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The flip side is that there are genuine discounts for many products that save you money with no strings attached. It's just differential pricing: they want to s
by logn 12y ago
The flip side is that there are genuine discounts for many products that save you money with no strings attached. It's just differential pricing: they want to sell their products for more money to people who want to spend more money. Or it's part of an affiliate advertising program and the way to ensure affiliate codes get entered by buyers is to offer them a discount.
I hate many ads too but I'll seek out discounts when I think they might exist.
- TeMPOraL 12y agoGrocery shops have another trick up their sleeve - they lower prices on some products, but raise prices of complementary goods. So you can have a genuine discount on bread, and at the same time heavily overpriced cheese. They're betting on you not caring enough to split your shopping between multiple venues. My mother recently told me how she's tired of keeping track of prices (or price/quality tradeoff) in 5+ different shops - she can save a lot of money and buy good quality products at the same time as long as she knows what to buy where. But she's doing bulk shopping. I probably wouldn't bother walking around the hood to get one item cheaper.
- Lawtonfogle 12y agoThe real problem is the wasted time. You may save $20 bucks a week shopping around, but if it costs you 45 minutes and you make $40/hour after taxes, you are spending 45 minutes to save 30 minutes.
- TeMPOraL 12y agoIndeed. Well, my mother doesn't make anywhere near that amount so it's worth the savings for her - the shops are just counting that people earning more won't bother shopping around.