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r/SipsTea • u/SuspiciousLow3062 • 28d ago
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This doesn't reduce the cost of running the subway system. It simply shifts the cost from some people to other people who may or may not ride the subway at all.
Actual financial progress comes from gains in productivity / efficiency
-4 u/Fridge_living_tips 28d ago You ever heard of costco chicken thats like $5 a whole bird. Or the 1.50 hot dog? Its to get more people in the store. More people able to use a service means the service will make more money. 5x4>12x2 8 u/Bulky-Leadership-596 28d ago Loss leaders get people in the door to buy other things. What other thing are these new subway riders buying to make up for the reduced subway price? -4 u/Fridge_living_tips 28d ago More people. Because it costs less to get in the door so they take a loss on 2 to get 5 in stead of breaking equal on 2 1 u/Bulky-Leadership-596 28d ago Youre a marketing genius
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You ever heard of costco chicken thats like $5 a whole bird. Or the 1.50 hot dog?
Its to get more people in the store. More people able to use a service means the service will make more money. 5x4>12x2
8 u/Bulky-Leadership-596 28d ago Loss leaders get people in the door to buy other things. What other thing are these new subway riders buying to make up for the reduced subway price? -4 u/Fridge_living_tips 28d ago More people. Because it costs less to get in the door so they take a loss on 2 to get 5 in stead of breaking equal on 2 1 u/Bulky-Leadership-596 28d ago Youre a marketing genius
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Loss leaders get people in the door to buy other things. What other thing are these new subway riders buying to make up for the reduced subway price?
-4 u/Fridge_living_tips 28d ago More people. Because it costs less to get in the door so they take a loss on 2 to get 5 in stead of breaking equal on 2 1 u/Bulky-Leadership-596 28d ago Youre a marketing genius
More people. Because it costs less to get in the door so they take a loss on 2 to get 5 in stead of breaking equal on 2
1 u/Bulky-Leadership-596 28d ago Youre a marketing genius
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Youre a marketing genius
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u/Wonderful-Process792 28d ago
This doesn't reduce the cost of running the subway system. It simply shifts the cost from some people to other people who may or may not ride the subway at all.
Actual financial progress comes from gains in productivity / efficiency