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"This KS thing was just a big lie designed to pull on heart-strings." I don't doubt that every single contributor feels better about himself or herself, even t

by niggler 14y ago

"This KS thing was just a big lie designed to pull on heart-strings." I don't doubt that every single contributor feels better about himself or herself, even though they essentially purchased overpriced clothes. The lemonade itself is overpriced: You could squeeze lemonade yourself or get one of those packets for far less than 50 cents. In both case, the appeal is to emotion.

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adventured 14y ago
The lemonade isn't necessarily overpriced. It involved a cost of time and labor. You're exchanging not having to make that time and labor investment for money. You have to buy lemons. You have to squeeze the lemons. You have to blend the lemonade right to get a good flavor. You have to refrigerate the lemonade. Also, one of those little packets != actual lemonade.
- ricardobeat 14y ago
  You know, that would be a totally fair, level-headed comment in a discussion about pricing 101, not kids' lemonade stands. You're paying more because it's a damn kid in a lemonade stand, as personal charity, not because there is extraordinary value in that squeezed lemon juice.
  - adventured 14y ago
    I don't see how it's different than paying 5 times the cost of manufacturing for a Lipton bottle of lemonade at a convenience store. Why is the lemonade from the kids' stand inherently charity, but Lipton isn't? If I'm paying $5 for that lemonade stand product, then sure, that might be charity because it's an extreme price. I see no reason a 9 year old can't build a service, make a profit, and have it not be charity just because they're a kid. The Lipton product sure sounds like charity to me on this scale. Because why would anyone pay so much for lemonade they can easily make on their own at maybe 10% the cost? And yet people do it every day, instead of making their own product they pay huge mark-ups for convenience. So why can't a child's lemonade stand serve the same function? I remember running a little stand when I was a kid. We sold vanilla yogurt covered pretzels too, those were a big hit and you couldn't easily buy them at a store at the time. I never thought of any of it as charity, I thought of it as a fun expedition into an adult world. Plenty of people didn't mind paying $0.25 for a glass of lemonade on a hot Summer day when they were coming home from work. Maybe some buyers thought of it as charity, but we never charged those kinds of prices. $0.25 was a very fair deal.
    - smtddr 14y ago
      >I don't see how it's different than paying 5 times the cost of manufacturing for a Lipton bottle of lemonade at a convenience store. So you have no logical or emotional differences between buying overpriced lemonade from the following sources? 1. http://t2.ftcdn.net/jpg/00/43/34/25/400_F_43342520_VKrcDJlV8xIOz9KrgnQKFdawriJPDGqY.jpg http://t2.ftcdn.net/jpg/00/43/34/25/400_F_43342520_VKrcDJlV8... 2. http://insidebiz.com/files/ibiz/imagecache/fulllsize/pictures/lipton_004.jpg http://insidebiz.com/files/ibiz/imagecache/fulllsize/picture...
- siphor 14y ago
  Hey completely agree.. Don't understand why people down voted you... Starbucks makes a pretty fine business off of beverages.. And probably charges more for sub par lemonade... I've had some great sidewalk lemonade lol Also on the case of this whole thing... I don't see why people are making a huge deal out of this... Someone paid.. They weren't tricked... She is planning to make a game... The mother probably helped alot but she had to have put some effort into this.. I say probs to her
smtddr 14y ago
Perhaps you're right. I guess to bring it to a finer point, I assume(wrongly?) that the girl I'm buying lemonade from desperately needs the money.

by niggler 14y ago

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adventured 14y ago

The lemonade isn't necessarily overpriced. It involved a cost of time and labor. You're exchanging not having to make that time and labor investment for money. You have to buy lemons. You have to squeeze the lemons. You have to blend the lemonade right to get a good flavor. You have to refrigerate the lemonade. Also, one of those little packets != actual lemonade.

ricardobeat 14y ago
You know, that would be a totally fair, level-headed comment in a discussion about pricing 101, not kids' lemonade stands. You're paying more because it's a damn kid in a lemonade stand, as personal charity, not because there is extraordinary value in that squeezed lemon juice.
- adventured 14y ago
  I don't see how it's different than paying 5 times the cost of manufacturing for a Lipton bottle of lemonade at a convenience store. Why is the lemonade from the kids' stand inherently charity, but Lipton isn't? If I'm paying $5 for that lemonade stand product, then sure, that might be charity because it's an extreme price. I see no reason a 9 year old can't build a service, make a profit, and have it not be charity just because they're a kid. The Lipton product sure sounds like charity to me on this scale. Because why would anyone pay so much for lemonade they can easily make on their own at maybe 10% the cost? And yet people do it every day, instead of making their own product they pay huge mark-ups for convenience. So why can't a child's lemonade stand serve the same function? I remember running a little stand when I was a kid. We sold vanilla yogurt covered pretzels too, those were a big hit and you couldn't easily buy them at a store at the time. I never thought of any of it as charity, I thought of it as a fun expedition into an adult world. Plenty of people didn't mind paying $0.25 for a glass of lemonade on a hot Summer day when they were coming home from work. Maybe some buyers thought of it as charity, but we never charged those kinds of prices. $0.25 was a very fair deal.
  - smtddr 14y ago
    >I don't see how it's different than paying 5 times the cost of manufacturing for a Lipton bottle of lemonade at a convenience store. So you have no logical or emotional differences between buying overpriced lemonade from the following sources? 1. http://t2.ftcdn.net/jpg/00/43/34/25/400_F_43342520_VKrcDJlV8xIOz9KrgnQKFdawriJPDGqY.jpg http://t2.ftcdn.net/jpg/00/43/34/25/400_F_43342520_VKrcDJlV8... 2. http://insidebiz.com/files/ibiz/imagecache/fulllsize/pictures/lipton_004.jpg http://insidebiz.com/files/ibiz/imagecache/fulllsize/picture...
siphor 14y ago
Hey completely agree.. Don't understand why people down voted you... Starbucks makes a pretty fine business off of beverages.. And probably charges more for sub par lemonade... I've had some great sidewalk lemonade lol Also on the case of this whole thing... I don't see why people are making a huge deal out of this... Someone paid.. They weren't tricked... She is planning to make a game... The mother probably helped alot but she had to have put some effort into this.. I say probs to her

smtddr 14y ago

Perhaps you're right. I guess to bring it to a finer point, I assume(wrongly?) that the girl I'm buying lemonade from desperately needs the money.