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I've never been in a Borders, but I assume that the staff are paid, that their bosses tell them to help customers, and that their bosses do this in order to inc
by mike-cardwell 16y ago
I've never been in a Borders, but I assume that the staff are paid, that their bosses tell them to help customers, and that their bosses do this in order to increase sales.
- trotsky 16y agoTrue enough, but they do still represent a value added service. It seemed like you were saying that because it wasn't altruistic it should be left off a list of reasons to support them. Amazon doesn't discount for altruistic reasons, they do it to increase sales. But obviously you consider a discount real value no matter what the intention is.