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>coworkers banging on in excitement whenever 7-11 has an Onigiri sale dropping from 110 to 100 yen Usually it's an up to 150 yen onigiri for 100 yen, so of cou
by delhanty 9y ago
>coworkers banging on in excitement whenever 7-11 has an Onigiri sale dropping from 110 to 100 yen
Usually it's an up to 150 yen onigiri for 100 yen, so of course they're going to get excited.
Edit: It looks like it is/was an up to 160 yen onigiri for 100 yen! That's a 37.5% discount! [1]
[1] http://seven-eleven-mania-blog.jp/gohankei/5617/ http://seven-eleven-mania-blog.jp/gohankei/5617/
- timr 9y agoIt's still pretty silly, considering the absolute value of the savings. My personal favorite along these lines is the way that a single building might have 2-3 floors of the same kind of restaurant (say, yakitori), but the one place that is 5 yen cheaper per item will have a line out the door, while the others are half-empty.
- FussyZeus 9y agoIs this a cultural thing? I've never been to Japan so I'm kind of flying blind here but I'd assign that 5 yen as a convenience cost and happily pay that price to avoid the long line. I have a hard time thinking the Japanese people place no value on their time whatsoever...
- sharemywin 9y agowalmart(lines to get in line) vs. Kroger(generally pretty fast) vs. giant eagle(empty walk right up and pay).
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