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calcopiritus@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoThese are not losses. They’ll just push up the price of goods based on their chance of being stolen.
You’re not stealing from the store, you’re stealing from everyone else that actually pays for the products.
Unless you’re stealing from a small shop that doesn’t have the time and resources to calculate price based on theft. In which case, you are an asshole for stealing from a small business.
bluejayway@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
they’ll raise prices no matter what you do. in fact, having worked at walmart before, the pickup department generates more waste and shrinkage than people stealing.
calcopiritus@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Funny how that only works one way. It’s never “they are gonna tax me anyway, so I’ll pay double the taxes”.
If you are not fine with paying more than you should, why are you fine for prices increasing more than they should?
liuther9@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Ask your politicians
calcopiritus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I don’t understand how asking that question to “my politicians” would achieve anything.
“My politicians” are not arguing that prices increasing by a bit makes it okay for prices to increase by a lot. I’d argue that most of them would say that a little bit of inflation is good for the economy while hyperinflation is bad. Which I interpret as them knowing that “a little” is not the same as “a lot”. Which the above commenter doesn’t seem to know. Or at least knows only when it is convenient. Schrodinger’s knowledge perhaps.