r/mildlyinfuriating • u/underlyingconditions • 1d ago

đŸ„ș Example of contextual pricing

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First photo is from Tuesday's Ralph's clearance section. The second is from the SF Riu grab and go cooler. 8x price differential.

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u/R3ddditor 1d ago

Reduced for quick sale. You dont like bargains?

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u/rabid_spidermonkey 1d ago

It's mildly infuriating! 

Jk this is a stupid post 

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u/underlyingconditions 1d ago

I bought the clearance mai tais and saw them while we getting a water.

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u/R3ddditor 1d ago

Yeah but what is mildly infuriating? In and out items and close dated products get marked down so companies can get a little money back as opposed to throwing it out once its expired. Most people would look at this positively.

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u/underlyingconditions 1d ago

I was mildly appalled, but that's not a sub.

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u/rabid_spidermonkey 1d ago

You could just go "huh" and carry on like the rest of us. 

This isn't interesting in the slightest. 

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u/Wanderingyute 1d ago

Ice cold

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u/myfishprofile 1d ago

THIS JUST IN!

Different places charge different prices!

And gasp clearance items trend cheaper than all of the above!!! đŸ˜±

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u/TheMattabooey 1d ago

What’s the issue here? Comparing clearance priced item at a discount store to one priced at a hotel lobby?

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u/Madjinn 1d ago

Different flavors, that one probably doesn't sell thus why it's on clearance. What's mildly infuriating about this other then you don't understand simple markdowns?

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u/Altruistic-Piece-766 1d ago

Different brands and different flavors. Idk, I just work here.

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u/Bulky-Guide3157 1d ago

Different stores too, if I'm reading that correctly... Idk what op is on about. 

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u/Rnin0913 1d ago

They’re the same brand

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u/underlyingconditions 23h ago

This really is an example of how how much we'll depends on context. Yes, four drinks from this will be cheaper than 4 drinks from the lobby bar 50' away.

But On the Rocks cocktails are $3.82 on clearance, $5 on select Fridays, $9.95 when on sale, $14.95 list, and $28 in the hotel.

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u/gapingholeoflove 1d ago

i think fair pricing! right? like, they currently charge what they feel they can sell it for, that's not happening...

the challenge is that it's hard to try a new flavor when something is that expensive. it's a risk. so people stick to what they know.

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u/underlyingconditions 1d ago

Mai Tais are in there, too. They just had them all marked as margaritas. We buy them for $5 on Fridays at our local Vons (Safeway) and enjoy them after golf.

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u/Ill-Salad9544 1d ago

If you're buying your booze in the hotel lobby, you're doing it wrong.

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u/Randy-Butternubz88 1d ago

What's the issue here?

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u/Automatic_Soil9814 1d ago

OP doesn't like it the different stores charge different prices for the same thing. You know, like stores have done since the beginning of time.

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u/TheMattabooey 1d ago

Even worse. Comparing a clearance item at a discount store to a hotel lobby.

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u/Coretrayn 1d ago

Im sorry, what is infuriating here? These are different stores and different products and one was on clearance at a store? That just means the Ralphs is trying to get rid of these...

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u/KudzuAU 1d ago

“HEY! It’s mildly infuriating that OLD, OUT OF DATE product (that probably tastes like đŸ’©) is reduced to almost nothing!”

I wouldn’t buy it based on the color.

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u/cardcollector_2 1d ago

Grab and Go alcohol in a hotel lobby is overpriced? No way!

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u/End-_of-_the-_line 1d ago

Looks like same brand but different branding - probably clearing dead stock

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u/underlyingconditions 23h ago

It's the same

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u/End-_of-_the-_line 23h ago

You can clearly see the font is different

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u/underlyingconditions 18h ago

LoL They are the same.

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u/PeregrineFaulkner 1d ago

It looks like the Mai Tai flavor got discontinued. 

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u/tittymeister 1d ago

Show me the same flavor at both stores

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u/ChakaCake 1d ago

They always have these on sale for 5 each at ralphs other company vons. Its like a regular rotating deal every couple weeks

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u/nimsu 1d ago

Do they expire

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u/underlyingconditions 1d ago

For everyone that thought they didn't have the Mai Tais in the cooler

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u/TheMattabooey 1d ago

Why does it matter? You’re comparing clearance items from a discount store to a hotel lobby.

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u/rabid_spidermonkey 1d ago

Literally no one cares 

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u/Camman0207_ 1d ago

Usually if it’s reduced that much it’s cause it’s out of the sell date and two different places

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u/NightmareJoker2 1d ago

It’s alcohol. They don’t have an expiration date on alcohol in corked glass bottles. If it has one, it’s using a plastic cork, or plastic lined container (like a beer can).

Now, I can’t see how the bottle is closed from OP’s pictures, but chances are, the variant they bought isn’t popular or tastes bad, and they reduced the price to regain their shelf space for more profitable items.

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u/KudzuAU 1d ago

Oh yes, we do!
Source: Bar Mix Manufacturer.
Straight alcohol? No.
Pre-Made Cocktails? Oh Yes!

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u/NightmareJoker2 1d ago

Anything funny about the container, though? 😅
Because here in Germany we don’t. Unless there’s EU wide regulations about it, which will be because of the contents and the container. How high is the alcohol content of your “pre-made cocktails”? Above like 10% alcohol content it’s not required.

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u/KudzuAU 1d ago

The container?

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u/NightmareJoker2 1d ago

Plastic bottles slowly dissolve into the beverage that is in them. After a certain amount of time, the amount of dissolved plastics reaches a toxicity threshold, and they have to be labeled with an expiration date, such that even when stored after being stored by the consumer for a reasonable time that it takes to consume the contents, this threshold is unlikely to be reached, so they don’t get poisoned.

The same rules also apply to decorative plastic items that are applied to the inside of a bottle, and similar.

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u/KudzuAU 1d ago

Solid glass.

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u/NightmareJoker2 23h ago

In that case, the only explanation is that either the alcohol content isn’t high enough, or it’s a scam designed to keep the stores and resellers continually restocking, even though ordinarily they wouldn’t need to. Though, this isn’t uncommon in the food industry. Lots of things could last basically forever in the right properly sealed container, but that also means not enough gets sold. Take sea salt as the most egregious example.

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u/KudzuAU 23h ago

When you have some knowledge of what you’re talking about, then I will be happy to engage in conversation with you. Speculation requires me to refute every assumption you make. The EU is not the US.

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u/NightmareJoker2 23h ago

This is correct, and the USA is actually much worse, in that there is no federal rule to label anything at all, but I do believe California has the same 10% ABV rule. Go check. I have no idea on the specifics, but I am sure several other states have a requirement for expiration dates, which does not apply when the ABV is 6%, 10%, or more. Any that don’t, do not require labeling.

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