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  1. pjohns

    pjohns Well-Known Member

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    Has anyone else noticed--and I am guessing that it is not just a local phenomenon--that "BOGOF" (buy one, get one free) has been replaced by "BOGO" (buy one, get one)--with the second one typically 50 percent off (and sometimes as little as 25 percent off)?

    I am still trying to figure out just why retailers no longer wish to sell their slow-moving merchandise the former way. (It just seems like it would work better.)
     
    pjohns, Dec 20, 2018
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    prolly cause most people are stupid and they know this...
     
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  3. The Rhetoric of Life

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    I was born in 1986 with a Tesco and memories of Safeway.

    I take this for granted that me and my super market predates Walmart.

    BOGOF is like rain right, it just is.
     
    The Rhetoric of Life, Dec 28, 2018
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    When it's half off, I get two like buy 1 get 1 free. :D
     
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    'Buy one get one' sounds like a crappy trademark... IDK.
     
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    I left school in 1985!!!

    Safeway was bought up by Morrisons.

    BOGOF are often supplier funded.
     
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    I should look at prices more often I guess.
     
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    Buy one for double the price, get the second one free!
     
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    Or buy four but pay for two.
     
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    The only thing a BOGOF deal indicates is that the one you buy is priced at least twice what it cost.
     
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    Walgreen's has a new ploy--one is tempted to call it a scam; but it is entirely legal, I am sure--which works like this:

    The store-brand vitamins that they now sell are buy one, get one free--which sounds like a good deal, right?--but this is still more expensive, per capsule, than the old ones were.

    Moreover, these are placed in larger containers, to give the appearance of something extra.

    I imagine some hotshot thought up this idea...
     
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    We live in a "buyer beware," world. They provide cost & quantity (and often price per unit.) It's up to the buyer to determine value. There are no laws that say you can't make huge packaging for small items. I always check the unit cost; especially when buying certain things. Beer for instance; the unit price for a six-pack is sometimes less than the unit price for an 18-pack. Counter-intuitive & designed to trick, but nothing illegal about it.
     
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    You are correct, of course.

    It is merely that I have very little respect for those who confuse capitalism with deceit--whether it is done by a used-car salesperson or anyone else.
     
    pjohns, Apr 22, 2019
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