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GerryB
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Re: No problem with Bundling!
Why do you pro bundle guys always choose to compare telco's and cable companies to industries that are very competitive and have absolutly no monopoly control on customers?
It is always a fast food restaurant or cars and if memory serves correctly, the last time I drove on a major road I never saw a lone fast food restaurant, or a single car dealer without one right next to it. Now your adding computers into it? One if not the most competitive consumer industries right now? | |
KrK
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| Exactly.
Imagine if a fast food chain pulled this crap:
"We know you really want the burger the most, so..."
A burger will cost you $5.99, Fries $1.50, and a Drink $1.49, but if you get all three, you'll pay only $6.50! What a deal, what a deal!
No, what a ripoff. In no time they'd be out of business due to competition.
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boogie74
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| said by KrK  :
Exactly.
Imagine if a fast food chain pulled this crap:
"We know you really want the burger the most, so..."
A burger will cost you $5.99, Fries $1.50, and a Drink $1.49, but if you get all three, you'll pay only $6.50! What a deal, what a deal!
No, what a ripoff. In no time they'd be out of business due to competition.
Ummm... they already DO that. McDonalds sells a Big Mac combo meal for $2.99. The Big Mac purchased separately is $1.99, the fries are $.89 and the drink is $1.10. But the meal is $2.99. You are calling this a ripoff?
What I find interesting is that no one is going after McDonalds (and every other bar and restaurant too) for having "no carry in" policies- so if I want to eat there, I can't buy my drink elsewhere- I'm stuck buying it there!
By your logic, this too is a ripoff...
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KrK
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| Ummm... they already DO that. McDonalds sells a Big Mac combo meal for $2.99. The Big Mac purchased separately is $1.99, the fries are $.89 and the drink is $1.10. But the meal is $2.99. You are calling this a ripoff?
No, that is not like my example nor is it penalty pricing.
THIS would be penalty pricing:
A Big Mac is 1.99, but only if you add fries and a drink, but if you don't, then it will be $3.50 for the Big Mac alone. We'll save you money by bundling all of them for only $2.99!
So, all you wanted was the Big Mac, but that would cost you $3.50, so you take the fries and drink you didn't want and spend $1.00 more then you should of had too.
It's even WORSE when it comes to the cable/Telco examples because in that case you're being forced to pay for something you 1) Already have and have paid for, or 2) Absolutely do not want and can't use.
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boogie74
join:2001-06-19
Neenah, WI
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| said by KrK :
Ummm... they already DO that. McDonalds sells a Big Mac combo meal for $2.99. The Big Mac purchased separately is $1.99, the fries are $.89 and the drink is $1.10. But the meal is $2.99. You are calling this a ripoff?
No, that is not like my example nor is it penalty pricing.
THIS would be penalty pricing:
A Big Mac is 1.99, but only if you add fries and a drink, but if you don't, then it will be $3.50 for the Big Mac alone. We'll save you money by bundling all of them for only $2.99!
So, all you wanted was the Big Mac, but that would cost you $3.50, so you take the fries and drink you didn't want and spend $1.00 more then you should of had too.
It's even WORSE when it comes to the cable/Telco examples because in that case you're being forced to pay for something you 1) Already have and have paid for, or 2) Absolutely do not want and can't use.
Your example isn't what SBC is doing though. What does this have to do with SBC? Are you saying that since some companies do this and SBC also sells telecom, therefore SBC is guilty by association?
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