Originally Posted by ingy
Pretty amazing response to me. Let's see Value mags gives away miles worth more than the $ involved, NO BEEF, A privately owned Amerisuites gives up rooms for .01 per night NO BEEF, Tickets to Iceland for $61 and NO BEEF.
All of these scenarios describe loopholes that were allowed within a system. No one taking advantage of any of these did so knowing full well that they were violating the terms of a store's merchant agreement and own policy re: the sale of an item.
And, FWIW, my purchase of any of these three was limited, in that out of all of them, I only bought renewals for three magazines that I subscribed to anyway. That doesn't mean that I won't avail myself of a fare error when it shows up - but I think that the two are not comparable because a published fare, generally available to the public, is not the same as a scheme that forces one party to break a rule to do so.
I guess we all better check with you before we decide what is inexcusable and what is ok with you.
I can't force you to stop what you're doing. But if you need to justify your behavior in front of us, go right ahead.
How about a 5 chain local grocery that gross over $5 mill a month is that one ok with you??? Or maybe a party store with 3 outlets thats been in business for over 75 years, is that ok with you??????
How about no and no. As I've stated before, the issue is the fact that this behavior is predicated upon the notion that the transaction should not be allowed under the merchant's rules. It doesn't matter to be if the store is Meijer or a party store in East Lansing, Michigan.
The fact of the matter is that people know that it's against the rules, yet they persist on doing it. And that's what galls me.
Get off your High Horse Nako. If they want to close it down they will and can.
I think this proves my point about you needing to justify an activity that you know is wrong.
Mike