Omg, do not buy pop from the Superstore liquor store.

[Flacker]

Originally Posted by Ducay

No fridge = lower costs.

Plus, some of us are smart enough to buy in bulk in advance, thus saving more money. Sadly, they only sell a handful of decent beers there. I usually stock up on wine there every couple weeks.

Wow, thank you for this groundbreaking piece of advice. You really are smrt.

[Ducay]

Originally Posted by Flacker

Wow, thank you for this groundbreaking piece of advice. You really are smrt.

Thanks.

Here's another helpful tip just for you; put your Black Label in the freezer overnight (usually for a couple days) so it can get extra frosty to enjoy while you tune up your dirtbike

[Flacker]

Originally Posted by Ducay

Thanks.

Here's another helpful tip just for you; put your Black Label in the freezer overnight (usually for a couple days) so it can get extra frosty to enjoy while you tune up your dirtbike

Thank you, another gem!

You take pretentious to a special level.

For what it's worth I enjoy the benefits of home refrigeration as well, I just use the ole root cellar for keeping critters cool until I can get around to the stuffing. (If you know what I mean?)

[Deegee]

Originally Posted by 4X4

I don't. What is so hard to understand here? A convenience store has to charge more than a place like Walmart. Walmart makes a few cents on thousands of items per day, while a convenience store makes a few dollars on a few dozen items per day.
If you want to pay low prices, you have to go to the big store and hike around and do the work yourself. If you want convenience, go to the place where someone has already taken all the items and put them in a little store and marked them up - for your convenience.

If it's a 3.99 item in the grocery store and it's 8.99 for the same damn small tub of Peanut Butter at a mom and pop's local grocery store in a small community, then you bet I'm not going to pay more to support locally.

If it's 0.20 more for the loaf of bread at the mom and pops operation, I'll likely buy it there over going to Superstore.

Christ, I never once said convenience store. I know and understand the difference. Maybe you meant to quote someone else?

The point I was making was I don't mind paying a little bit more to support local and I almost expect to because they don't have the same purchasing power as a WalMart. However when they try to abuse their clients more then necessary, it really pisses me off that they can't understand they are losing business because it hurts the small community's economy overall.

Case in point is we do our main grocery shopping out of town because the grocers in Hanna are significantly overpriced. We save at least a hundred dollars even in light of the gas and a fast food meal by going to Red Deer for our big shop.

[sclitheroe]

Originally Posted by kunkstyle

Huh. Who knew?

Is that the Superstore up by Cardell Place? Not that I need pop, just looks familiar

[4X4]

Originally Posted by Deegee

If it's a 3.99 item in the grocery store and it's 8.99 for the same damn small tub of Peanut Butter at a mom and pop's local grocery store in a small community, then you bet I'm not going to pay more to support locally.

If it's 0.20 more for the loaf of bread at the mom and pops operation, I'll likely buy it there over going to Superstore.

Christ, I never once said convenience store. I know and understand the difference. Maybe you meant to quote someone else?

The point I was making was I don't mind paying a little bit more to support local and I almost expect to because they don't have the same purchasing power as a WalMart. However when they try to abuse their clients more then necessary, it really pisses me off that they can't understand they are losing business because it hurts the small community's economy overall.

Case in point is we do our main grocery shopping out of town because the grocers in Hanna are significantly overpriced. We save at least a hundred dollars even in light of the gas and a fast food meal by going to Red Deer for our big shop.

Sorry, man. I wasn't really aiming to rake YOU over the coals so much as the sentiment some people seem to have about this kind of thing. I just went camping last weekend and heard all kinds of bitching about the prices in these little stores and it blows my mind that people don't seem to understand business.

I wasn't accusing you of lacking reason, and I'm sure you have a different opinion of this, being from a small town. When Street Pharmacist made that example, I pretty much pictured some fat white chick from Calgary making a scene over the price of a family pack of Oreo cookies.

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by Deegee

If it's a 3.99 item in the grocery store and it's 8.99 for the same damn small tub of Peanut Butter at a mom and pop's local grocery store in a small community, then you bet I'm not going to pay more to support locally.

If it's 0.20 more for the loaf of bread at the mom and pops operation, I'll likely buy it there over going to Superstore.

Christ, I never once said convenience store. I know and understand the difference. Maybe you meant to quote someone else?

The point I was making was I don't mind paying a little bit more to support local and I almost expect to because they don't have the same purchasing power as a WalMart. However when they try to abuse their clients more then necessary, it really pisses me off that they can't understand they are losing business because it hurts the small community's economy overall.

Case in point is we do our main grocery shopping out of town because the grocers in Hanna are significantly overpriced. We save at least a hundred dollars even in light of the gas and a fast food meal by going to Red Deer for our big shop.

My whole point is that it's fine to choose to go somewhere else. Why would you be upset though? They're not tricking you. And I highly doubt they're "abusing people". You're not "entitled" to low prices. Shop somewhere else. That's where I get pissed off. They have an overhead to pay for. I can promise you that they've done more margin calculations than you have to make sure it works and that's where it's at. If they are overcharging, then they'll lose business. Again, who are they abusing???????????????????

[JustAnotherGuy]

Originally Posted by Crispy's Critter

And at the BP's in Edmonton they charge double for the same slice of pizza. But you get a teenage prostitute with it.

That is soooo funny. NOT.

[GreenTeaFrapp]

Originally Posted by JustAnotherGuy

That is soooo funny. NOT.

Don't be jealous because you can't get the same deal in Calgary.

[Yasa]

Originally Posted by JustAnotherGuy

That is soooo funny. NOT.

Haha! At first I thought to myself "There's no way this guy thinks this is funny!" But then you said "NOT!" and I was totally taken aback. I did not expect that. You sir, are a cauldron of hilarity.

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by sclitheroe

Is that the Superstore up by Cardell Place? Not that I need pop, just looks familiar

Why yes it is. One of the few times I've been in there, they just happened to have this informative sign near the store.

I couldn't stop laughing when I took the pic. The guy I was with thought I was nuts until I told him the back story.

[littlereddevil]

Not going to lie, when I first saw the thread title, I thought I read poop.

Now that would be an interesting story....

[Hockeyguy15]

Originally Posted by littlereddevil

Not going to lie, when I first saw the thread title, I thought I read poop.

Now that would be an interesting story....

Really? You bumped the thread to say that?

Shame on you.

[HPLovecraft]

Quite the bumps going on in this forum.

[kirant]

Oh pop price thread, how I so missed thee.

[Regulator75]

fyp

Originally Posted by HPLovecraft

Quit the bumps going on in this forum.

[monkeyman]

Maybe Singh can find out why the pop in the Superstore liquor stores is so expensive.

[Nammer403]

12 year old bump..nice

[Jacks]

[Derek Sutton]

Originally Posted by Nammer403

12 year old bump..nice

No way it has been that long, holy crap. I would've guessed 5 years.