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RE: Trump continues to back aluminum and steel tariffs despite Republican fears - Benton - 03-09-2018 (03-09-2018, 09:55 PM)Dill Wrote: In a free market, shouldn't one of these car makers at least look for a competitive edge by lowering prices just that much? A few years ago my former employer called me in to let me know that prices were going up 25% on copy sales, 20% on advertising rates. No exceptions. When I argued we'd lose at least 15% of our readers and about 20% of our advertisers, the corporate guys said 'don't worry about it — you'll have to lose 25% of your readers to notice the drop and just increase rates 25% to make up for the loss in accounts.' That was the answer. Not keeping more customers, just setting rates high enough to get a 10-15% overall increase in profit over the previous year. Ford, Chevy, etc isn't concerned with Bob Smith in Dayton being able to buy a moderately priced $12,000 car on his $30,000 a year salary. Not when the profit margin is much better on John Smith buying an over priced $60,000 SUV that costs nearly the same to manufacture. RE: Trump continues to back aluminum and steel tariffs despite Republican fears - michaelsean - 03-12-2018 (03-09-2018, 11:46 PM)Benton Wrote: A few years ago my former employer called me in to let me know that prices were going up 25% on copy sales, 20% on advertising rates. No exceptions. When I argued we'd lose at least 15% of our readers and about 20% of our advertisers, the corporate guys said 'don't worry about it — you'll have to lose 25% of your readers to notice the drop and just increase rates 25% to make up for the loss in accounts.' You can tell a business is in trouble when they raise prices (that aren't related to a raise in costs such as raw materials) rather than try to increase sales. uSA Today kept doing that, and I just stopped buying it. RE: Trump continues to back aluminum and steel tariffs despite Republican fears - RICHMONDBENGAL_07 - 03-21-2018 (03-07-2018, 09:55 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: I agree with you on this, except that you named AHCA, or the GOP healthcare act from last year. Did you mean something else? I might be confused on this but, I thought the AHCA was similar to the GOP healthcare act? Sorry for the late response. RE: Trump continues to back aluminum and steel tariffs despite Republican fears - Belsnickel - 03-21-2018 (03-21-2018, 03:38 AM)RICHMONDBENGAL_07 Wrote: I might be confused on this but, I thought the AHCA was similar to the GOP healthcare act? AHCA was the GOP's attempt at a healthcare bill. I was confused that as a "liberal" you were apologizing to other liberals for thinking it was bad policy. I don't think any liberal would disagree with that. |