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run100
Feb 28, 2016Explorer II
mkirsch wrote:
The buying public by and large doesn't notice cost cutting measures, and even if they do, are more accepting of them than price increases.
This is why you see things like 3-pint "half gallons" of ice cream, and 12oz boxes of cereal where they used to be full pounds. Costs went up big time, but the buying public DOES NOT CARE. You're a crooked money grubbing piece of garbage if you try to make any sort of profit at all.
Oh my gosh! You are absolutely right! When I read and hear of consumers calling and/or emailing practically every rv dealer in the country trying to save another $100 on their new rv, it makes me wonder how they even stay in business. In fact, rv dealers come and go all the time in the Phoenix area. It's a difficult market.
Someone recently posted how they felt $1,000 profit on the sale of a new truck camper was plenty for the dealer. With that kind of margin, their lights would be out in no time.
All I know is, I expect to be paid fairly for the job I perform for my employer and I am willing to pay a fair price for product and services and extra for higher quality stuff. There is no free lunch.
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