Sold out by IFR

Another of my pet peeves is when a business extends different prices
to different customers.

It's called volume discount.

Exactly. The louder you yell, the cheaper you can get it.

Not always, depends on the size of the business. Small businesses do not
have the latitude that larger / international places have.


John Harlow wrote:

Another of my pet peeves is when a business extends different prices
to different customers.

It's called volume discount.

Exactly. The louder you yell, the cheaper you can get it.

"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message
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"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message
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Another of my pet peeves is when a business extends different prices to
different customers.

It's called volume discount.

The poster was purchasing one subscription. I agree that volume discounts
are perfectly fair as long as the same deal is offered to everyone.



"Every man deserves a square deal" Theodore Roosevelt

Speaking of government costs out of control, there's the guy who started
much of it (the American Empire).


The real problem started when the government started distributing money to
individuals, cities and states.

Mike
MU-2

"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message
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"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message
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"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message
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Another of my pet peeves is when a business extends different prices
to
different customers.

It's called volume discount.

The poster was purchasing one subscription. I agree that volume discounts
are perfectly fair as long as the same deal is offered to everyone.



"Every man deserves a square deal" Theodore Roosevelt

Speaking of government costs out of control, there's the guy who started
much of it (the American Empire).


The real problem started when the government started distributing money to
individuals, cities and states.

It goes back way before that. Do you think that transition of power just
came down the road one day...with no precedent? You might be dismayed to
find your hero, Lincoln, began the process.

http://www.lneilsmith.com/abelenin.html

http://freedom.orlingrabbe.com/lfeti...al_lincoln.htm

http://www.tysknews.com/Depts/gov_ph..._bolshevik.htm

Teddy Roosevelt just continued the trend with the American empire. It was
the only logical conclusion.

Why does that bother you ?
Its a sales technique, we start high, when someone does not buy, we lower it,
then lower it some more. After 6 months to a year, we try to sell them again.
Works great.
No such thing as a fair deal. Companies who sell to individuals and to
businesses will double and triple the price when it comes to selling to
business's. I wont even get into that evil empire called Visa/Mastercard.
Merchants just do what they can to survive.




Another of my pet peeves is when a business extends different prices to
different customers.

"Every man deserves a square deal" Theodore Roosevelt

Mike
MU-2

I don't want to be the one subsidizing someone else's better deal. Since I
am not going to get on the phone to negotiate a lower magazine subscripiton
price, I just won't subscribe.

Mike
MU-2


"Jeff" wrote in message
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Why does that bother you ?
Its a sales technique, we start high, when someone does not buy, we lower
it,
then lower it some more. After 6 months to a year, we try to sell them
again.
Works great.
No such thing as a fair deal. Companies who sell to individuals and to
businesses will double and triple the price when it comes to selling to
business's. I wont even get into that evil empire called Visa/Mastercard.
Merchants just do what they can to survive.




Another of my pet peeves is when a business extends different prices to
different customers.

"Every man deserves a square deal" Theodore Roosevelt

Mike
MU-2

On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:32:36 GMT, "Mike Rapoport"
wrote:

I used to subscribe to IFR until I realized that they offered a much better
rate to new subscribers than to existing ones. After realizing this, my
four year old decided to subscribe :-). Today he recieved a solicitation
from another aviation magazine. Obviously they sold his (and my) name and
address. I always check the little box indicating that I don't want my
information shared and I don't want to recieve any offers. I will never
subscribe to any Belvoire publication again.

Good for you.

Just had to vent after calling a credit card company and telling them not to
send me any more ot their stupid balance tranfer checks. It was the third
time I called them. I am in the national opt out list for all pre-approved
credit and I still get at least two "offers" a day. I guess that Congress
is so busy spending our hard earned money developing rainforests in Iowa and
subsidized rail to Disneyland that they don't have time for legislation that
ordinary people really care about.

There's a hint in your paragraph that I may be taking a little
personal, but maybe you should think of those companies that are
sending you their offerings and how much money they make and what
politicians their tied to.


Mike
MU-2

"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message
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| I used to subscribe to IFR until I realized that they offered a much
better
| rate to new subscribers than to existing ones. After realizing this, my
| four year old decided to subscribe :-). Today he recieved a solicitation
| from another aviation magazine. Obviously they sold his (and my) name and
| address. I always check the little box indicating that I don't want my
| information shared and I don't want to recieve any offers. I will never
| subscribe to any Belvoire publication again.

Many magazines offer discounts to attract first time subscribers, just as
landlords offer discounts on the first six months lease, restaurants offer
two for one specials, etc. It is not an attempt to cheat you.

In sending your son an ad for another magazine, they were no more dishonest
than you representing yourself as your own son. I figure you're about even.
Maybe they should send you a letter saying they never want you as a customer
again. :-)

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message
k.net...
| I used to subscribe to IFR until I realized that they offered a much
better
| rate to new subscribers than to existing ones. After realizing this, my
| four year old decided to subscribe :-). Today he recieved a
solicitation
| from another aviation magazine. Obviously they sold his (and my) name
and
| address. I always check the little box indicating that I don't want my
| information shared and I don't want to recieve any offers. I will never
| subscribe to any Belvoire publication again.

Many magazines offer discounts to attract first time subscribers, just as
landlords offer discounts on the first six months lease, restaurants offer
two for one specials, etc. It is not an attempt to cheat you.

In sending your son an ad for another magazine, they were no more
dishonest
than you representing yourself as your own son. I figure you're about
even.
Maybe they should send you a letter saying they never want you as a
customer
again. :-)



To be clear, I didn't represent myself as my son.

Mike
MU-2

"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message
ink.net...

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
...

"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message
k.net...
| I used to subscribe to IFR until I realized that they offered a much
better
| rate to new subscribers than to existing ones. After realizing this,
my
| four year old decided to subscribe :-). Today he recieved a
solicitation
| from another aviation magazine. Obviously they sold his (and my) name
and
| address. I always check the little box indicating that I don't want
my
| information shared and I don't want to recieve any offers. I will
never
| subscribe to any Belvoire publication again.

Many magazines offer discounts to attract first time subscribers, just
as
landlords offer discounts on the first six months lease, restaurants
offer
two for one specials, etc. It is not an attempt to cheat you.

In sending your son an ad for another magazine, they were no more
dishonest
than you representing yourself as your own son. I figure you're about
even.
Maybe they should send you a letter saying they never want you as a
customer
again. :-)



To be clear, I didn't represent myself as my son.

You couldn't! In that case, you couldn't reach the rudder pedals.