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> On Tue, 22 May 2007 17:33:47 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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>>> On Tue, 22 May 2007 15:36:25 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
>>> > wrote:
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>>>>> On Tue, 22 May 2007 13:35:51 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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>>>>>>> On Mon, 21 May 2007 22:14:58 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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>>>>>>>>>> > "Dimitri" > wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> >> Subtle price change.
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>>> I'd have to know a lot more than you have told me to take a guess at
>>> that; it would vary from business to business depending on various
>>> overhead factors. And, again, it's irrelevant. I said a fair price; I
>>> meant just that. By all means, charge what you must to make the profit
>>> you need. Just don't lie to me to do it. Is that so hard to
>>> understand? Are you seriously trying to argue that it's ok to try and
>>> deceive consumers in order to remain profitable? If so, I'd like to
>>> know exactly where =you= work; clearly, it's a business we should all
>>> know about so we can avoid it.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Tracy R.
>>
>>I don't see it as deception. Apparently, you are easily deceived.
>>
>>Some here are also implying that "notification" is relevant, but nobody
>>has
>>suggested a way of "notifying" customers of size changes. Perhaps they'd
>>like individual letters sent to every home in America. Or, billboards.
>
> Ok, we're going to have to agree to disagree here. You apparently have
> a very different set of beliefs than I do about right and wrong. I
> don't see how you can defend this practice as not being deceptive, but
> whatever. I think it's obvious to the rest of us that it is, or at
> least that it attempts to be. <shrug> And I notice you failed to
> answer the question about where you work. <eg>
>
> Regards,
> Tracy R.

I missed your question. I work in a niche within the grocery wholesale biz.

Let's start over. Do you believe that via research, manufacturers have a
very good idea of what price range will turn off customers completely and
make them seek a different product?