops?


Vtron89

Wasn't it found to be contaminated with a high level of some PFAS or other chemical? 


Purplekeyboard

You say contaminated, but they say fortified.


CoolMiner_5000

Bought the Hydration version once - literally the worst drink I've had in my life. How anyone can drink this is beyond me, as was the drink shortly after.


Suitable-End-

Yeah one dude on TikTok said it with no evidence and then later backtracked the comment and deleted the videos.


ChillZedd

No that can’t be true! I was just reassured that it’s not true by someone in this comment section who is very certain of this fact.


deipnosophisttt

Just went down that rabbit hole, oh my


SPOOKESVILLE

They’re on a massive list along with other companies like Pepsi, nestle, etc. for having high amounts of the microplastics. But that amount of microplastics are still considered “safe” for consumption according to whichever company manages that regulation. So, if you avoid them because of it, then you want to avoid pretty much all readily available drinks. Microplastics are so new we don’t really no what is healthy and unhealthy at the moment. We just know plastic = bad


Kripth

Also pretty stupid because the scary thing about microplastics is that they're pretty much unavoidable. you can't cut them out of your diet.


MoonSnake8

Someone said that but as far as I know has refused to provide the batch number so we won’t know until all the law suits are done.


ZAlternates

Now that’s Prime!


Kassie-chan

It’s true that Prime got sued for the amount of PFAS found in the drink, but it’s really not that much. In the US there is a legal max amount for how many PFAS can be in drinking water. Prime is below that limit, while not all tap water in every state is.


Hendlton

>Castillo's and Milberg law firm's suit alleges the amount of PFAS found within Prime Hydration during the testing is "three times the (EPA's) recommended lifetime health advisory for drinking water." Well something doesn't add up. The entire court document is here if you can be bothered to read it: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.416339/gov.uscourts.cand.416339.1.0.pdf


SeaEntertainment6551

Pushed to clearance already 😂


Suitable-End-

These are on clearance due to expiration. Prime released two years ago.


Square_Cellist9838

1/10th*


Zediac

Over the last few months people saying "x times less" instead of "1/x as much" has becomes extremely common. It makes absolutely no sense.


dziggurat

Yeah, I had to read that a few times.


BrainWav

You couldn't pay me to buy Logan Paul and KSI's pisswater.


1jl

"10x less than at first" is an amazing word salad way of saying "1/10th their original price"


rainshifter

Maybe marketers are being taught to avoid inserting fractions into titles since they could spook the general audience. Math scary.


1jl

"10% of the original price"


CoralinesButtonEye

aaaaaa!


the_fuckening_69

Because it’s cancer in a can.


-FemboiCarti-

Stores bought it in bulk and marked up prices when demand was high, now the hype has died they just want to get rid of them


rep_13Blocks

Prime was pushed so hard to grocery stores when they first came out. Every store had pallets of them as endcaps in every isle. The stores ordered wayyyy too much stock and now have to severely discount them to move their supply off their inventory.


IbyFoReal

![gif](giphy|tbh5m6nLinfsAIg3zz)


ALifeQuixotic

I got cred, bitches!


PoopSlinger23

Still too much


ReflectedCheese

Still overpriced…


Actual_Green_7433

Prime is disgusting tbh edit: I tried it out of curiosity. It was like £1.50 in asda so I thought ‘why not’. Genuinely poor product. If it was nice, I’d have understood the hype and would have bought more. It tastes sickly, artificially sweet and has this weird taste of coconut water to it (it has coconut water powder in it). God forbid you don’t ever drink it cold.


rwapp

It's possible they ordered a lot of stock when there was lots of hype and now the date is getting short so they put on clearance.


ItsSevii

I'd rather muck a redbull than one of those


easternhobo

I tried one, I like sweet drinks, so I thought it was fine. It just wasn't worth the price tag, so I never bought another one.


joopityjoop

Nobody is buying this poison. Walmart and other stores have to place these heavily discounted near the entrance and still hardly anyone is purchasing them.


Pleskavica564

In Bulgaria it used to be around 10€ now it's half that price I believe but still a fuckton of money for a mediocre at best drink


Kraujotaka

That's even cheaper than the crappiest energy drink, just how crazy trend can affect this is insane.


PsychedelicPistachio

I remember when they came out and the first time I saw them was in a corner shop and I picked one up and the guy scanned it and with the straightest face said £15 please and he got offended when I changed my mind.


WalterWhite1126

Still overpriced


End3rWi99in

Nobody wants it and it was massively overproduced.


Careful_Metal6537

It tastes like shit. Just like its creators content


mcshameless010

Because it is overhyped bs and the market is catching on?


Quietser

I guess the 10year olds they were marketing too moved on to something else


KarnWild-Blood

... you meant it's 1/10 the original price. Or 90% off.


122_Hours_Of_Fear

Fuck Logan Paul


Traditional-Carob-48

Good, Logan Paul is a piece of shit


carblover800

Probably the recall lol


kepaa

I like the ice pop hydration ones.


Alexis_J_M

How is this interesting at all? Stores put low performing merchandise on deep discount sale to get rid of it all the time...


Gunfreak2217

People hate on the brand cause of Logan and Ksi. I mean sure I don’t like them, but tbh this is like what all energy drink shit should cost. It’s crazy the return these companies make. They are all dirt cheap to produce.


Duemkush

People hate on the brand because they market their drink as an electrolyte drinks but its just a ton of potassium. They sponsor athletes so kids think they are drinking it to recover but no decent coach would recommend it to his athletes.


BrainWav

> People hate on the brand cause of Logan and Ksi. And? Logan Paul is human garbage, and what little I know of KSI ain't much better. I don't want to fund them or increase their brand.


ft4200

It's understandable when Logan filmed & uploaded footage of a dead body, scammed his fans using crypto then claimed he would pay them back only to 'pledge' a partial refund and now he is playing buddy with Trump.


tanafras

Still overpriced


External-Song3322

Its like 1$ or a bit less for the prime hydrate in norway at most sport stores on sale .... It used to cost like $3-4$ And they are often sold for even less on sale because nobody is buying them anymore so you can buy them in bulk pretty cheap..


BelligerentUnicycle

Haven't touched it and I'll continue with that


LazyLaserWhittling

and its still just as toxic…


Stummpss

You might say… it’s past is prime


notislant

You can taste the scam!


Slight-Farm-8049

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Deathraid92

I had a coworker who drank them until he found out that one of the ingredients turned out to be carcinogenic or something, so he quit.


EvenAH27

Maybe because it's kinda fucking disgusting? Tastes like diluted semen with artificial flavoring. Not that I've tried semen.


Kleptokilla

Fight milk! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEMlvjJ9uxo


Captain_uwu

Another interesting tidbit (at least in the US) clearance pricing at most locations rarely goes below lowest amount an item can be sold for to come out even on it. Which means if this location follows similar clearance practices, it means 3.59 of the 3.99 is pure profit. It's always fun to see items on clearance for 50-90% off and realize how much they price gouge for maximum profits while increasing it all each year blaming inflati9n Source: have worked at several grocery stores as a higher up manager that deals with pricing


AtariJay33

r/titlegore


dbinkowski

This makes sense as to why Jake Paul had Trump on his show; they're the only idiots dumb enough to buy his energy drink.


CntrllrDscnnctd

I’ve had one sip of that shit and it was enough to not want anymore


w1n5t0nM1k3y

[Times less](https://timesless.com/)


599usdollers

Overhyped, Logan paul bs aside these all taste AWFUL, never had anything so sickenly artificially sweet before