Do retailers and other businesses think we're all stupid?

[LightscapeMedia]

So, I was flipping through the local grocery ads this morning and noticed a sale on bacon. Buy 1, get 2 free. Great deal, huh!

Only problem, the one was $9 for a 16oz package. This was just regular store brand bacon.

But it got me thinking about other things retailers try to pull the wool over our eyes. It's a lot. As if we're all freaking idiots.

[_Richard_]

3 packs of bacon for 10 bucks?

[LightscapeMedia]

Originally Posted by _Richard_

3 packs of bacon for 10 bucks?

Understood. But it's not buy one get 2 free.

[_Richard_]

meh, what you wrote

[HugeWood]

Although the data indicates that we're not all fucking idiots, this can be ignored in favor of the assumption that the typical grocer's customer base is comprised of, essentially, simple peasants who love bacon and suck at math. Operating on this basis is acceptable, if it results in outstanding bacon sales.

[stoka]

same stupid tricks over and over again
the only conclusion is that they are working
which leads to another conclusion
there's lots of stupid people

[ErectMedia]

I'm gonna open a grocery store and mark all prices down to my own actual purchase cost. At the bottom of the receipt I'll include the hidden cross sales.

[winter_]

Originally Posted by ErectMedia

I'm gonna open a grocery store and mark all prices down to my own actual purchase cost. At the bottom of the receipt I'll include the hidden cross sales.

let me know when opening day is i might be able to get a group together and we will rob it that night.

[LightscapeMedia]

Originally Posted by winter_

let me know when opening day is i might be able to get a group together and we will rob it that night.

You know.. I wonder if that could actually work as a direct competitor to places like Wal Mart.

Huge box store, where groceries are sold at cost.. and other items like TV's, canoes, fishing supplies, tires, etc, etc, etc are sold at regular retail.

So.. what you'd have is a store filled with people buying groceries and using the money they save to buy the other stuff. Afterall, they're already there and they need a new blender anyways. Why make the extra trip down to Wally World?

[Jel]

3 for the price of 2, when you don't even need 1, is surely the greatest marketing 'trick' of all time. women go nuts for that shit.

[LightscapeMedia]

Originally Posted by Jel

3 for the price of 2, when you don't even need 1, is surely the greatest marketing 'trick' of all time. women go nuts for that shit.

Hmmm.. NOW I KNOW why my ex girlfriend used to come home from shopping with three new shoes! (not three pairs)

[Rochard]

Sale on bacon? Where? I"m in.

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by LightscapeMedia

So, I was flipping through the local grocery ads this morning and noticed a sale on bacon. Buy 1, get 2 free. Great deal, huh!

Only problem, the one was $9 for a 16oz package. This was just regular store brand bacon.

But it got me thinking about other things retailers try to pull the wool over our eyes. It's a lot. As if we're all freaking idiots.

people will buy it when they are in a hurry.

[arock10]

Originally Posted by LightscapeMedia

You know.. I wonder if that could actually work as a direct competitor to places like Wal Mart.

Huge box store, where groceries are sold at cost.. and other items like TV's, canoes, fishing supplies, tires, etc, etc, etc are sold at regular retail.

So.. what you'd have is a store filled with people buying groceries and using the money they save to buy the other stuff. Afterall, they're already there and they need a new blender anyways. Why make the extra trip down to Wally World?

That's more or less walmart

[LightscapeMedia]

Originally Posted by arock10

That's more or less walmart

I don't think they sell groceries at cost. There's still a significant markup.

[winter_]

Originally Posted by LightscapeMedia

So, I was flipping through the local grocery ads this morning and noticed a sale on bacon. Buy 1, get 2 free. Great deal, huh!

Only problem, the one was $9 for a 16oz package. This was just regular store brand bacon.

But it got me thinking about other things retailers try to pull the wool over our eyes. It's a lot. As if we're all freaking idiots.

Originally Posted by LightscapeMedia

You know.. I wonder if that could actually work as a direct competitor to places like Wal Mart.

Huge box store, where groceries are sold at cost.. and other items like TV's, canoes, fishing supplies, tires, etc, etc, etc are sold at regular retail.

to eat properly you really don't need any mcdonald's or wal-mart like supermarkets. two hundred percent of the food sold in those chain supermarkets is shit... people, including myself, still eat it to our oblivion. i gained a lot of weight over last winter i wanted to as i said bulk-up but you really should be going to market days (more common in the big cities) and buying fresh fruit and vegetables, and drinking water. have meat, but i wouldn't make my first choice bacon.

[arock10]

Originally Posted by LightscapeMedia

I don't think they sell groceries at cost. There's still a significant markup.

Grocery stores operate at a 1-3% profit margin. I'd hardly call these things significant

[mineistaken]

Originally Posted by arock10

Grocery stores operate at a 1-3% profit margin. I'd hardly call these things significant

1-3% is profit margin, not the markup on goods. Meaning the markup on goods can be 20% or 50% that would lead to 1-3% profit margin. As there are other expenses.
Just stating the fact that profit margin and markup on goods are different things.