 Rogue WolfAte Your Homework, And Framed The Dog
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Troy, NY | reply to me1212
Re: He's right What is WRONG with you?! Lower prices means lower revenue, which means lower dividends for shareholders!
You selfish jerk, trying to save yourself a measly $20 a month! Won't you think of the ultra-rich?!
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4 edits | said by Rogue Wolf:What is WRONG with you?! Lower prices means lower revenue Not necessarily. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. In many cases lower prices will create enough new customers to actually drive revenue and sometimes profits as well higher. It all depends on the fixed vs variable marginal costs and the costs of acquiring & handling extra customers. Companies keep staff on hand to answer those questions and project what prices will result in maximum profits. Of course, that is an art successful companies do very well and not so succesful companies do poorly.
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All those towns, States, pensions, 401K's, IRA's, college savings accounts....screw them! |
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Rogue WolfAte Your Homework, And Framed The Dog
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Troy, NY | reply to fAcEtIOUs
Ah, I already know that, TK. Forgive the facetiousness, but I was trying to use a little levity in the situation.
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Rogue WolfAte Your Homework, And Framed The Dog
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Troy, NY | reply to jebba2005
Y'see, I know that there are a lot of interests riding on stock prices. I'm not honestly saying "screw the shareholders". The problem is that people like Mr. Moffett see stock prices as the only worthwhile concern for companies- never mind such things as investing in future technologies, improving customer service or increasing employee compensation. This ilk sees customers as nothing more than a money spigot, and believes that all businesses should extract maximum costs for minimum effort and shunt every last dime into dividends to boost up stock prices, so that people like Mr. Moffett can make fortunes playing those stocks on the market.
As for the customers... in effect, Mr. Moffett is saying "screw them". That's people like you and me, friend.
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said by jebba2005:All those towns, States, pensions, 401K's, IRA's, college savings accounts....screw them! Maybe the wireless industry should take a page from the API's (American Petroleum Institute) playbook and "educate consumers" on how paying through the nose is actually good for you. Not only are you likely a stakeholder in their business (albeit however tangentially), but paying outrageous fees is helping to prop up the US employment rate and creates high-paying jobs.
Someone just needs to sit you down and show you why paying exorbitant rates is in your best interest. Do it for you. Do it for the USA.
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