Oh America...

[Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth]

This is not what they did though, and you are spreading lies.

Sorry, I forgot that you know better than textbooks and the American education system.

[Mattao19]

The competition simply buys the product you try to sell below cost, and you go bust. This is not what they did though, and you are spreading lies.

No it's still above cost (from what I got out of it) so say it's a $0.50 idk choc. bar (cost from distributor) the ma and pa store sells it for $1 then Rockefeller and Carnegie come into town and start selling it for 80% of the ma and pa shop so $0.80 this now drives the ma and pa store out while still giving R and C a healthy profit margin.

I just imagined some dude going into a little mom and pops store and grabbing like all the chocolates from their shelves and then selling them for $0.20 higher...

Why would one do that? That just turns the ma and pa shop into the distributor lol you wouldn't be stealing customers youd just become the customer lol

[Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth]

No it's still above cost (from what I got out of it) so say it's a $0.50 idk choc. bar (cost from distributor) the ma and pa store sells it for $1 then Rockefeller and Carnegie come into town and start selling it for 80% of the ma and pa shop so $0.80 this now drives the ma and pa store out while still giving R and C a healthy profit margin.

Basically, but also Carnegie and Rockefeller also had bigger businesses than Ma and Pop stores so they got their supplies cheaper by buying in huge bulk. Ma and Pa would buy maybe 100 units of something at $0.50 a pop and sell them for $1, making $50. Big businesses would buy 1,000,000 units of something and distribute it to their stores at say $0.40, sell it at $0.80 and still make a lot more than Ma and Pa. And to Piotr's, "The competition simply buys the product you try to sell below cost, and you go bust." point, Ma and Pa were usually just getting by, they didn't have the money to buy all of Big Business's products. Even if they did they would get it from a supplier for $0.50/unit and not from Big Business for $0.80./unit.

[Apathy Reactor]

what terrible person would want to ruin the livelihood of two small town, middle class store owners that are just trying to make a living? honestly...

[Mlerner12]

I'm just waiting for Agrus to be temp banned!

[Mattao19]

I'm just waiting for Agrus to be temp banned!

Why would be get bAnned?

[Spencer Addington]

Because it looks like the topic is turning into a heated debate and we just saw Piotr ban someone.

[Butch1977]

what terrible person would want to ruin the livelihood of two small town, middle class store owners that are just trying to make a living? honestly...

It's called Wal-Mart and they do it all the time. I believe in Capitalism. 'MURICA! But i do shop at mom and pop stores to keep the dream alive.

[Mattao19]

Because it looks like the topic is turning into a heated debate and we just saw Piotr ban someone.

He banned someone?

[Spencer Addington]

Because it looks like the topic is turning into a heated debate and we just saw Piotr ban someone.

He banned someone?

7 day ban on a different thread. I know mlerner saw it so I said we

[Apathy Reactor]

what terrible person would want to ruin the livelihood of two small town, middle class store owners that are just trying to make a living? honestly...

It's called Wal-Mart and they do it all the time. I believe in Capitalism. 'MURICA! But i do shop at mom and pop stores to keep the dream alive.

im not talking about a big business out to make more money, what you were talking about was a business whose only goal was to put that little store out of business, seems like a bad goal to have if you ask me.

[Mlerner12]

Because it looks like the topic is turning into a heated debate and we just saw Piotr ban someone.

He banned someone?

7 day ban on a different thread. I know mlerner saw it so I said we

Same as boring anarchy2 a few months ago.

[Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth]

I'm just waiting for Agrus to be temp banned!

Wouldn't be the first time I've gotten close... Although I hope that Piotr understands that I am just presenting facts and my opinion on those facts. Just because I think I'm right, doesn't mean I am and the same holds true for EVERYONE else.

[Mlerner12]

I'm just waiting for Agrus to be temp banned!

Wouldn't be the first time I've gotten close...

I've noticed

[Gorzo]

You're allowed to disagree with Piotr all you want. He won't ban you for that. He'll ban you if you start insulting or blatantly disrespecting him in the process, which is what happened in the other thread.

These are his forums, after all. This is essentially a social gathering in his living room. You can disagree with what the host says with all the vigor in your blood, but when you throw his own wine (that he was kind enough to open a bottle of just for us) back in his face, you'll be escorted out.

I don't like these bans. I've said it before, I'll say it again. But I lose any ability or position to object or stand against it when they blatantly disrespect our host. Can't we just keep it civil, please?

Argus is fine. He keeps it cool.