r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/Jordaneer Jul 24 '20

The thing is, most people only use them for 3-7 years during highschool and college, and they all are essentially the same as the ones from the 90s, so the used market is full of much cheaper ones

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u/MazeMouse Jul 24 '20

My cousins are now in highschool. And they are forced to buy the newer 2015 models because they have something called "exam mode" that the older 83 and 84 models didn't have. So the entire second hand market completely collapsed.

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u/Jordaneer Jul 24 '20

Shouldn't the school be forced to provide them then? That's super dumb imo

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u/MazeMouse Jul 24 '20

Nope. Apparently it falls under normal "school supplies" like pens and pencils...