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Article #9334Re: Best Buy Treated Me Like a Thief
From: Bob
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 14:10
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 14:10
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"John A. Weeks III" <john@johnweeks.com> wrote in message news:john-69D4CF.21551405012006@sn-ip.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net... ... lines deleted ... > It is worth pissing off a few customers to pervent retail theft. > Consider that if a typical customer buys a typical $1000 item, > the store might earn $50 in profit. Yes, margins are that thin > on stuff like computers and TV's. If a thief takes a typical > $1000 item, the store is out $950 for the cost of the item. must be why Best Buy only made net income of $138 million 3rd qtr 05. from http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=hotStocksNews&storyID=2005-12-13T153405Z_01_KWA347476_RTRUKOC_0_US-RETAIL-BESTBUY-EARNS.xml > That makes the loss of one item cost the same as the profit from > 19 customers. You also need to factor in the heard-like mentality > of the great masses--if you catch a few high profile shoplifters > and make a bit of news, everyone hears about it, which tends to > help keep the honest people honest. > > -john- > > -- > ====================================================================== > John A. Weeks III 952-432-2708 john@johnweeks.com > Newave Communications http://www.johnweeks.com > ======================================================================
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