i'll have to come back and finish the rest of the replies, i just wanted to chime in before i lost my aggravation to reason and common sense....
personally, i'm sooo sick and tired of hearing about the economy and how bad it is. yes, i struggle every day to pay my bills and i have a day job on top of my wife and i owning businesses. that's why we're slowing going to convert part of our store into a bakery, because the economy sucks for us little convenience stores right now. that said, that's why we're not driving a corvette, either.
the 'bad economy' excuse is getting old. i have people all the time expecting trophies and engraving (my other business) to be practically charitable donations. 'well, i've seen them online for such-and-such a price.' fine, then get them online. i know exactly where you're going to order from and what kind of price you'll wind up paying and the shoddy quality you'll get, so knock yourself out. different business, same idea.
i know unemployment is around 9% right now. if you're unemployed, what the helll are you doing buying cakes? but, if you're part of the 91% that *are* employed, what brain cell in your head (since there are so few, do you have names for them?) is driving this sense of entitlement, that bad economics times dictates a complete slash and burn of prices in every single industry to the extent that you price yourself out of business? is it so hard to grasp that the companies giving you the best deals are billion dollar corporations? that half of these places are service industries that get your money on the back end? or that stores sucker you in with 'leaders,' products they almost take a loss on to get you into their store where much time and expense has been given to play on your psychological buying instincts? there are a few out there that will undercut a brick-and-mortar shop, and you take your chances on quality.
why do they discount cars? because they make relatively little money on the actual product, they're making money on the financing. why do they give you a free cell phone? because you're paying for a years long service contract, and the phone itself is cheap to *mass* produce. why does krogers have ten for ten sales? it's not because they plan on losing money, trust me, they expect you to buy lots of other stuff while you're there. how is wally world so cheap? because they're not significantly cheaper, it's half an illusion, and you get what you pay for. (i hate wal*mart. you know they actually sell caskets online? they have a caveat, that being to check with your local ordinances to make sure their coffins meet requirements. but, they're cheap.)
anyway, i guess my point is dealing with people what walk through my door can be... challenging. and, yes, some absolutely do think they're doing you a favour by offering you a deal where you'd lose money as if you should jump on it just to have some business.
personally, i'm sooo sick and tired of hearing about the economy and how bad it is. yes, i struggle every day to pay my bills and i have a day job on top of my wife and i owning businesses. that's why we're slowing going to convert part of our store into a bakery, because the economy sucks for us little convenience stores right now. that said, that's why we're not driving a corvette, either.
the 'bad economy' excuse is getting old. i have people all the time expecting trophies and engraving (my other business) to be practically charitable donations. 'well, i've seen them online for such-and-such a price.' fine, then get them online. i know exactly where you're going to order from and what kind of price you'll wind up paying and the shoddy quality you'll get, so knock yourself out. different business, same idea.
i know unemployment is around 9% right now. if you're unemployed, what the helll are you doing buying cakes? but, if you're part of the 91% that *are* employed, what brain cell in your head (since there are so few, do you have names for them?) is driving this sense of entitlement, that bad economics times dictates a complete slash and burn of prices in every single industry to the extent that you price yourself out of business? is it so hard to grasp that the companies giving you the best deals are billion dollar corporations? that half of these places are service industries that get your money on the back end? or that stores sucker you in with 'leaders,' products they almost take a loss on to get you into their store where much time and expense has been given to play on your psychological buying instincts? there are a few out there that will undercut a brick-and-mortar shop, and you take your chances on quality.
why do they discount cars? because they make relatively little money on the actual product, they're making money on the financing. why do they give you a free cell phone? because you're paying for a years long service contract, and the phone itself is cheap to *mass* produce. why does krogers have ten for ten sales? it's not because they plan on losing money, trust me, they expect you to buy lots of other stuff while you're there. how is wally world so cheap? because they're not significantly cheaper, it's half an illusion, and you get what you pay for. (i hate wal*mart. you know they actually sell caskets online? they have a caveat, that being to check with your local ordinances to make sure their coffins meet requirements. but, they're cheap.)
anyway, i guess my point is dealing with people what walk through my door can be... challenging. and, yes, some absolutely do think they're doing you a favour by offering you a deal where you'd lose money as if you should jump on it just to have some business.
What is wrong with people these days??
