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[–] AliceTheMinotaur@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For me moat sales are a waste of time, as its not a sale if I'm wasn't going to buy it any way

But to the point as others have said there's no margin on food and essentials. They'd be loosing money, or the suppliers would

[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Moat sales are also a waste of time for me as I don't have a castle to protect.

[–] Kase@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

My landlord is pretty chill and let me install one around my apartment building. Sometimes you just gotta ask

[–] Maeve@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No. In the lockdowns, nonpartisan epi published their research showing most price increases * was due to plain old price-gouging.

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[–] irmoz@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're not talking about price increases, just a lack of discounts

[–] Maeve@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

It’s all the same game. Eff the players,more that don’t play, quicker it goes away. Or play as little as possible.