We all love a bargin at our local super market and enjoy when we save a few pounds/dollors..... but hey i have seen the ethnic family from our local cornor shop going to the super markets and buying all the offers and get one free deals and selling them in their own shop for more than the full origanal price,you can only buy 3 of each item but they go in one at a time and buy the max....do they think that nobody sees what their up to ??? what you folks think about this.???
2007-10-06 03:08:27 · 28 answers · asked by Father Jacks Drinking pal 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
So what do you want to do about it my friend ? - not a lot I guess.
People will always find ways to rip people off because, in
today's world -sadly - money over rides EVERYTHING
including life itself.
2007-10-06 06:00:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Corner shops have been doing this for years! 'Ethnic' has nothing to do with it. The only time it is illegal though is if they buy Packs of Cigarettes or Crisps etc and then resell them singly! I know an 'English' shop-keeper who was fined for doing that, recently.
If you don't like what they are doing, report them to trading standards, though I doubt they'll do anything about it! After all it's not any different than buying their stock at a Cash N Carry and upping the price. It's called making a Profit!
2007-10-06 03:40:53 · answer #2 · answered by willowGSD 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy low sell high. Its the American way. The super market just gets a better deal on the products because they have more buying power. Or maybe they are just reducing some inventory. Either way no harm no foul. Their are corner stores everywhere and all of them have terrible markups on all their products. Shop at the super market and enjoy your discount.
2007-10-06 03:25:48 · answer #3 · answered by JK 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Retailing is about buying at a low price and selling at a higher price. The mark-up is what pays the bills, pays the wages and possibly might give you a profit. So the local supermarket undercuts the wholesale warehouse - what do you expect the corner shop to do? If people find it convenient to buy the stuff there rather than in the supermarket, what's your problem?
2007-10-06 03:16:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
wow, you must have been standing there watching for a long long time if you saw them all go in one by one....haven't you got anything better to do?? It doesn't seem right, no, but that's the way the world is, and don't forget it is these people who are supplying us with things we need/or more to the point want, when all the other shops are shut. If you don't like what they are doing, don't shop with them. And maybe the supermarket should be informed, because they really shouldn't be doing it......
2007-10-06 04:50:45 · answer #5 · answered by sandtwixtoes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whatever their race, colour or creed what they are doing is not necessarily morally wrong, but shoppers who buy from them are suckers. Shoppers who don't want to be suckered should shop around. After all, that's what retailers do - buying cheap(er) and selling at a profit margin. Retailers get special deals when they go to cash-and-carrys and they don't have to pass them on to shoppers. It is also up to manufacturers to print on the packaging if it's a special offer so that any attempts to resell them would be found out (as in crisps sold in large bags of 6).
2007-10-06 03:22:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Personally I think it's fair. If you want to buy cheaply you would do the same thing. The people, whether they are Ethnic or not, are having to compete with the supermarkets for a living and so, because their shops tend to be closer to the residents than the supermarkets, mark up their prices in order to compensate their profit margin. If you don't want to pay their prices don't use their shops. It's as simple as that.
2007-10-06 03:18:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's called free enterprise. We don't put people in prison for doing things like that here in the U.S.
Don't you realize that every grocer store marks up the products they sell? What possible difference could it make if they buy some of the things locally instead of from a distributor. They always mark up the prices. It's how they stay in business!
Sheesh, even store owners that aren't "ethnic", whatever the heck you mean by that, mark up the prices on the things they sell.
Do all you people that were upset when you read this question think you pay the same as the store does??????
Grow up!
2007-10-06 03:13:57 · answer #8 · answered by Clare 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
I seen that first hand few weeks ago in morrisons, a man buying 6 boxes of 24 miller for his local shop, he paid £54.00 for them, then sells the miller at around £1.30 a bottle.
2007-10-06 03:13:45 · answer #9 · answered by Crazy Diamond 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What they are doing falls into a 'grey' area of retail law. If there is a problem with any of the goods they sell thay are totally liable for the problem and not the manufacturer as they are in law selling 'second-hand goods'.
2007-10-06 03:18:30 · answer #10 · answered by outremerknight 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't say it isn't something I've thought about doing before, because it is, and it is an obviously a fantastic idea.
I don't buy from corner shops, most I've visited have always been over-priced.
2007-10-06 03:24:12 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋