It’s a really superclever double gotcha-ya thread.
Exactly, which is why I need to get people to tip be first. Then I’ll have enough money to tip the people at the hardware store and at McDonalds. Although, I might need to be tipped twice as much as those other two groups.
Okay, try this, tip me based on my income. The more money I have to start with the more I spend, the more i spend the more tips I’ll need to distribute. If I spent $40 at the hardware store, and $10 at McDonalds, I’ll need at least an extra $15 to cover both of those transactions.
Not at all, I heard they’re all overpaid CEOs that get bonuses the more people they kill. My only worry now is that people are employed making coupons, so some how I need to keep them employed without using the coupons they make.
Check with some of those guys growing alcohol in Iowa. I think they got it figured out now.
I’m sure the coupons could possibly make good toilet paper or mulch or something like that.
That’s brilliant! We’ll continue to employ the coupon people, and then use the coupons has cheap fertilizer.
Wait, no, won’t that mess up the people currently subsidized to make cheap fertilizer?
It would be more efficient to convert the coupon people to fertilizer - it saves a step in the process. Let’s make it happen!
OK, but if the CEO gets a bigger bonus I think we’re just gonna be right back where we started.
Not cool man, not cool.
dibs on the band name. Now if I only had a coupon for guitar lessons.
There was a study recently about how people who clipped coupons spend more than people who don’t. The coupon lowers the price barrier, making you more likely to purchase something you otherwise would have went without.
Have you never seen a coupon for something you weren’t planning on buying, and wound up buying it thinking it sounded like a good deal? Have you never went into a store for a small number of things and come out with more than you planned? I’m pretty sure both happen to everybody.
With the recession the problem now is that we have more and more people that are choosing to go without. That they now require a coupon is creating deflationary pressure.
As a personal note, I gave Boarders my email once and they started sending me coupons to get upwards of 40% off a single purchase. Like you said, it got me into the store where I bought two books-> good for them.
But a few weeks later I wanted another book, and knowing they’d send the coupon I waited. This time I got the coupon and only bought the one book. After that I couldn’t justify buying anything at the store knowing that at some point they might send me a coupon. The entire store lost 40% of it’s perceived value to me.
Now Boarders is closing stores meaning people are out of work. Not the CEO, I’m sure like all CEOs he/she will get a huge payout package and lots of perks and stuff.
The executives will do fine, they don’t care if they ruin the company, it’s the workers (and shareholders) that get hurt.
Yes, but how often have you had the cashier ring something up with a discount, and then voluntarily paid her the cash directly? Or simply refused the discount and offered to pay more than asking price?
Wages are falling while productivity is rising. And in the mean time we’re all just looking for a good deal. The rich continue to get rich, the poor continue to get poor. So what can we conclude from our actions? Saving $10 obviously doesn’t hurt the bloated CEOs. Although some times bloating can hurt.