Re:Ikea founder leaves fortune to no one, structures it to e...
by bmelton on Friday February 02, 2018 @11:26AM
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Why isn't just getting rid of coupons a viable option?
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Re:Ikea founder leaves fortune to no one, structures it to e...
by goty2 on Friday February 02, 2018 @12:02PM
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Because coupons might be useful to sell overstock or introduce new products. And even if you wanted to you would either have to convince all your customers to change their habits or convince the other businesses not to also not use them. It is like with credit card fees in the US.
Re:Ikea founder leaves fortune to no one, structures it to e...
by always_good on Friday February 02, 2018 @12:05PM
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Because they are political tools. Like how "getting rid of pollution" would involve rethinking our civilization, not just creating some dumpster fires.