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This adds to my recent thought stream that it ought to be charge 2 people a different price for the same thing (basket of things) ... Why is it that someone wh
by maerF0x0 7y ago
This adds to my recent thought stream that it ought to be charge 2 people a different price for the same thing (basket of things) ...
Why is it that someone who is a new customer for service X gets a sweetheart deal but those of us who have faithfully paid for months/years are charged a premium?
Why is it that 2 people in a hospital pay entirely different prices for the exact same thing?
on and on the insanity goes.
I am, of course, not talking about packages/bundles etc. Yes it makes sense that someone who buys 10 could get a better price than someone who buys 1.
- lotsofpulp 7y agoPrice discrimination yields the most profit for a seller. You want to be able to capture all that each person is willing to pay, because your cost of goods sold remains the same. Also the new customer doesn’t permanently get a sweetheart deal, it’s always a temporary incentive to join, which doesn’t seem unfair to me at all. However, as a buyer, if you’re not always shopping around, expect to pay more than someone who does. That’s just how the game works.
- maerF0x0 7y ago> That’s just how the game works. I agree that you're talking about an optimal analysis of the current game. However, one of the roles of government is to alter games which are suboptimal for society. For example cartels are illegal despite them being optimal for the sellers.