Is It Ethical?

[CountValentine]

So far the best answer I have heard is that they can stop it, and they don't.

This might be the best answer. 

The CRA combines some pulls made on the same day into one. Maybe that is the intended way it works.

[Red]

What do you guys think?

I owe a neighbor some money and would like to pay him back by paying his bill in the local makolet. Obviously I would be paying by cc, is it unfair to the shopkeeper to have to pay the fees involved as he would otherwise be getting cash from my neighbor?

[CountValentine]

I see no problem with this.

[Achas Veachas]

I see no problem with this.

+1
No more than it being a problem with paying anyone with a CC making him absorb the CC fees.

[lfas25]

What do you guys think?

I owe a neighbor some money and would like to pay him back by paying his bill in the local makolet. Obviously I would be paying by cc, is it unfair to the shopkeeper to have to pay the fees involved as he would otherwise be getting cash from my neighbor?

I think the bigger question is if your neighbor knows / agrees to let you pay his bill, or he wants you to give him cash.

[Red]

I think the bigger question is if your neighbor knows / agrees to let you pay his bill, or he wants you to give him cash.

He agreed.

[lfas25]

He agreed.

I see no problem then.

[yehuda S]

Do you guys think it's ethical to subscribe to banana republic emails for the 25% discount multiple times from the same account?

How about different accounts?

[YankyDoodle]

Do you guys think it's ethical to subscribe to banana republic emails for the 25% discount multiple times from the same account?

How about different accounts?

Do you really think that Banana republic (or any major retailer) doesn't realize that people have multiple email address and can claim the coupon multiple times? If they did not want that they would find a different way to verify someone's identity.

[joeb1]

oh so thats the answer to everything......

[Achas Veachas]

The way I see it is that all these big stores want to get you to buy things at full price, so they overcharge and then give frequent "sales" where they bring the price down to normal.
So buying anything at full price=overpaying.

[HP58]

The way I see it is that all these big stores want to get you to buy things at full price, so they overcharge and then give frequent "sales" where they bring the price down to normal.
So buying anything at full price=overpaying.

+1. I live by the same philosophy.

[Ergel]

+1. I live by the same philosophy.

And therefore you can shoplift (I'm not saying the question above is shoplifting, but this line of reasoning has no relevance to the conversation)

[HP58]

And therefore you can shoplift (I'm not saying the question above is shoplifting, but this line of reasoning has no relevance to the conversation)

Not sure how that excuses your comparison to shoplifting...

[Achas Veachas]

I think it's very relevant. If 25% off is the price that Banana Republic intended to sell their merchandise at, and they only marked up the price to make you feel like you got a deal (as evidenced by how often they have these "1 time only" sales), than I see no problem in taking advantage of these "discounts".

[Ergel]

I think it's very relevant. If 25% off is the price that Banana Republic intended to sell their merchandise at, and they only marked up the price to make you feel like you got a deal (as evidenced by how often they have these "1 time only" sales), than I see no problem in taking advantage of these "discounts".

To me, it's just a question of whether they allow you to do so or not (if that's what you meant then fine). IT's not a question of whether you believe this is the price you should be paying.

[itsyehuda]

And therefore you can shoplift (I'm not saying the question above is shoplifting, but this line of reasoning has no relevance to the conversation)

There's no logic to your argument.

Achas Veachas was saying:

The way I see it is that all these big stores want to get you to buy things at full price, so they overcharge and then give frequent "sales" where they bring the price down to normal.

Meaning that the retailer's strategy is to sell by offering steep discounts, and therefore makes it easy to come upon codes, and therefore it isn't unethical to use those codes.

So buying anything at full price=overpaying.

Was not an argument about the ethics, rather an observation based on the aforementioned retail strategy.

[Ergel]

There's no logic to your argument.

Achas Veachas was saying:

Meaning that the retailer's strategy is to sell by offering steep discounts, and therefore makes it easy to come upon codes, and therefore it isn't unethical to use those codes.

Was not an argument about the ethics, rather an observation based on the aforementioned retail strategy.

To me, it's just a question of whether they allow you to do so or not (if that's what you meant then fine). IT's not a question of whether you believe this is the price you should be paying.

[Achas Veachas]

To me, it's just a question of whether they allow you to do so or not (if that's what you meant then fine). IT's not a question of whether you believe this is the price you should be paying.

That's what I was saying with more Hat'amah...
Even if their official T&C don't allow it, I'm sure the CEO of BR himself wouldn't mind...

[Ergel]

That's what I was saying with more Hat'amah...
Even if their official T&C don't allow it, I'm sure the CEO of BR himself wouldn't mind...

That's a dangerous argument, that's all I'm saying. You can say all the svaros you want, you just have to know whether they are true