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[–] AliceTheMinotaur@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] Maeve@kbin.social 1 points 2 years 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.