I suspect the rich kids had a line of credit where he’d just send the parents a bill at the end of the month. My understanding is many grocers used to operate that way, especially before credit cards.
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TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 2 days ago
%he scene is cut in a way thar you don’t know for sure they aren’t paying him. They’re probably pretty loyal, long-time customers, so he can take it on the honors system that they’ll pay for what they’re taking. As for the candy he literally throws into the crowd, I’m sure he can afford to blow some pennies’ worth of money on customer retention by literally throwing candy at them.
jqubed@lemmy.world 2 days ago
mkwt@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yep. My aunt got in trouble for exactly this when she was a child. Abused the grocery line of credit all summer getting unnecessary candy for herself and her siblings.
wieson@feddit.org 1 day ago
The shopkeeper is partly to blame. Where I’m from, nowadays, there are laws about age of purchase. 7 and older you can buy small stuff that are reasonable for a child to be buying with their pocket money (vendors’ common sense is needed here). 14 and older they can fully buy stuff on their own (except for age restricted items obvs).
wuffah@lemmy.world 2 days ago
The Candy Man can cause he mixes it with savvy business practices and loss leaders, and makes the world taste goooood!