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Nah - vote the other side in. They'll remove all the pesky regulations and the free market will solve this issue!Quote:
Originally Posted by Buster Highmen
Oh, wait. :rolleyes:
breakage is a couple %. Big effect on margins, not so big on prices, but not uniform probably because shoplifting isn’t.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
Does the store have self checkouts? Persistent problem has been people re sku-ing goods and ringing up, say, filet mignon as round steak or what have you.
long, long, ago for a week or two the Fred Meyer self checks had a software error that meant anything you scanned after alcohol, but before a dob was entered by the self check clerk, wasn’t counted in your order total but was counted as a correct weight. So you could walk out the door with a bunch of stuff.
well since you seem to be asking the difference as i see it is by walking into their establishment they are allowed to charge you the prices advertised on the shelvesQuote:
Originally Posted by raisingarizona13
you on the other hand could get busted shoplifting, run out to the p-lot, get in your unregistered unlicensed uninsured junker K-car, assuming it starts to lead the cops on a merry chase crashing into a convienence store where you take everyone hostage with an unregistered handgun and thro the bodies out 1 every hr
seen it last month on netflix
The lowly pricing clerk is usually smarter but doesnt make anymore coin they can really fuck things up on-massQuote:
Originally Posted by dunfree
Well shit that's extreme :DQuote:
Originally Posted by XXX-er
Is there a difference between the consumer who struggles to get ahead and occasionally gets something for free when they could have paid for it, and the consumer who has plenty of cash to spare?
I can sympathize more with someone who's trying to stay alive than someone who's just sticking it to the man, cuz' the opportunity arose.
And I'm nobody's Rose. Believe me I've stolen some shit in my life. Never felonious but same as lotsa acute kids. (We called it sport theft in college. I'm ashamed of that mindset but it was part of my learnin'.)
But not for a long time now. I began to feel like my disdain for others' profiteering, was hijacking my own karma.
I felt I was getting what was coming to me for shafting someone else. Even if they had it comin, imo.
I figure I've got enough bullshit in my life that I don't need to potentially exacerbate it by challenging my otherwise good karma.
That's my rule for other people...They got enough BS going on without me adding to it.
And yeah, we do call people Pussy around here. In my experience, it's for peeps who say shit to you that they would seriously debate saying in real life.
I didn't read all into that, but itsa thing. Moron is an all inclusive term, Pussy - very specific.
Besides, TGR has it's own in-house Pussy.
How the fuck is she ever going to achieve this? Kamala (and the people who put this in her ear) don't understand markets and supply chains. Once the grocery lobby starts handing out checks this will become a non issue in Washington. Just like prescription prices and health care. Lots of noise and no signal coming out of Washington.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buster Highmen
My take is that voters are upset about grocery prices even though grocery prices have been flat for a while now, so there’s not much that needs to be done.Quote:
Originally Posted by halliday
But she needs to throw the voters a bone, and this is the bone.
It would only apply to gouging in times of emergency, and as stated in the article, the majority of states already have some form of law like this on the books.
She just has to say stuff that will get her elected
Prescription prices for insulin for example? Ozempic has had the warning shot too. Medicare negotiations for Eliquis, Jardiance, Xarelto, Januvia, Farxiga, Entresto, Enbrel, Imbruvica, Stelara, and NovoLog/Fiasp.Quote:
Originally Posted by halliday
It has already started happening for prescription drugs for a while now.
Canada now has a dentaL and drug plan because it was the only way the PM could stay in power
Yep.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buster Highmen
And the Biden/Harris administration FTC has been increasingly active in antitrust enforcement.
Only for you old farts (basic dental has always been there for those on welfare). Working class is still paying through the nose (or root canal I suppose).Quote:
Originally Posted by XXX-er
Poor Justin just can’t buy a vote. Not with a pipeline, not with healthcare. Shame the alternative is no better. Come on US, show us how it’s done better!
I support anti-gouging sentiments. Not a laissez-faire capitalist.
Well, that's politickin, ain't it?Quote:
Originally Posted by XXX-er
Hey, in the world I grew up in shit just falls off a truck every now and then......fuhgettaboutit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Djongo Unchained
I have friends who spend $$$$ on insulin every year and I know there are people out there in TV land who havent been to a dentist in many years so the only reason Canadians who really needed these programs got them is that Jagmeet propped up the liberals by holding JT's feet to the fire which probably doesn't make any sense to our American cousinsQuote:
Originally Posted by BCMtnHound
back in the day Pierre would have gone for his famous walk in the snow all alone with no security and decided fuck this, but it ain't cold enough to snow and its too dangerous to be out alone in Ottawa
edit: and maybe JT is a dumb ass
once again I make too much money & live too well, which is why ski bro refers to us as " skiing gentleman " so I have the extended HC plan and my mouth is full of teeth repaired by the mother corp
We refer to that as “skid luxury” around hereQuote:
Originally Posted by XXX-er
Yeahhhh…Quote:
Originally Posted by Buster Highmen
I’m on Medicare. I take Jardiance. Thanks to the Administration’s effort, it now only costs $200 per month in the USA.
I get mine from Turkey, thru a pharmacy in “Beautiful Vancouver BC”. Cost is $145 for a three-month supply. It takes five weeks to ship so you have to pay attention but I can do that to save $2k per year.
Not true, I do all the grocery shopping and I know prices continue to go up. I purchased $170 worth of groceries yesterday and many of the individual items have been marked up anywhere from 10% to 30% from the last time I bought them.Quote:
Originally Posted by J. Barron DeJong
And then there is the issue of packaging getting smaller for the same or slightly higher prices. Shit is definitely more expensive than it was a year ago and so on and so on.
I haven't been to see a dentist now for 23 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by XXX-er
Yikes!!!
I know. I haven't had a regular doctor for longer. I'm just sort of existing until I'm dead. This is ok. I'm tired now.Quote:
Originally Posted by liv2ski
Assuming you are more interested in saving money on groceries than raging, consider shopping elsewhere.
Here in Grand County, we have Safeway and City Market. I've been told our prices are close to the top nationally. That said, we have Fitch Ranch and their beef, sausage, chicken and eggs are produced locally and cost less than the big stores for much better quality.
And, yes, the anti competitive forces of the food supply chain absolutely contribute to high prices, we have to do our part to consider the alternatives and vote with your money. And if you are complaining about the cost of proceeded food, maybe think about what you are putting in your food hole.
You may be suprised by both the financial and health benefit of eating nutrient dense whole foods. But fuck, I just paid $5 for 5 sweet potatoes so I'm probably full of shit.