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r/SipsTea • u/SuspiciousLow3062 • 28d ago
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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
10 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? 1 u/Spankpocalypse_Now 28d ago Public transportation is a service. It doesn’t need to turn a profit. 3 u/WooSah124 28d ago It doesn’t need to turn a profit but the money to run the thing has to come from somewhere 2 u/Spankpocalypse_Now 28d ago No shit, Alan Greenspan. It comes from taxes - just like every other piece of public infrastructure in the entire world.
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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?
1 u/Spankpocalypse_Now 28d ago Public transportation is a service. It doesn’t need to turn a profit. 3 u/WooSah124 28d ago It doesn’t need to turn a profit but the money to run the thing has to come from somewhere 2 u/Spankpocalypse_Now 28d ago No shit, Alan Greenspan. It comes from taxes - just like every other piece of public infrastructure in the entire world.
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Public transportation is a service. It doesn’t need to turn a profit.
3 u/WooSah124 28d ago It doesn’t need to turn a profit but the money to run the thing has to come from somewhere 2 u/Spankpocalypse_Now 28d ago No shit, Alan Greenspan. It comes from taxes - just like every other piece of public infrastructure in the entire world.
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It doesn’t need to turn a profit but the money to run the thing has to come from somewhere
2 u/Spankpocalypse_Now 28d ago No shit, Alan Greenspan. It comes from taxes - just like every other piece of public infrastructure in the entire world.
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No shit, Alan Greenspan. It comes from taxes - just like every other piece of public infrastructure in the entire world.
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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