Bezos divorce settlement

[vantexan]

It's hard for me to patronize those cheapskate businesses. There's a fine line between "we're no frills" and "we sweat every last cent" and Spirit strikes me as more of the latter. There are some local convenience stores that charge a small fee to use a debit card for a transaction of less than $3 or $5 or whatever it is. Won't shop there even when I wouldn't have to pay the fee. Pet peeve.

It's not much more to use JetBlue but the experience is much nicer. But I needed cheap right away and it was a couple hundred cheaper than other options.

 

[twoweeled]

I don't know why lying on her back entitled her to any of his shares.

She probably didn't even have to lie on her back!

 

[twoweeled]

Give Bezos a pair of glasses and he would be Mrs. Magoo

And women will still find him the sexiest man on earth.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

And women will still find him the sexiest man on earth.

Money has a way of doing that.

 

[burrheadd]

It's hard for me to patronize those cheapskate businesses. There's a fine line between "we're no frills" and "we sweat every last cent" and Spirit strikes me as more of the latter. There are some local convenience stores that charge a small fee to use a debit card for a transaction of less than $3 or $5 or whatever it is. Won't shop there even when I wouldn't have to pay the fee. Pet peeve.

If it’s $3 or $5

Use cash

Pet peeve

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

It's hard for me to patronize those cheapskate businesses. There's a fine line between "we're no frills" and "we sweat every last cent" and Spirit strikes me as more of the latter. There are some local convenience stores that charge a small fee to use a debit card for a transaction of less than $3 or $5 or whatever it is. Won't shop there even when I wouldn't have to pay the fee. Pet peeve.

Because the store gets hit for a fee when you use a debit card or credit card. In a small purchase they are losing money.

 

[sailfish]

If it’s $3 or $5

Use cash

Pet peeve

I use my credit card all the time for a dollar.

 

[silverbullet2893]

I use my credit card all the time for a dollar.

That is a very good gif.

 

[burrheadd]

I use my credit card all the time for a dollar.

Could have guessed

 

[Brownslave688]

Because the store gets hit for a fee when you use a debit card or credit card. In a small purchase they are losing money.

Is that not common sense?

 

[Brownslave688]

Could have guessed

Damn kids

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Is that not common sense?

That's why the have signs posted at many places, saying minimum purchase with credit / debit card

 

[59 Dano]

Because the store gets hit for a fee when you use a debit card or credit card. In a small purchase they are losing money.

Yet all the other convenience stores sell the same things for the same price (and sometimes less) without the fee and they don't seem to have any issue making money. If that fee or minimum purchase requirement is enough to make or break you, then you don't need to be in business anyway. If they want to drive up the average sale, do it by offering a good reason to buy more, not "Buy more stuff or we'll charge you anyway because POOR PITIFUL US."

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Yet all the other convenience stores sell the same things for the same price (and sometimes less) without the fee and they don't seem to have any issue making money. If that fee or minimum purchase requirement is enough to make or break you, then you don't need to be in business anyway. If they want to drive up the average sale, do it by offering a good reason to buy more, not "Buy more stuff or we'll charge you anyway because POOR PITIFUL US."

You aren't in business to sell at a loss.

 

[Brownslave688]

Yet all the other convenience stores sell the same things for the same price (and sometimes less) without the fee and they don't seem to have any issue making money. If that fee or minimum purchase requirement is enough to make or break you, then you don't need to be in business anyway. If they want to drive up the average sale, do it by offering a good reason to buy more, not "Buy more stuff or we'll charge you anyway because POOR PITIFUL US."

Maybe blame the credit card companies and banks for the huge fees they charge.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Maybe blame the credit card companies and banks for the huge fees they charge.

They negotiate fee with the big companies and they pay very little just like Amazon pays us.

But for a small retailer they squeeze them hard.

 

[59 Dano]

You aren't in business to sell at a loss.

Maybe blame the credit card companies and banks for the huge fees they charge.

As I said in the prior post, how come everyone else can do just fine without such fees , yet they can't?

My local supermarket is pays much better than any of the surrounding convenience stores, sells things cheaper than convenience stores, is open 24/7, and does just fine - as do the non-fee convenience stores.

 

[Brownslave688]

As I said in the prior post, how come everyone else can do just fine without such fees , yet they can't?

My local supermarket is pays much better than any of the surrounding convenience stores, sells things cheaper than convenience stores, is open 24/7, and does just fine - as do the non-fee convenience stores.

Your supermarket is also moving WAY more product.


You don’t know what margins are on everything either.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

As I said in the prior post, how come everyone else can do just fine without such fees , yet they can't?

My local supermarket is pays much better than any of the surrounding convenience stores, sells things cheaper than convenience stores, is open 24/7, and does just fine - as do the non-fee convenience stores.

Are you buying a $100 worth of groceries at the convenience store?

I think not.

 

[59 Dano]

Your supermarket is also moving WAY more product.


You don’t know what margins are on everything either.

Are you buying a $100 worth of groceries at the convenience store?

I think not.

And when I buy $2.50 worth of stuff at the supermarket, they don't penalize me. And --GET THIS!!-- neither do any of the normal convenience stores! How do they stay in business?

A store that charges that BS charge is either ripping off the customer or they just suck at business. Perhaps both.