Interesting ticket plan the Gators are trying...

[BullyPulpit]

43 minutes ago, charsibb said:

This might need an example to be clear...

Let's say $25 steaks are offered BOGO at WD or half-off at Publix

Got to WD, you must spend $25, and you will get two steaks

Go to Publix and you can have one steak for $12.50

If all you really want is one steak, Publix saves you $12.50, since you don't have to buy what you don't want.

OTOH, if you want two steaks, you're indifferent.

Overall, Publix offers the greater value, since you get a free second option - and real options have real value.

 

I think the face-palm icon was a result of me exposing the deceit in the discount the Gators were offering. He was asking if I would be happier if they did a BOGO or half-off special.....at least that is what I understood the face-palm to signify, but BDYZR can clarify if he so chooses. 

[TExpress]

1 hour ago, charsibb said:

This might need an example to be clear...

Let's say $25 steaks are offered BOGO at WD or half-off at Publix

Got to WD, you must spend $25, and you will get two steaks

Go to Publix and you can have one steak for $12.50

If all you really want is one steak, Publix saves you $12.50, since you don't have to buy what you don't want.

OTOH, if you want two steaks, you're indifferent.

Overall, Publix offers the greater value, since you get a free second option - and real options have real value.

 

I'd still go to Publix either way because they have **** good chicken wings....

[charsibb]

2 hours ago, TExpress said:

I'd still go to Publix either way because they have **** good chicken wings....

And the wild-card tips the balance!

[BDYZR]

Just got to be careful with the rhetorical questions. While I will NEVER claim to be the most intelligent person on ThePen...

[Capital H]

If you are getting Bogo at Publix, it is usually marked up before they take the "half off".

For instance if a 2 liter is $1.99 regularly, for BOGO it is usually around $2.05-$2.10 depending on the store.

At least this was a regular occurrence at the Lakeside Publix in Winderemere, FL.

 

[NewEnglandBull]

At the end of the day we all have to pay the man...

[bullsbucsfan426]

On 8/1/2017 at 6:38 PM, PingBull said:

Reminds me of my days at Winn Dixie.   As a 16 year old stocker, I was in charge of ordering for the soda isle.  I didn't realize that the WD brand soda, Chex, came by the palette.  So when I ordered 18 cases for the week, 18 palettes arrived.

Needless to say WD ran a Chex sale for about 2 months.  The display was wild......because they had so much product to work with.

I am impressed at how much responsibility they trusted you with. I guess I have to ask here-did they keep you on after that incident? 

[PingBull]

47 minutes ago, bullsbucsfan426 said:

I am impressed at how much responsibility they trusted you with. I guess I have to ask here-did they keep you on after that incident? 

lol, yes I continued working there.  I started at WD when I turned 14, they loved me.

[GaUSFBull]

20 hours ago, charsibb said:

Overall, Publix offers the greater value, since you get a free second option - and real options have real value.

They also offer the greater value because they have a superior product to Winn-Dixie.  Winn-Dixie is trash.

Oh, and Publix subs.  

[GaUSFBull]

52 minutes ago, bullsbucsfan426 said:

I am impressed at how much responsibility they trusted you with. I guess I have to ask here-did they keep you on after that incident? 

 

3 minutes ago, PingBull said:

lol, yes I continued working there.  I started at WD when I turned 14, they loved me.

I also did a stint at Winn-Dixie in high school.  I made $4.25 an hour when I started.  They're not going to fire a kid making minimum wage (at the time, or close to it) for ordering too much of a product they would sell anyway.