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Re:The Invention of the Baby Carrot by eric_h on Monday March 30, 2015 @07:01PM (#9293205)
You have two identical products, with the same price, next to each other on the same shelf. The box is damaged for one of them - it's the natural choice to choose the one that's not damaged in any way.

Now, if the damaged one is a little bit cheaper, you'll probably have a greater chance of accepting the product with cosmetic damage over the more expensive, "perfect" product.

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Re:The Invention of the Baby Carrot by jordan0day on Monday March 30, 2015 @10:40PM (#9294069)
I was just thinking -- if there was a way to somehow be able to offer instantaneous discounts on "damaged" products, supermarkets could probably avoid throwing away a lot of "damaged" goods.

But then I realized people would just start damaging them themselves, in order to get the discount.

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Re:The Invention of the Baby Carrot by kbart on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @03:54AM (#9294885)
I've seen a lot of supermarkets doing just that. They simply place a sticker with new price to avoid the problem you described.
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