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I've never seen that outside of enterprise services and artisanal / boutique / made-to-order goods
Having people sit by a phone is expensive
You usually have to email.
Its common for equipment that tends to be sold to businesses, and cars, motorcycles are even worse, despite having an msrp, theres tons of places that won't sell anything without adding like 10-20% the msrp of the bike in fees. Idk how they stay in business.
Scientific equipment. Try finding out how much a 100,000 FPS camera or an electron microscope costs.