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  • Jimmy_31
    Jimmy_31 Posts: 2,170 Forumite
    TruckerT wrote: »
    That's what makes them so dangerous - they have nothing to give, and nothing to lose

    TruckerT

    More and more people are ending up with nothing to lose as each day passes.

    This country will go the same way greece has at some point.
  • Jimmy_31
    Jimmy_31 Posts: 2,170 Forumite
    ILW wrote: »
    Surely making massive profits is a good thing in a free market.

    Yeah tesco making massive profits is a good thing:rotfl:
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    Jimmy_31 wrote: »
    Yeah tesco making massive profits is a good thing:rotfl:

    I think it is, the more companies that make a profit the better for all. Would you prefer they made a loss?
  • Jimmy_31
    Jimmy_31 Posts: 2,170 Forumite
    ILW wrote: »
    I think it is, the more companies that make a profit the better for all. Would you prefer they made a loss?


    I prefer they pi55ed off.

    Plenty of businesses would be doing a lot better if they did.
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    Jimmy_31 wrote: »
    I prefer they pi55ed off.

    Plenty of businesses would be doing a lot better if they did.

    They are only what they are due to the customers. People are at perfect liberty to use other shops if they choose. Unless you believe the shoppers are forced to go there by some sort of hypnosis or something equally sinister.
  • Jimmy_31
    Jimmy_31 Posts: 2,170 Forumite
    ILW wrote: »
    They are only what they are due to the customers. People are at perfect liberty to use other shops if they choose. Unless you believe the shoppers are forced to go there by some sort of hypnosis or something equally sinister.

    The other shops shut down a long time ago.
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    Jimmy_31 wrote: »
    The other shops shut down a long time ago.

    Only because people stopped using them.
  • Jimmy_31
    Jimmy_31 Posts: 2,170 Forumite
    ILW wrote: »
    Only because people stopped using them.

    correct.

    Its almost like tescos had some kind of plan.
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    Jimmy_31 wrote: »
    correct.

    Its almost like tescos had some kind of plan.

    If their plan was to offer what customers wanted, then yes. Is that wrong?

    Tescos do not put their competition out of business, the customers do.
  • Going4TheDream
    Going4TheDream Posts: 1,258 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Jimmy_31 wrote: »
    correct.

    Its almost like tescos had some kind of plan.

    On paper their business model is unquestionable, but in reality the actual cost for social consequences borders on immoral. They have virtually decimated the very fabric of our social structure. The sad thing is a lot of people fell for it and we are all paying the price in many ways. Any company that takes £1 of every £7 or £8 of every £ spend in the country has immense power and be should considered very dangerous.
    Dont wait for your boat to come in 'Swim out and meet the bloody thing' ;)
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