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minus-squareParlimentOfDoom@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·23 hours agoHow likely is it that it just so happens to exactly match brick and mortar stores?
minus-squarenull@piefed.nullspace.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·22 hours agoSo you don’t know?
minus-squareParlimentOfDoom@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·22 hours agoWe all know it’s less. You can stop being smarmy about that. That’s how online stores are destroying retail, despite charging equivalent prices. But I do not have access to a specific private corporation’s operating costs, any more than you do.
minus-squarenull@piefed.nullspace.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·22 hours agoHow much less?
minus-squareParlimentOfDoom@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·17 hours ago the giant company won’t tell us how much they’re ripping us off, so that must mean they’re not Is quite possibly the stupidest argument you can be making here.
minus-squarenull@piefed.nullspace.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours agoNobody made that argument. All that’s happened so far is that someone made a strong claim with literally nothing at all to back it up.
How likely is it that it just so happens to exactly match brick and mortar stores?
So you don’t know?
We all know it’s less. You can stop being smarmy about that.
That’s how online stores are destroying retail, despite charging equivalent prices. But I do not have access to a specific private corporation’s operating costs, any more than you do.
How much less?
Is quite possibly the stupidest argument you can be making here.
Nobody made that argument. All that’s happened so far is that someone made a strong claim with literally nothing at all to back it up.