DonLibes
Premium,ExMod 2001
join:2003-01-19
| reply to yock
Re: Personal Responsibility?
said by yock  :
Look at the food industry, specifically fast food. Ever wonder why it's cheaper to buy the combo meal rather than the same items a la carte? Selling your meal as a package allows for some discount, as they know the next person will also be buying a package, and the next person and the next and so on.
Your analogy is flawed. You're assuming people WANT everything in the combo meal. That isn't always true. For example, for people who don't want the fries, it's cheaper to buy the burger and soda separately then it is to buy the combo meal.
When I take my family to McD's for example, we never get combo meals - mathematically, it just doesn't make sense. Same thing with TV packages.
Now it's true that a lot of people will eat fries if AND ONLY IF they get them at a bargain. But not everybody will. And it is these latter people that don't want to pay combo prices. Similarly, not everybody wants to pay combo prices for TV. That is the accurate analogy you should be using. |
