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> You don't intentionally buy food at the most expensive store just to make the store more sustainable/profitable, do you? I do regularly; I don’t know if it’s
by nrb 3y ago
> You don't intentionally buy food at the most expensive store just to make the store more sustainable/profitable, do you?
I do regularly; I don’t know if it’s the most expensive, but it’s absolutely not the cheapest. However, it’s a small market just a few blocks walk away and a small business and I value the proximity of it to my home so would like to see it continue to exist.
I think the decision should be reframed as: am I trying to spend as little as possible, or maximize value, which aren’t always the same thing.
- yawboakye 3y agocomprehension in the mud. speed to keyboard ftw! the glaring contradiction doesn’t seem to even register: (a) i do (ie intentionally buy from the most expensive store) (b) i don’t know if it’s the most expensive but it’s absolutely not the cheapest. (i.e. maybe i don’t, in fact)
- frutiger 3y agoPersonally agree with you (and FWIW I operate the same way). However, > a small market just a few blocks walk away and a small business and I value the proximity of it to my home This indicates that the alternatives are not completely equivalent.
- ncruces 3y agoExactly. This is just an example of valuing service (proximity, owners we sympathize with) over and above the product they carry. Nothing wrong with it.
- _fizz_buzz_ 3y agoYeah, agree with you. I also like going to a local farmers market. Because of proximity, familiarity, the idea of supporting local businesses, quality, etc. I feel none of that for Silicon Valley Webapps. You’re cheaper and better, I subscribe, your competition gets better and cheaper, I am out.
- 100721 3y agoThis is a very (financially) privileged position. Most of humanity does not have the disposable income to subsidize businesses.
- arka2147483647 3y agoWell, one might make the case that; cost = travel + item In which case a corner store is, in total, more cost effective.