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On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 14:26:02 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 2015-07-20 11:26 AM, sf wrote:
>
> > It
> > wouldn't be unheard of to have two sets of pricing: by the piece and
> > by the lb.

>
> It wouldn't. That would be one of the craziest ideas I can imagine in a
> store, selling bananas by the piece then they might be cheaper by the
> pound or vice versa?
>


It's done. Buy one, pay the singles price (high). Buy more than one,
pay by the pound. Either way, the store is not losing any money.

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