28 Apr
2012
28 Apr
'12
2:10 p.m.
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 04:41:38PM -0700, Fred Cisin wrote:
I bet they _do_ negotiate, and do it pretty well - with their suppliers,
not with their customers.
> If I
bought a hundred of those crummy cables, I would pay the extra
> cent because I WAS STUPID ENOUGH TO BUY A HUNDRED OF THOSE CRUMMY
> CABLES, and therefore my math must be suspect as well ;)
On Wed, 25 Apr 2012,
Chuck Guzis wrote:
If you were to buy a hundred, I suspect that
they'd lower the price
to 49.99 cents each.
"The 99 cent store" is a large chain. They don't negotiate. There is
nobody present in the store who could do the math.
But surely their cash registers are able to do math?
Kind regards,
Alex.
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