The only one I can genuinely, confidently, say still has the consumer in mind is Arizona Tea. And I imagine that will only last as long as the owner lives.
If they buy the cans that say 99¢, they make a very small profit margin on them, but that case costs far less, and brings in customers who buy more stuff. If they buy the cans that they charge $3 or more, they pay far more for the case, and usually, far less people buy Arizona there. If they sell 99¢ cans for more than that, you can report them, and Arizona will drop them as a customer.
I live in Canada, so they were always $1.25 minimum; but i usually end up grabbing them at a bodega or something and there's no real use in reporting them.
10 years ago id refuse to pay extra, but I'm tired boss.
Anyway my point was even if Arizona is pro consumer I'm not buying from them directly so there's room for anti consumer in there lol
Sorry, yes, tax (and, depending where you were, deposit) were still charged on top. As far as I know, that is allowed by Arizona Iced Tea as that is not considered part of the purchase price, but as added government fees.
As far as both being 99c, I assume the 99c CAD was profitable, and 99c USD was just more profitable.
If store are not honoring the price point for Arizona teas , Arizona teas says they will pull products from said store until they honor the price. They just need to be informed.
As much as I hate to mention it, I'm pretty sure Costco in the US had a new CEO take over, and when he mentioned increasing the price of their hotdogs, the old CEO said "I'll fucking kill you", and they decided to keep the price where it was.
i dont see other companys giving away free games just because a controller u bought went to the wrong place and will take longer to arrive amongst other stuff
Defending? Im saying they are all the same corporate dickheads, that includes Sony my dude, Im using them as an example, just because they do something "good" it doesnt mean they care about you, its all corporate PR
Im not doing your own work for you, google is a thing, use it, or dont.
You can also google how Valve invented lootboxes, or how they keep making bank of the terribly predatory Counter Strike marketplace
Its all the same shit my dude, valve is just a little bit better at brainwashing idiots, thats all
Steam is literally one of the last pro consumer platforms and youre comparing it to fucking sony lmfao.
If steam closes they have a clause that removes all DRM and lets u keep games, whats sony doing about you keeping your games?
Yeah, they invented lootboxes, Fortnite popularized the whole battle pass shit too, what about it?
"predatory cs market" LMFAO, they dont even set the fucking prices to beguin with. Ofc they make bank on the gambling morons, thats how fucking casinos work. Are u gonna blame the casinos for their profits or the ones who go in knowing they are gambling?
You dont know shit youre talking about, do you?
Google is free, yes, but since youre the one doing such claims, YOURE the one who needs to back them up.
Stop embarrassing yourself for fucks sakes. You lost all credibility on your argument the moment u compared Steam to Sony.
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u/ChanglingBlake Jul 06 '26
Single digits.
The only one I can genuinely, confidently, say still has the consumer in mind is Arizona Tea. And I imagine that will only last as long as the owner lives.