When Have You Bought Something Because of a Discount, Then Kept Buying at Its Full Price?

Quantumcat on 19/05/2018 - 18:11
Last edited 19/05/2018 - 18:43 by 1 other user

Most OzB members only buy stuff when it is discounted and would never consider buying things at full price if they can avoid it. When have you been encouraged to buy something because of a discount, then liked it so much that you continued to buy it at full price?

In my case, the other week the butcher had a notice on his blackboard that chicken kievs were $5. I thought that sounded nice, and the supermarket didn't sell any nice prepacked chicken things so I gave it a try. OMG they were the most delicious things I had ever eaten. Delicious buttery sauce going all through the veggies and mashed potato. Crumb perfect and crispy, just perfection. A billion times nicer than anything I can make myself or anything prepacked at the supermarket. I went back to get some yesterday and they were $6.50 each :-( But I bought them anyway without hesitation cause they were so nice. And I will probably continue to do so once or twice a week (maybe getting two each when they're on special instead of one).

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  • try2bhelpful on 19/05/2018 - 18:16
    +91

    That is how people get hooked on drugs, they are offered them cheap to start with and then the price goes up when they are hooked :)

    This is why people like Butchers have specials; get you to try something new and then continue to buy it after the special. It is worth paying the extra for something you really like rather than buying dross just because it is cheap. (I will now hand in by Ozbargain badge for saying this).

    • Scrooge McDuck on 19/05/2018 - 19:21
      +42

      Plot twist: The Kiev's were stuffed with more than just buttery sauce.

      • follow on 19/05/2018 - 19:42
        +5

        battery sauce

      • poboy on 19/05/2018 - 21:50
        +6

        Kiev's stuffed with false flag Russians.

      • FittyFitty on 23/05/2018 - 06:19

        The cream of Sum Yun Guy…

    • Diji1 on 20/05/2018 - 01:50
      -3

      That is how people get hooked on drugs, they are offered them cheap to start with and then the price goes up

      I don't think that happens in real life.

      • DemocracyManifest on 20/05/2018 - 11:47
        +9

        Do you live under a rock?

        • Scrooge McDuck on 20/05/2018 - 14:42
          +4

          A rock outside the realms of Liberal and Labor.

        • cashless on 21/05/2018 - 12:06
          +4

          @Scrooge McDuck:
          What’s with all these Duck usernames?
          Has OzB gone quackers?

        • Scrooge McDuck on 21/05/2018 - 13:51

          @blibster:

          Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

        • hetzjagd on 21/05/2018 - 14:57
          +11

          Do you? Show me some real world evidence of the "cheap until you get hooked" phenomenon.

          Ice is cheaper in Australia today than it has ever been.

          Cocaine is more or less as expensive now as it has been for a long while.

          Weed is weed. The product changes maybe but the price doesn't, depending on who you know.

          What drugs does this blanket 'mom and dad'-levels-of-drug-awareness statement apply to?

        • NoApostrophePlurals on 21/05/2018 - 18:37
          +6

          @hetzjagd: These people probably have been watching too many movies or have close to zero personal experience using, buying or dealing drugs.

          Prices don't change, quality does.

        • [Deactivated] on 22/05/2018 - 19:00
          +2

          @Crowdedthehouse:

          Could all the drug price experts on Ozbargain please post their full name and address.

          I am not the Victoria Police. I am just doing a survey for social science class.

        • ozzpete on 23/05/2018 - 01:09
          +1

          @blibster: all hooked on the quack :/ …. and now also the chicken kievs

      • berry580 on 22/05/2018 - 12:44

        Lol

      • wtigers on 22/05/2018 - 13:49
        +1

        Well done captain obvious

    • Milestron on 20/05/2018 - 20:54
      -4

      This is beyond retarded. People don't get addicted to drugs because they were on sale the first time.

      • Hybroid on 20/05/2018 - 22:17
        +10

        For many people, it's certainly their introduction into drugs when cheap/free offered within a group to 'just try' or 'live a little' then opens them to new world of trying it again later on then again then eventually dependency and addicition kicks in.

        • Jackson on 21/05/2018 - 10:30
          +10

          I hear theres a DrugsBargain on the dark web these days

        • hetzjagd on 21/05/2018 - 15:00

          That's not the pop culture scenario. The scenario is a dealer targets people, often school aged kids, with the offer of free or cheap drugs. What you're referring to is more of a gateway scenario

        • inasero on 21/05/2018 - 18:22

          @Jackson:Streetrx.com, you don't even need to have access to the dark net

        • NoApostrophePlurals on 21/05/2018 - 18:44

          Being offered drugs for free and getting addicted is very true, but saying someone got discounted gear to try, then got price jacked… That's stupid.

          Drug dealers are a dime a dozen and offer lower prices so you don't buy from someone else. If they raise the prices, the customer will just go elsewhere.

        • Hybroid on 21/05/2018 - 19:12
          +1

          @Crowdedthehouse: You may not be familiar with the cocaine market in London. Cheap first few tries then jacked high prices if you suddenly want more.

        • NoApostrophePlurals on 22/05/2018 - 14:33

          @Hybroid:

          Quite the opposite. If you buy more, it becomes cheaper.

    • mattythecapybara on 21/05/2018 - 15:31
      +3

      This is how people get hooked on everything. Drugs are not special in this respect.

      I can guarantee you the sales technique preceded drugs by millennia (alcohol excepting perhaps).

      • Trishool on 22/05/2018 - 09:45

        Yep. Its no different to companies offering free samples or Dare chocolate milk at railway stations etc. Give it out free (or heavily discounted), and get them hooked so they continue to buy, even at full price.

    • Mrs W on 23/05/2018 - 13:02

      My old butcher used to pop in alittle something extra because I was there buying things after work twice a week. Like “hey you tried the Rissoles?” And then they would put a couple in to get me to try it.

      • montorola on 24/05/2018 - 17:42

        Did it work?

  • mbck on 19/05/2018 - 18:18
    +1

    Things are usually going on sale/discounts. So just wait lkl

  • loulou1 on 19/05/2018 - 18:23
    +11

    This happens quite often. I generally will only try new products if they are on special or a freebie.
    I once tried dental tape,now can’t go back to dental floss.

    • ExpressCoffee on 21/05/2018 - 22:53
      +4

      Why have I never heard of this before… Brb going to buy some dental tape

  • chumlee on 19/05/2018 - 18:42
    +61

    Lap dances.

    They had me at Hello

  • ronnknee on 19/05/2018 - 18:45
    +8

    This is exactly what businesses what you to do.

  • hogwarts on 19/05/2018 - 18:49
    +4

    What butcher was this?

  • Scrooge McDuck on 19/05/2018 - 19:25
    +35

    IIRC, I've never done this. My diet revolves around whatever's marked down at my local supermarket, be it chicken drumsticks, beef mince or lamb chops.

    • Donaldhump on 19/05/2018 - 23:07
      +263

      exactly the same. i eat whats half price. i had party pies tonight, and cat food last week

      • Procyon on 21/05/2018 - 00:44
        +1

        Coles goes down to 90% - recently got 1kg lamb butterfly leg for $2.50.

        • ruddiger7 on 21/05/2018 - 16:15
          +20

          My local woolworths be like: 12 hours till expiry - 15% off.

        • JMxoxo on 21/05/2018 - 21:49

          @ruddiger7: same lol

        • Mrs W on 23/05/2018 - 13:03

          My coles has never gone down that low!

      • ItsMeAgro on 21/05/2018 - 08:43
        +2

        Party pies? Too far.

      • BenTheBargainer2013 on 22/05/2018 - 04:03

        Damn! Most likes I’ve ever seen on a comment

      • ChatCPT on 22/05/2018 - 09:04
        +5

        this made me lol so hard. scotty can you add a laugh button like facebook has

    • DarwinBoy on 21/05/2018 - 12:02
      +1

      Uni days….

  • ScuseMe on 19/05/2018 - 20:25
    +31

    Sirena Tuna. I used to buy Coles/Woolies brand but now they taste horrible compared to Sirena

    • follow on 19/05/2018 - 22:31
      +3

      They are regularly on sale tho

    • wordplay on 19/05/2018 - 23:32
      +3

      But You can just buy bulk quantities when it is on sale, it keeps for ages, you should not have to pay full price.

    • garetz on 20/05/2018 - 11:44

      All you need to do is buy enough to last you 3 months till the next sale.

      • Yamai on 20/05/2018 - 13:27

        more like 3 weeks!

    • FireRunner on 20/05/2018 - 14:14
      +3

      Sirena is the best tuna, no matter what John West claims.
      Always stock up when on special.

      • piston3461 on 20/05/2018 - 16:59
        +2

        callipo > sirena, actually from Italy instead of thailand

        • diondai1 on 20/05/2018 - 17:49
          +1

          Or Rio Mare!

      • Harold Halfprice on 22/05/2018 - 19:46

        Sirena is definitely higher quality, no doubt about that. I often eat tuna + brown rice for lunch, used to always be sirena but lately I like mixing 1 can of sirena and 1 can of good ol john west mush. Sirena has more protein and is chunky, john west has a wider variety of flavours - so you get the best of both worlds.

        Greenseas is probably the worst though.

    • abuch47 on 21/05/2018 - 19:46

      costco sometimes has it cheap AF

    • tonsta on 22/05/2018 - 20:41

      not enough mercury additive?

  • tassieeagle on 19/05/2018 - 20:32
    +23

    Sorry, I only ever buy items on discount. Even when I really want it. This is ozbargain not ozrrp!

  • MrHyde on 19/05/2018 - 20:37
    +52

    Got Netflix free for 3 months from a Qantas deal - now I'm paying $10 a month.

    • treeman on 21/05/2018 - 15:03
      +1

      Just combine with people to make it roughly $4.25 per month.

    • Jugganautx on 22/05/2018 - 10:29
      +1

      Im paying $18

      They got me good nomsayin

    • evgpek on 23/05/2018 - 08:54
      +1

      Just Split it between three and it will be free for you 👌

    • Mrs W on 23/05/2018 - 13:05

      Same except now it’s $18/month and I haven’t seen a Netflix gift card on sale for awhile now 😩

      • Matt P on 23/05/2018 - 21:42

        pay via itunes… regularly discounted cards. And sell off dem extra logins..

  • Clear on 19/05/2018 - 20:41
    +11

    Condoms. The freebies just aren't good 😂😂😂

    • MathNerd on 20/05/2018 - 09:41
      +12

      But that's a once-in-a-2-year-only purchase though isn't it?

      ;)

      • Clear on 20/05/2018 - 09:46
        -3

        Yes. I buy them in bulk when they're on special.

      • laser on 21/05/2018 - 15:13
        +1

        The word you are looking for is biennial

        • tee123 on 21/05/2018 - 17:20
          +1

          Way to ruin the fun for everybody laser.

  • Pharos5 on 19/05/2018 - 20:58
    +7

    First bought 2 pairs of Swell brand tracksuit pants at 70% off from Surfstitch. Lost a lot of weight and now buy them at whatever price to celebrate.

    Don't take my ozb card. It's an outlier!

    • follow on 19/05/2018 - 22:31

      Is swell good quality?

      • tryagain on 20/05/2018 - 11:29

        IMHO, not overly, probably slightly better than Kmart but less than your average surf brand. It's basically surfstitchs homebrand equivalent.

  • Gotchas on 19/05/2018 - 23:23
    +9

    Does using qantas lounge invites instead of selling them count as the same thing?

  • [Deactivated] on 19/05/2018 - 23:47
    +5

    $5 versus $6.50 isn't much….

    • D C on 20/05/2018 - 02:30

      25% increase isn't much?

      That $1.25 is better spent on Eneloops.

      The problem here is OP is purchasing an inelastic good, he'll probably buy it even at $10. Needs to find himself a second source and get some competition going.

      • cloudy on 20/05/2018 - 09:45
        +2

        30% increase.

        • D C on 20/05/2018 - 16:38

          30%

          Yeah that. Got distracted by the $6.

      • [Deactivated] on 20/05/2018 - 09:45
        +3

        Yes that's not much. If you're happier with one thing, and the thing stopping you getting it is $1.50, then that's never much.

      • Tidy on 21/05/2018 - 20:25

        Hey mate, I sometimes see people like you use economic terms "inelastic", and so on. Did you study some sort of Economics at school/uni or do you just pick these terms up over time?

        I'm 24 and looking to improve my vocabulary, any tips?

        • readeral on 22/05/2018 - 15:00

          read books. inb4 name checks out.

        • D C on 24/05/2018 - 14:08

          Did you study some sort of Economics at school/uni or do you just pick these terms up over time?

          School was a while back but yeah, I remember elastic\inelastic from there.

          The rest is mainly from reading rather than watching TV.

          Helps that I do a lot of contract work; IT but the area could be anywhere from a bank to construction to medical to retail. You pick up a lot from changing jobs, even if for the first week you've no idea what these people are on about. Everybody has their own jargon.

          Aside from that don't dismiss things as not worth knowing, everything comes in handy (oh yeah, that's kinda like that other thing). I don't care for cricket but knowing how many ways a batsman can be dismissed can win you bar bets, even against the 'experts'.

  • AlienC on 20/05/2018 - 02:30
    +3

    Subway has done this to me a few times. Especially the sub of the day promotion.. it got me in to try some other stuff at full price.. I mean domino's does the same thing to me over and over again. Usually I'll be good and get the value range but sometimes they bring out some good deals and I can't just resist. Delivery is my ultimate weakness especially since no other place around me delivers after 9pm. So if I'm super tired or feeling lazy.. yeah.

    • DarwinBoy on 21/05/2018 - 12:06

      If there are no current specials at dominos then i can usually find something better for the same price as full priced pizza prices there. I might even go the other local pizza shops as a treat.
      I could never pay for delievery. Thats money for more pizza i could be eating.

    • auna on 21/05/2018 - 15:30

      Deliveroo, Ozfoodhunter, Uber Eats, Menulog, Eatnow, Foodora. Surely someone delivers to you?

  • JIMB0 on 20/05/2018 - 08:37
    +4

    My ozbargain premium membership. At first it was a free trail but the deals were so much better that I ended up paying full price to keep it.

    • Micko179 on 20/05/2018 - 08:43
      +1

      Trial* I'm assuming you don't go on rides! 😅

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