Dog Racing 1p Meal Deal

truman_sparks wrote: »

Alternatively, you could of just written " Im not very bright".

Alternatively, you could HAVE just written, and you could HAVE used an apostrophe in "Im", especially if you're claiming that somebody else isn't as bright as you.

My apologies for bringing this debate about animal cruelty, which it shouldn't be, down to one about the English language. We all have our high horses to mount.

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At least my conscious is clear I mean at least I don't support this trade and that's the last thing I have to say on this matter.

photome wrote: »

Dog racing is not against the law, this is a grabbit, that should have been the end of it....the animal cruelty issue is for another place, but not here.

People spending 1p on entry and a meal are hardly supporting dog racing!

Do you/would you also post the same stuff if this was a grabbit to cheap entry for horse racing

Well, to keep the subject completely on topic, I will not rise to the issue of horse racing as the comparison is not relevant at all. For one thing there is no such offer around attached to horse racing, and whatever the morals, it is not nearly as tarnished as the dog racing industry (and that is saying something!)

You ask how 1p supports dog racing? If you do not understand the basics of how "offers" work, then this could not BE more on topic for the entire site, and extends far beyond this one business, but to almost all! It is not due to a philanthropic desire by any business, just the cold draw of profit. I don't have a problem with that if the business is a moral one, nor do many ther people.

The 1p offer or any other offer linked to what seems to be a loss maker by any
business rarely is. In this case, the cost of the offer is small, the entire contingent of staff involved all need to be employed in any case, and would be there even if no-one took up the offer; the business is open and consuming very much the same amount of electricity, water, and many other overheads are going to be very much identical.
Admittedly the meal will earn a small loss on the food component, but of course this cost is nothing like the amount charged by selling it at the full price. Meanwhile who ever goes for a meal without drinks? Even (particularly!) if only soft drinks, and of course the betting - in such an atmosphere, it is very hard NOT to be drawn in, and I suspect going merely for the meal would be a very boring time, not what the operator or the visitor would want!

Drinks and other services are not usually even at "normal" rates in these enclosed environments (like any restaurant or air ports or a sporrts stadium) so the mark up on these will most likely end up making a comparatively small profit, cover the food costs, and also serve to attract future business at full price. The operator has hardly any risk of losing out at all, most likely earning a small profit, and it lends to the "busy" atmosphere too which in turn keeps the "wheels turning" even before any consideration of future income.

If this is not supporting a business, then what is?