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Why aren't people outraged about convenience pricing? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by qvi8dhqln@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Like come on, people are otraged about the most minor stuff, but somehoe can't be bothered to boycot or change the situation with convenience pricig, where same stuff you buy at a store is 10-20x the price per unit.

"Youre taking advantage of my tiredness, making me pay more of my hard-earned money for the privilege of being too tired to prepare my own food/drinks myself, essentially making me work more hours for having worked too many hours and being tired as a resilt of it. So: making me more tired for being tired already"

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[–] Fallibilist@feddit.uk 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There must be an upper limit for how many things an individual can feel outraged about simultaneously. For me that limit is zero.

[–] Canigou@jlai.lu 2 points 1 day ago

Or, more colloquially, how many fucks can be given.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I can understand a service getting more expensive at certain times as demand increases.

Has the price changed more for me than someone else?

Did the price change after my decision to purchase?

These would make me angry.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago

Convenience pricing?

[–] lntl@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

My local convenience store is open 247365. If I need something, there's a good chance they stock it or something to substitute. I dont shop there all the time for everything, but when I need something I'm glad they're around and def not outraged.

[–] snek_boi@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

One possible factor is the fact that some people call it “convenience pricing”. That phrase is doing a lot of psychological work. If we called it something like “surveillance pricing” or “extractive pricing”, then maybe we would be closer to outrage.

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[–] GarboDog@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They are, they always have been, but they still pay it anyways

[–] qvi8dhqln@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah well, so my queation is: why is evwryone ok with their addiction and vulnerable position being taken advantage of? Kindasorta 🦧

[–] GarboDog@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Well, from what we see its mostly because they just have the money, those abusive tendencies of higher class’s businesses are just petty expenses. Then those with little to no money just see it as part of life expenses/a rare treat and for other things that they’re forced to pay for like for their car, housing and other expenses, it’s a grossing and over-abusive relationship that people just see it as necessities and are a must if they want to survive. Housing, water, food, connection aren’t conveniences, but it definitely is treated like one by the rich corpos. Which is wild af

Tldr, either you’re rich and it’s not that expensive or poor ppl are either a rare treat or it’s a necessity pushed by society (depending on the situation)

Anywho that’s our best attempt at explaining it maybe.

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[–] Arancello@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago

there’s a lot of things people in the usa should be outraged about. is this the top priority? How about the ‘bottom’ 60% of you not being able to afford food?

[–] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 day ago

Wawa is just down the street.

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

ITT: people trash talking potential customers rather than being outraged at surge/convenience pricing that is going to start invading more and more things.

It doesn’t fucking matter if people don’t like Starbucks or they victim-blame because they didn't make coffee at home. Pricing to charge customers more based on whatever temporary metric is going to reach into everyone’s wallet sooner than you think. Grocery stores are already contemplating this. It’s been a thing for everything from Uber rides to airline or concert tickets for a while now.

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