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Originally Posted by jfman
It involves going out your way and buying at the opportune moment, even declining an opportunity to purchase from time to time.
Unless you live 24/7 in a supermarket the rationale stands. You can walk way and come back if there’s a better price that suits you. They don’t issue retrospective refunds to people who miss discounts, do they?
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But the point is that while the offer is there, anyone can have it. That is the point. No haggling, bullying and generally making a nuisance of oneself. This is not behaviour we should be encouraging in a civilised society.
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It’s not rocket science. If someone is so vulnerable as to be incapable of straightforward capitalist transactions then surely family members or the social care system should be involved? There’s far greater cons out there than the fact I get a small discount on my tv/broadband they’d be exposed to.
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So very caring of you, jfman.
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A truly noble idea, but why should those least likely to do anything benefit from price differentiation.
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As long as you're all right, eh.
