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> If this guy has the money for a season pass (!) he has the money for a smartphone. Right, but he is wanting to choose the season pass over the smartphone. If

by 9rx 6mo ago

> If this guy has the money for a season pass (!) he has the money for a smartphone. Right, but he is wanting to choose the season pass over the smartphone. If he buys a smartphone then he won't have the money for a season pass anymore. It turns out you only get to spend x units of currency once.

raw_anon_1111 6mo ago
A cheap undubsidized Android phone is $40 on Amazon
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- 9rx 6mo ago
  Amazon also only sells digitally. So now he has to buy a smartphone in order to get a smartphone from Amazon in order to get tickets? The guy doesn't even want one smartphone let alone two.
  - raw_anon_1111 6mo ago
    Okay or Walmart are you now suggesting that the world should never move on from anything analog?
    - 9rx 6mo ago
      I am suggesting that if you have enough money to buy a ticket, but then take some portion of that amount away to buy a smartphone, you will no longer have enough to buy said ticket.
      - raw_anon_1111 6mo ago
        So someone has enough money to buy a season ticket and $40 extra is going to kill them?
        crazygringo 6mo ago
        Seriously. We're talking something like $2500 minimum for the season, possibly much more. The cost of a budget phone is a rounding error.
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        9rx 6mo ago
        Meaning he could take on debt to cover what he doesn't have? Maybe, but finding a willing lender when you are 81 years of age isn't easy either.
        raw_anon_1111 6mo ago
        So he buys a $2500+ season ticket. But he needs to take on debt for a $40 phone?
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        9rx 6mo ago
        For the sake of simplicity, let's assume the ticket is exactly $2500. It was earlier given that he has enough to buy it. But if he buys the $40 smartphone first, then he only has $2460, which is less than $2500. Now he no longer has enough to buy the ticket. He can afford the ticket, or the smartphone, but not both. If not debt, where do you imagine the shortfall is going to be made up in order to buy both? Theft? Donation from you?
        raw_anon_1111 6mo ago
        And do you think he would not buy the season ticket if it were $40 more? When it goes up by $40 next year?
        9rx 6mo ago

by 9rx 6mo ago

raw_anon_1111 6mo ago

A cheap undubsidized Android phone is $40 on Amazon

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9rx 6mo ago
Amazon also only sells digitally. So now he has to buy a smartphone in order to get a smartphone from Amazon in order to get tickets? The guy doesn't even want one smartphone let alone two.
- raw_anon_1111 6mo ago
  Okay or Walmart are you now suggesting that the world should never move on from anything analog?
  - 9rx 6mo ago
    I am suggesting that if you have enough money to buy a ticket, but then take some portion of that amount away to buy a smartphone, you will no longer have enough to buy said ticket.
    - raw_anon_1111 6mo ago
      So someone has enough money to buy a season ticket and $40 extra is going to kill them?
      - crazygringo 6mo ago
        Seriously. We're talking something like $2500 minimum for the season, possibly much more. The cost of a budget phone is a rounding error.
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      - 9rx 6mo ago
        Meaning he could take on debt to cover what he doesn't have? Maybe, but finding a willing lender when you are 81 years of age isn't easy either.
        raw_anon_1111 6mo ago
        So he buys a $2500+ season ticket. But he needs to take on debt for a $40 phone?
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        9rx 6mo ago
        For the sake of simplicity, let's assume the ticket is exactly $2500. It was earlier given that he has enough to buy it. But if he buys the $40 smartphone first, then he only has $2460, which is less than $2500. Now he no longer has enough to buy the ticket. He can afford the ticket, or the smartphone, but not both. If not debt, where do you imagine the shortfall is going to be made up in order to buy both? Theft? Donation from you?
        raw_anon_1111 6mo ago
        And do you think he would not buy the season ticket if it were $40 more? When it goes up by $40 next year?
        9rx 6mo ago