I would not begrudge a retailer for raising prices. That is their business=
. I wouldn't imagine margins for retailers are all that great to begin wit=
h. I DO appreciate the typical fair warning that is often given. When a m=
anufacturer warns that in 2 months prices will go up, so you have a chance =
to buy it at the lower price. When no warning is given, that is a bummer, =
but even still, people have to make a living, so I am ok with it. You are =
always free not to buy something. And of course there is always ebay as we=
ll.
Danny
--- In Lou Judson <> wrote:
>
> Driving by the local Safeway (grocery store, the one that outlived
> Purity and Licky, just for the name's irony) gas station today, we
> noticed the price has change in two hours. My partner remarked, gee I =
> didn't see them unloading a new truckload!. I responded, well, they
> set the price by remote computer, not by paying more for a tankful!
> So she was disbused of the notion that the price of a truckful of gas =
> was stable until the next truck pulled in and cost more (or less) -
> prices vary according to a myriad of factors...
>
> Similar situation, marketplace variations. Just an example we noticed =
> this day here.
> <L>
> Lou Judson =C2=95 Intuitive Audio
> 415-883-2689
>
>
> > At 9:26 PM +0000 4/1/09, John Tudor wrote:
> >> What is extremely annoying is when a dealer has a product in stock,
> >> that they have already paid for, and they increase the price in
> >> alignment with the current cost of the item.
>
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