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Mutation Buzzy Beetle Level: 30 Posts: 274/389 EXP: 154861 For next: 11008 Since: 09-21-04 Since last post: 22 days Last activity: 5 min. |
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| In stores, I've noticed several things happening that seem to indicate that the store in question is run by a bunch of idiots... - They sell 1-liter bottles of soda for more than their 2-liter bottles of soda.  (I think this is because they think people will buy other things with them, but that still doesn't prevent it from being a moronic concept.)- They make announcements over the intercom to the effect of "Buy our [insert object] now!" Now, normally, this wouldn't say very much about their intelligence, but they do this at 3:00 in the morning, when the place is almost completely empty. |
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get.  Level: 73  Posts: 856/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| I'm convinced that this little corner store around here has a "chocolate wheel" pricing system. Bottle of Coke? How much? Let's spin the chocolate wheel and see!! *spins wheel* Round and round and round she goes..... where she stops, nobody knows!! Three Dollars!!  I only say this cause the prices seem to change all the time.... the guy behind the counter will sell a bottle of Coke for one price to one person, and at another to another person. ....does he think we're stupid and we don't notice? |
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Kitten Yiffer Purple wand Furry moderator Vivent l'exp����¯�¿�½������©rience de signalisation d'amusement, ou bien ! Level: 135 Posts: 6439/11162 EXP: 28824106 For next: 510899 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 4 min. |
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| I have actually seen that in a shop, a big bottle of coke was cheaper than a smaller one. Tarale: That shop dosen't have any set pricing on their products?  I usually do an price/liter price/weight comparasion. Sometimes they try to fool you that you get more buck for the bang. When you do not.  |
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. Level: 73 Posts: 857/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Well, we've never noticed any set pricing system. It's a very very little store though. They don't label their stuff, you take it to the counter and ask "how much?" Then they pick a number, any number... It's like Gambling, but less fun! |
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Kitten Yiffer Purple wand Furry moderator Vivent l'exp����¯�¿�½������©rience de signalisation d'amusement, ou bien ! Level: 135 Posts: 6443/11162 EXP: 28824106 For next: 510899 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 4 min. |
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| ...does anyone really shop from that shop? Really, I don't like asking questions at a counter when it comes to small things as buying a bottle of coke. But then, I do feel forced to buy the biggest pack avaible sometimes. Even if it's too much... -.-;; BTW, about Intercom. I seldom see them used for commercials around here, usually just for music and announcements to the market staff. |
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Prier Archangel Administrative Priestess. NUCLEAR SUB WEEEOOOO Level: 119  Posts: 4400/8392 EXP: 18790939 For next: 138352 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima Dist. - Tokyo, Japan Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 1 day |
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| The only thing I could think of would be it being compact...I remember that whole Big Slam thing for Pepsi where they would sell out a liter versus a two when it started and it was half price... Now I don't even look for portability past a 20 oz. Guess you can't easily carry a 2-liter everywhere...but a 1-liter you can...hence a lil more demand for the person that just needs more to think about later when he or she knows that they shouldn't have had so much and now they have to hold it. :\ |
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BMF98567 BLACK HAS BUILT A SILLY DICE-MAZE! GO! Current list of BURNING FURY >8( recipients: - Yiffy Kitten (x2) - Xkeeper Level: 53  Posts: 511/1261 EXP: 1094149 For next: 62970 Since: 03-15-04 From: Blobaria Special Move: Rising Meatloaf Backhand Combo Since last post: 21 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| Did you know that Coke had plans to (or may already have, I dunno) create Coke machines with a temperature sensor inside that would raise or lower the price depending on how hot it was outside? No, it wouldn't cut you some slack if you're parched...it would ask for MORE money. How sleazy is that? | |||
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Mutation Buzzy Beetle Level: 30 Posts: 275/389 EXP: 154861 For next: 11008 Since: 09-21-04 Since last post: 22 days Last activity: 5 min. |
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There's at least one store I've been where they sometimes forget to actually close the store when it's supposed to be closed... Once I went in, and I wanted to find something (don't remember what) so I asked an employee where it was, and they said the store was closed, and I was like "wtf?" because the doors hadn't even been locked when I came in, and I'd heard nothing over the intercom about the store being closed.  |
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Banedon Giant Red Paratroopa Level: 55 Posts: 760/1408 EXP: 1291380 For next: 22809 Since: 03-15-04 From: Michigan Since last post: 101 days Last activity: 90 days |
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Originally posted by Mutation Sounds like those computer stores that charge MORE money for LESS stuff...a computer package with a printer costs less than the exact same thing without the printer. It's ridiculous. Less of something should not cost more money. It's like if I opened a rubber chicken store and started selling one rubber chicken for $10 and two rubber chickens for $5. (edited by Banedon on 12-06-04 07:24 AM) (edited by Banedon on 12-06-04 07:24 AM) |
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Dracoon Zelda The temp ban/forum ban bypasser! Level: 84  Posts: 1835/3727 EXP: 5514391 For next: 147561 Since: 03-25-04 From: At home Since last post: 5 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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| I know there is a reason, but I am not sure what it is. I guess I have the evil stores then, most of the stores around here had like a two-liter for $2, and a one liter for 1$... I'd rather just go to a gas station and buy the thing that is only 2 oz away from a two liter for $1.05... |
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DarkSlaya POOOOOOOOOOOORN! Level: 88 Posts: 2784/4249 EXP: 6409254 For next: 241410 Since: 05-16-04 From: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 8 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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| Dunno, doesn't seem like that over here. They almost never change price. | |||
Steak Zora Level: 35  Posts: 343/507 EXP: 278751 For next: 1185 Since: 03-16-04 From: Ohio University Since last post: 195 days Last activity: 195 days |
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| Buying in bulk is cheaper...a bit cheaper than it used to be, I guess.... I personally like it when there's a sale going on continually. That should be a warning...that it's not at a discount price. |
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16BT Ninji Level: 25  Posts: 193/233 EXP: 86850 For next: 2770 Since: 03-16-04 Since last post: 26 days Last activity: 8 days |
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| I need to find that picture of a Taco Bell that was "hiring all shits". | |||
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HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 2320/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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Originally posted by BMF54123 Bastards! Course if you could find the sensor, you could just stick some ice on it.  You want stupidity? They're building a Wal-Mart here, with a McDonalds in it. Guess what is RIGHT NEXT DOOR? Yep! McDonalds! |
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Karadur Fire Snake  Level: 48  Posts: 257/1192 EXP: 786444 For next: 37099 Since: 11-02-04 From: Chatham, Ontario, Canada Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 15 hours |
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| Is this the picture you were talking about, 16BT? Funny thing is, I don't see a Taco Bell at all in that picture. There's the beginnings of what looks like a banner for a convenience store, but other than that it's just other obscure buildings Originally posted by HyperHacker Except for it being convenient for the people that are shopping in the store, that's just stupid Before they made the change here in Chatham, we had a Walmart, some other store, North Maple Mall, and then Zehrs, in that order on a street. In their infinite wisdom, they've moved the Walmart over to the other side of the Zehrs, tore down the old building, and from what I've heard, they're building a new Zehrs in it's place  All they did was switch the location of the two buildings, which is a waste of time and money if you ask me (edited by Karadur on 12-06-04 01:17 PM) |
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Emptyeye Real American Level: 67 Posts: 1038/2273 EXP: 2488421 For next: 104451 Since: 05-24-04 From: I DUNNOOOOOOOO!! Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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Originally posted by Mutation As someone who worked at a grocery store for over a year, I can tell you that it's like this with most items. It's almost always, at the very least, cheaper by the unit (If not cheaper outright) to buy in bulk. As for the soda, I have a feeling it's mainly a convenience thing. Particularly for an employee on break, it's just a hell of a lot more convenient to buy the 20oz or 1-liter drink than a 2-liter drink. Long story short: Everything at a store is done for a reason, even if you're not exactly sure what that reason is. |
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Ran-chan Moldorm eek, when are they going to stop growing... Level: 143  Posts: 5585/12781 EXP: 35293588 For next: 538220 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima District, Tokyo - Japan Since last post: 12 hours Last activity: 12 hours |
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Originally posted by HyperHacker I so laughed when I read that.  I wonder who came up with that stupid idea. Must be a boss or someone who hasn |
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Alastor the Stylish Hey! I made a cool game! It's called "I poisoned half the food, so if you eat you might die!" Have a taco.  Level: 114  Posts: 3114/7620 EXP: 16258468 For next: 51099 Since: 03-15-04 From: Oregon, US Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Meh. This is nothing. At a Fred Meyers reasonably close to where I live, there are two vending machines, one at each entrance. One sold soda cans for 25 cents each, the other sold them for 50 cents each. Bear in mind that these are *in the same store* not even that far from each other. They've probably been removed or repriced since I last checked, which was several years ago. | |||
KATW King Yoshi "If you stare at something long enough, it can be funny." Level: 86  Posts: 2152/3959 EXP: 6087979 For next: 54128 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 7 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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| Theres a method to this madness.... somewhere Thankfully... none of the people who run the stores around here are COMPLETE morons . There is stupid stuff... just not evident stuff. |
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Dracoon Zelda The temp ban/forum ban bypasser! Level: 84 Posts: 1847/3727 EXP: 5514391 For next: 147561 Since: 03-25-04 From: At home Since last post: 5 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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Originally posted by Davis At our wal-mart... If you enter the building from the left you'll see cans of soda for 25 cents... If you enter from the right you see cans of soda for 60 cents... I wonder which to buy... |
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