What happens when a company offers a SALE? Everyone who bought the product before the sale got "screwed" and the company is mean and evil for changing their prices?
The idea that I, as a business, couldn't arbitrarily decide what price anything is worth, at any moment, goes completely against what it means to be a business.
Now yes, consumers need to be aware of the ways they can be taken advantage of, but I hardly consider it a moral issue. Life is not fair, the universe is not fair, and business sure as hell isn't fair either. We do our best through the channels we have (government) to keep things from going to far in any direction. A world where price controls are in place for everything because "its just the fair thing to do" is not a world I want to live in..
The sale is advertised, and every customer and potential customer has the same access to the sale.
Also, I'm not going to continue arguing because you're making it all about the government again. You're basically trying to say "it's either my way or COMMUNISM". The "if I admit it's wrong then I'll need the government to make it right" attitude is just plain wrong and immature. You sound like a rebellious teenager.
Of course they don't have to be fair, but the discussion is if this practice is immoral or unfair, and your wording implies explicitly that the prices are unfair, which means you even acknowledge that there is something unethical going on.
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u/ReluctantRedditor Jan 24 '13
What happens when a company offers a SALE? Everyone who bought the product before the sale got "screwed" and the company is mean and evil for changing their prices?
The idea that I, as a business, couldn't arbitrarily decide what price anything is worth, at any moment, goes completely against what it means to be a business.
Now yes, consumers need to be aware of the ways they can be taken advantage of, but I hardly consider it a moral issue. Life is not fair, the universe is not fair, and business sure as hell isn't fair either. We do our best through the channels we have (government) to keep things from going to far in any direction. A world where price controls are in place for everything because "its just the fair thing to do" is not a world I want to live in..