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The general consumer does not care about this at all. If Costco passes this revenue down to consumers as savings, it will only drive more purchases.
by teej 2y ago
The general consumer does not care about this at all. If Costco passes this revenue down to consumers as savings, it will only drive more purchases.
- darby_nine 2y ago> The general consumer does not care about this at all. The general consumer will note that Costco wants their money.
- llamaimperative 2y agoWhat. No one is under the illusion that Costco is a charity.
- darby_nine 2y agoputting aside the heinous concept of a "charity" as their existence enables just this sort of parasitic behavior, the faith that people do not expect Costco to reflect their best interests or work in our collective favor is exactly why I think people will inevitably turn their back on Costco.
- janalsncm 2y agoI don’t think that’s the case. People do care if they find out, which is the reason these things are usually some combination of buried in legalese, opt out (rather than opt in) unclear that you can opt out of or not easy to opt out of. Edit: For example, in order to opt out without a membership you need to provide your street address. > If Costco passes this revenue down to consumers If they explicitly offered to pay people cash to track them, uptake would be nowhere near 100%. And this isn’t even as good as that, since as you say the payment would only be in the form of coupons which may or may not materialize.
- m463 2y agoreally? I care. actually most people DO care, but businesses purposefully have added enough friction so that the common person gives up.