What's Your Line in the Sand? The $25 Burger?
Posted by freedomforall 2 years, 4 months ago to Government
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"What's your line in the sand, the point at which you simply refuse to pay the asking price? Is it the $25 burger? Or is it the $50 for two burritos and two beverages?
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For others, it might be the outrageous estimate for repairing a system failure in a nearly-new vehicle that is (surprise!) no longer covered by the manufacturer's warranty. Hundreds of dollars for what?
Is it being stripmined to buy a hot dog and beer at a sporting event, or the "service charge" to buy a grossly overpriced ticket to a concert?
Or is it having to take out a second mortgage to cover the entrance fees to an amusement park?
Maybe it's the shockingly high cost of what used to be dirt-cheap--a camping permit in a state or national park. (When camping becomes an expensive outing, the Revolutionary Clock is getting close to midnight.)
Could it be the absurdly inflated cost of cable TV service, or the total cost of all those subscriptions for marginal content/entertainment spew?"
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I've refused to buy lots of times due to 100% price increases in the past year.
It's long past time to take government matters into our own hands, since we are the ones who are supposed to be the owners of America.
"What's your line in the sand, the point at which you simply refuse to pay the asking price? Is it the $25 burger? Or is it the $50 for two burritos and two beverages?
...
For others, it might be the outrageous estimate for repairing a system failure in a nearly-new vehicle that is (surprise!) no longer covered by the manufacturer's warranty. Hundreds of dollars for what?
Is it being stripmined to buy a hot dog and beer at a sporting event, or the "service charge" to buy a grossly overpriced ticket to a concert?
Or is it having to take out a second mortgage to cover the entrance fees to an amusement park?
Maybe it's the shockingly high cost of what used to be dirt-cheap--a camping permit in a state or national park. (When camping becomes an expensive outing, the Revolutionary Clock is getting close to midnight.)
Could it be the absurdly inflated cost of cable TV service, or the total cost of all those subscriptions for marginal content/entertainment spew?"
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I've refused to buy lots of times due to 100% price increases in the past year.
It's long past time to take government matters into our own hands, since we are the ones who are supposed to be the owners of America.
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Since June I have been into Office Max 3 times, shipping packages FedEx.
At the checkout screen, and in printed card, the solicitation to donate to Minority Owned Businesses is displayed. In-my-face racial discrimination.
The ultimate message to "minority" business owners: You're not good enough to participate without help.
i am in Survival Mode
so i am stuck at a job where i am treated very poorly
that's ok
my family matters, not the job or the bastards/liars i work for
we go to a super-market or BJs for a cooked chicken, for a cheap meal, it is enough for me, wife and 2 Pomeranians
the local sub shops used to have 1/2 price pasta on Wednesdays, they stopped, so we stopped as at the full price it was not worth it
the "99" has country chicken for cheaper than another place we used to go to, so we go there for that
Cracker Barrel has declined to the point that it is not wroth going
and places that serve what i call tater-tot french fries are avoided
and we've gone back to Domino's pizza as they have lots of coupons and with extra sauce, i like their pizzas
i understand that places have to charge so they can survive, but there are limits and we care close to them
Yes, Walmart's "management" wants to hide the 100% price increase until you are at the register, hoping you won't notice.
Oh, they also cancelled my on-line order for wood for my smoker because the employees were too lazy
(and busy) to get the box down off the back of the shelf. I had to do that myself, and to pay the higher
in-store price because they don't price match even when they are at fault.
I was also making my 2nd trip to the store to return an unsatisfactory item that had been bought online.
The store computers couldn't do the refund ... twice. The manager had to be called and he had to get
on the phone with the dot com support line to get the refund for me.
It was humorous (and sad) to see the manager going through the computerized phone maze that
customers have to endure anytime the "customer service" system fails to be of assistance.
That's why they pay him the 'big bucks.'
Oh, but they don't pay him big bucks because they fired most of the competent people because of
their "high" salaries.
This is what happens when power corruption takes control of the free market and destroys competition.