Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> There's some interesting psychology in there. I mean, like, "buy 1, 
>>> get one free". Sounds great, right?
>>>
>>> So how about "buy 1, pay for 2 even though you only bought 1". 
>>> Suddenly it doesn't sound so great, does it? :-P All they're really 
>>> doing is doubling the marked price of the individual item.
>>
>> Uh..."buy 1, get 1 free" doesn't mean "buy 1, pay for 2".  it means 
>> buy one, pay 1/2.  at least, that's how it works at the local grocery 
>> store.
> 
> I don't follow.

It means if it says "Buy one for $10, get one free", then you can buy one 
for $5.

Altho I think that's more like "Two for $10" being "One for $5", now that I 
think of it. I'm not sure "buy one get one free" always means you can get 
one for half price.

>> Except that's not the same thing at all.  Things *cost more* in small 
>> amounts.  When you buy in bulk, you can get a reduced price because 
>> the cost of production *really is* less.
> 
> Sure. But your local Tesco is going to buy (and transport) 12,000 tins 
> of beans (or whatever) no matter what, so how many of them *you* buy is 
> irrelevant.

Not true.

> And yet, if you buy 10 of them, they give you 10% off the 
> price. (Or, more accurately, if you buy less than 10 they charge you 
> extra.)

If you buy fewer (meaning more people buy the same number), they pay more 
rent for storing them, they pay more in credit card transaction fees, they 
pay more interest on the money used to buy them in the first place, etc.

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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