• Saapas@piefed.zip
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    2 months ago

    Hah, who would’ve thought the stores would want to protect their merchandise from shoplifting. It sucks for everyone now

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      2 months ago

      That’s one way to look at it.

      I see it as maximizing their profits instead. They’re posting record profits, they’re gaming the system somehow and gouging us on basic necessities. I won’t report shoplifting from billionaire conglomerates.

      “Hurting people’s not a good thing! Sometimes it is… but not when it’s a bunch of people looking for something to eat!” - John spartan, demolition man.

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        2 months ago

        I mean maximizing their profits by trying to prevent shoplifting. More shoplifting, stores will do more to prevent it.

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            2 months ago

            Anything is still more expensive than $0. If lowering the prices was more profitable to them than keeping the price but making sure stuff isn’t stolen, then they probably would’ve gone for that.