# Is there no end to greed?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-end-to-greed/10073
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [October 28, 1999, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-end-to-greed/10073 "1999-10-28T12:57:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)
#### Post date: [October 28, 1999, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-end-to-greed/10073/1 "1999-10-28T12:57:00Z")
A Coke machine that raises its price as the temperature rises:
[http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991028/od/coke\_1.html](http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991028/od/coke_1.html)
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### Author:  [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)
#### Post date: [October 28, 1999, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-end-to-greed/10073/2 "1999-10-28T13:08:00Z")
If people keep paying for it, they can charge whatever the heck they want. I wouldn’t buy from that machine (well, except for lading up in December), but I think it is a pretty smart idea by the company as long as it doesn’t adversely affect their sales.
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All generalizations suck.
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### Author:  [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)
#### Post date: [October 28, 1999, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-end-to-greed/10073/3 "1999-10-28T14:13:00Z")
Does it laugh at you, too?
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Yer pal,
Satan
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### Author:  [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)
#### Post date: [October 28, 1999, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-end-to-greed/10073/4 "1999-10-28T14:46:00Z")
I think it oughta sweet talk you.
“Hey, you! Yeah, _you_, ya cheap bastard! So ya don’t wanna spend an extra querter to cool off? Well that’s fine. I was just hoping someone could take some of these ice, cold, bottles of refreshing soda off my hands. They’re making me **freeze!** Oh well, at least I’m not getting dehydrated. Man, you’re sweating like Ru Paul in a hot dog factory…”
If nothing else, it’d be entertaining.
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You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing.
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### Author:  [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)
#### Post date: [October 28, 1999, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-end-to-greed/10073/5 "1999-10-28T14:50:00Z")
I think it’s actually a pretty clever marketing ploy. Of course, I’m a big fan of capitalism.
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**Dopeler effect:**
The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
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### Author:  [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)
#### Post date: [October 28, 1999, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-end-to-greed/10073/6 "1999-10-28T15:15:00Z")
I have this image of a crowd of drunken college students, cheering as the Coke machine they’ve set on fire keeps switching to progressively higher prices, and placing bets on what it will charge once it hits 451[sup]o[/sup]F.
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### Author:  [@PurpleCrackwhore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleCrackwhore)
#### Post date: [October 28, 1999, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-end-to-greed/10073/7 "1999-10-28T15:20:00Z")
Seale??? you can sweet talk me anyday hon! LOL
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“Only when he no longer knows what he is doing, does the painter do good
things.” --Edgar Degas
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### Author:  [@wireless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wireless)
#### Post date: [October 28, 1999, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-end-to-greed/10073/8 "1999-10-28T15:30:00Z")
Is there no end to greed? Probably not.
Is this Coke machine a good example? Not in my opinion.
I think it’s a pretty clever _pricing strategy_.
(Apologies to UncleBeer. I’m really not meaning to be a smartass.)
Love that free market, even when it isn’t.
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### Author:  [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)
#### Post date: [October 28, 1999, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-end-to-greed/10073/9 "1999-10-28T15:35:00Z")
Marketing ploy, pricing strategy, okay. Much better interpretaton, wireless. Hey, I’m just an engineer; I worry about marketing and pricing only after the fact.
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**Dopeler effect:**
The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
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### Author:  [@wireless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wireless)
#### Post date: [October 28, 1999, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-end-to-greed/10073/10 "1999-10-28T15:39:00Z")
Thanks for being so understanding, Unk.
P.S. LOVE that new sig line.
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### Author:  [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)
#### Post date: [October 28, 1999, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-end-to-greed/10073/11 "1999-10-28T15:48:00Z")
I got my new sig in an e-mail just today. Occasionally something humorous does find it’s way through the rest of the litter. I can forward the entire thing to you if you like.
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**Dopeler effect:**
The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
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### Author:  [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)
#### Post date: [October 28, 1999, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-end-to-greed/10073/12 "1999-10-28T21:35:00Z")
Notice the test market is for Japan. Only they would let a company pull that on them.
We the consumer did manage to kill DIVX. We can can beat this thing too.
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### Author:  [@aseymayo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aseymayo)
#### Post date: [October 28, 1999, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-end-to-greed/10073/13 "1999-10-28T22:20:00Z")
Does this mean the price will also go down with the temp? I’ll just travel with a small fan and set the price myself.
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### Author:  [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)
#### Post date: [October 29, 1999, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-end-to-greed/10073/14 "1999-10-29T00:15:00Z")
Perhaps it’s set to raise the price according to the temp at Coke headquarters in Atlanta…start saving up for some Coke, man!