"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 30 Jun 2017 14:25:12 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> I certainly know BOGO doesn't mean you
>> have to buy TWO. Get one for half price.
>
> BOGOF always means you have to buy 2 (for the price of 1).
> Restaurants, bars, grocery stores, etc...
>
> It's the 2 for $5 or 10 for $10 where you usually don't have to buy 2
> or 10.
>
> I was just looking at the Randall's/Safeway ad and they have a "Buy 4
> and Save" section. One of the items is Jumbo Cantaloupes. You really
> *do* have to buy 4 of them (for $1.99/ea). Not only is $2/cantaloupe
> NOT a good deal (they're often on sale for half that), but how many
> people really want to buy 4 cantaloupes at a time?!?!
>
> That article is bullshit. It references people posting on reddit and
> re-hashes the same old scare tactics and urban legends we've heard a
> zillion times, like scallops being punched out of fish fillets. It's
> a stupid, cheap, click-bait article that's just recycled bullshit from
> around the net and much of it is false or misrepresented.
>
> My favorite line: "Researchers found that people who used bigger carts
> ended up spending 40 percent more". Uh, hello? Did it ever occur to
> these "researchers" that they got the bigger cart because they plan on
> buying a lot of items?
>
> The media is just full of shit these days, preying on gullible people.

I always get the big cart when I can. My purse is heavy and I can put it in
the seat. And no, it's not unattended. I always keep my hand on the straps.
If I have to turn away, I do pick it up.

I've been known to get the big cart for three items. I need the cart. I
can't walk very well without it.