"Dick licker" <onstardl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "DK" <intrceptor@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> krw wrote:
>>> In article <4877650e$0$2933$ec3e2dad@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> kilikini1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
>>>> Dave wrote:
>>>>> What makes you think that they aren't allowed to charge customers
>>>>> more? They are allowed to set their prices to whatever they feel
like
>>>>> charging their customers. And, their customers are free to eat
>>>>> there, or not. Simple, huh?
>>>>>
>>>> Actually, that's why fast food places don't put prices on their
>>>> websites. Prices fluctuate around the country depending upon how much
a
>>>> specific establishment has to pay for what gets brought in. For
>>>> instance.... My former local McD's charged $.99 for a fish sandwich.
>>>> I took a trip to Arizona and was stunned that the local McD's there
>>>> charged $2.99 for the same sandwich! It was nothing different - the
>>>> fish patty, half a slab of american cheese, tons of tartar sauce
(which
>>>> I promply removed), and the "wonder" bun. For $2.99 I would have
hoped
>>>> for some lettuce or a better bun, at least.
>>>
>>> The difference in price is more the ABILITY to charge, rather than the
>>> cost of the product. Food prices vary all over the country but have
>>> little to do with the cost of the item or trans****tation (plot prices
vs
>>> distance and you won't get any sort of a linear or even monotonic
>>> function).
>>>
>>>> But menus vary between fast food restaurants around the country, as
>>>> well. In Hawaii, McD's serves ****tuguese sausage and rice breakfast
>>>> plates, chicken katsu, or fish plate lunches with rice and macaroni
>>>> salad and I've also heard that up in Maine, McD's serves a lobster
>>>> roll.
>>>
>>> Why should this surprise anyone?
>>>
>>
>> Ever looked at the menu board at a McD's in the air****t? They can
charge
>> whatever they want and the line is still very long.
>>
>> -dk
>
> Why would one drive to air****t to eat at McDonalds? Am I missing
> something?
A brain? You've never traveled by plane with a transfer and/or a
lay-over,
have you? Are you Jerry's long lost twin cousin?
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