Lin: I just paid for the class trip things. Here is the paper from the shop.
| SOUTH MARKET · Sunny Hall |
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| 20 bottles of juice 400 |
| 4 boxes of bread 360 |
| 1 first aid box 240 |
| Total 1,000 |
| Paid by Lin |
Ann: Thanks! There are twenty of us, so each person must pay fifty dollars.
Lin: Right. Please bring the money on Tuesday, not Monday. I will be at the doctor's on Monday because of my throat.
Ann: I will tell everybody tonight.
Two days only · Saturday and Sunday
Our market works with small farms, not with large companies, and we sell what they produce that same week. Each week we choose one farm and print its story on the wall near the basement stairs. This week the farm belongs to a family that has grown tea for four generations.
Please bring your own bag, and do not rush at the door when we open. Bags are no longer supplied free, and the money we save goes to the farms. Parking is free for one hour if you spend over three hundred dollars.
Dear Sir,
I saw your advertisement in yesterday's paper. It says that any customer who buys a fan this month gets a free meter of tape. I went to your shop on South Road this morning, but the worker told me that the deal ended last week.
I do not think this is fair. The paper came out yesterday, and the advertisement did not say that the deal was over. I bought the fan anyway because I needed it, and I still have the paper with me.
Could you tell me whether the deal is still good? If it is not, please change the advertisement so that other people are not brought in the same way.
Sincerely, Chen Mei
Two shops on the same street may sell the same shirt at different prices. Many people think one shop is simply trying to take more money, but the reason is often less simple.
A large firm buys ten thousand shirts at one time, so each shirt costs it less. A small shop buys fifty, and it also pays rent, which can cost it an arm and a leg, power, and the pay of the person who puts them on the shelf. The price card itself carries all of that.
This does not mean the higher price is always fair. It does mean that a price is a story about supply, not just a choice made by one owner who wants more money. Before you decide, it may help to ask what you are really paying for.