Beer Pricing - A Moral Responsibility?

Terrible analogy. The store made a mistake in pricing the KBS, the buyer knew, decided not to tell the store and walked away with $15 in their pocket that really should have been in the store's pocket.

 

Most everyone on both sides of this argument seems to assume that the business owner is pricing this hypothetical beer without full knowledge.

Frankly, if I saw KBS selling for $10 per 4 pack at a NYC bodega or mom & pop shop, I'd immediately assume that the owner bought the case for something like $25 from a junkie who randomly stole it from a beer truck.

Too suspicious of me?

 

Free pint in the bar is a perfect analogy. In both cases, somebody is getting a discount on a product that the owners/management May or may not be aware of. Alternatively, if you prefer a closer example, many bars I visit don't post draft prices, you order and pray you don't get a $11 dollar Kbs pour (like I did last night). So, if you drink two hearted at the bar down the street for $7 and the bar you're at today gives it to you for $4, do you inform the bartender you insist on paying more? (Note, this is a real example)

 

A little bit, esp since there are tons of bodegas that get their beers from reputable NYC beer distributors such as Union and Manhattan Beer Distro.

Founders is very common to find in bodegas, so I wouldn't be surprised if a few cases of KBS got mixed in with some deliveries.

 

I didn't read the entire thread. But we have had this discussion before.

I teach my children to treat others the way they would like to be treated. I try my best to do the same.
I would tell the owner that they were greatly under priced.

 

End thread, this is the way the game is played, well done sir.

 

Excuse me, but by which auspices are you marching away from Richmond, Sir? I will take your "credibility" with a shit load less grains of salt than most items that I have ever read.

 

Do you realize that you don't understand what socialism is?

 

What, pray tell, makes the market place "fundamentally amoral"?

I guess I'm of the belief when two parties get together and agree to engage in a transaction voluntarily where no ones harmed it's a good thing.

Not sure what your definition of "amoral" is.... Please explain.

 

I have an aunt that frequents garage/estate sales looking for the proverbial $20 Tiffany lamp. I never realized how evil she was until reading this thread.

 

That's a perfect analogy.

 

I feel like this thread is basically the muling thread in disguise. Some people are disgusted by others' lack of "morality." Others think those people are lame. Then there's a lot of people thinking it's all a grey area and who cares and do what you feel ok with. I'm mostly just surprised at how much moralizing goes on on a beer site. Won't somebody think of the children?!?!?

 

She should feel ashamed for exploiting the seller's disinterest & lack of knowledge in the product! The uncaring seller has a moral right not only to the object, but to the contents of your aunt's brain.

Karma's going to get her for sure, my friend.

[Obscenities dropped here, for emphasis.]

 

I'd have to go back over the whole thread, but there seems to have been a lot more rationalizing than moralizing in this one.

 

Tell the manager that the price is way too low. If he/she still wants to sell me one then ok, if not, no big.

 

Except that it's only rationalizing if you think it's morally wrong yourself. I believe it to be a standard business transaction. I'm purchasing a good at an agreed-upon price. If I don't believe the situation is any more complex than that, I'm not rationalizing.

 

It's not a standard business transaction- that's the whole point of the thread. The buyer knows full well something screwy happened- they just don't know why. Just ask the manager or owner if they are aware- it's a common courtesy.

 

Some people fully embrace the concept that ignorance is bliss.

 

Well, I don't know that everyone would agree that it's not a standard business transaction. There are a whole host of reasons that something could be cheaper and I don't know that it's my duty to care about some random business and their pricing strategy. There are many situations where I might feel like I should say something, but I don't think that applies across the board to any given business. Are we only talking about this extreme situation where KBS is priced at half price? At what price point does it become a standard business transaction? There's been some talk of craigslist on this thread. I've agreed to sell several things at a much lower price than I believe the thing is worth. The buyer and I both know this. Is it the buyer's duty to tell me that what I have is worth a lot more or more relevant to this discussion, that they would pay me more for this thing if I'd only asked for more? We came to an agreement on a price and a transaction took place. It all seems so simple to me.