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Red guy and Blue guy sitting at an empty lemonade stand.

Red guy: "maybe we should have a sale?"

Blue guy: "But we can't go any cheaper!" while pointing to the "$1" price tag on the sign above him.

Red guy, while writing on a board, looks confused and replies: "cheaper?"

Final panel: The lemonade stand is rushed by hundreds of customers throwing cash and scrambling for lemonade, a fire breaks out, it's chaos. In the foreground the sign Red was writing reads: "WAS $25, NOW ONLY $1"

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And Most of the EU, and Nz and Aus...

But that is the case for so many posts about shady business practises.

It's funny how US corps can still operate and make a profit in these markets...

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Illegal in the US too. Watch out for weasel wording to get around the laws though.

"Compare to $25"

"A $25 value"

"Our lowest price ever"

"Hot Buy"

Notice how none of those actually say it's cheaper than it was before.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Businesses and corporations choose their words very carefully, and people should stop trying to interprete or read between the lines in many cases.

β€žOur lowest price everβ€œ means exactly and exclusively that, nothing more, nothing less.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It sounds like a deal, but it's often the highest price they've ever had as well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It can also be factually true. For example it's their lowest price ever on model TX-56YB, only available on Black Friday.

TX-56Y for the rest of the year has totally been cheaper.

Walmart is the worst at this, which is why I would never buy a TV there.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

And yet still totally happens.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

we live in a society

[–] namingthingsiseasy 10 points 1 year ago

"Waste your Money" Day

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ah, the old Chinese discount trick.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because it is illegal in the US and Europe, but you can go on AliExpress for example and find this practice everywhere

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Edit: thought you were the original commenter. Realise you aren't, this isn't directed at you.

Is it illegal federally in the US? I keep seeing commenters say it isn't. And if I've read things correctly, I'm pretty sure it is illegal in China, and in 2020 they further clamped down on it.

Not saying it doesn't still happen because shitty people exist everywhere, including China.

It's just your comment comes across as kinda racist because you've dubbed it as a specifically "Chinese" thing, even though it's pretty widespread in many places.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Sorry to break your bubble. It is an international technique.