Because it snowed last night
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From: don (Calgary) on 10 Apr 2010 23:31 On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:51:29 -0500, Chuck Rhode <CRhode(a)LacusVeris.com> wrote: >On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 15:45:35 +0000, don (Calgary) wrote: > >> We all have the same opportunities. I don't have a problem with a >> lack of transparency related to the pricing policies of private >> companies. They have no obligation to charge the same fee to every >> customer. > >Well, there you go then! > >US Federal law disagrees ... or used to. Firms engaged in interstate >commerce can discriminate but have a legal burden to show how any >discrimination makes sense in terms of their costs. Easy enough to do, but even that is too much meddling in the free market system for me. > >You would do well in the US health-care system. Here a clinic will >not (cannot) give you a straight answer about how much a flu shot >costs because it depends.... I have never had to shop around for flu shots. I have never had a flu shot and if I chose to have one they are funded through the tax system in Alberta. No additional cost to the recipient. >I don't know about you, but I HATE >shopping for flu shots, land line phone service, cellphone service, >internet service, and cable TV. Largely this is because price/value >comparison between providers is so G.. d....d opaque. > It's a part of everyday life. Not a big deal to me. I wouldn't care to have a market where all the providers offered exactly the same product for exactly the same price. Often it is the variation in the packages a provider might offer that dictates the difference in price. Personally I prefer to have those options. I'd like to have more. >That is, I believe, THE reason why prices for these things are so >high: People are disinclined to switch because they don't know what >they'll get even when they know what they've had. Are the prices for those items high? Maybe. If they are too high, people will stop buying them, or some entrepreneur will set up in the market offering a more reasonable alternative.
From: don (Calgary) on 10 Apr 2010 23:33 On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:13:39 -0400, Doug Payne <dwpayne(a)uwaterloo.ca> wrote: >On 10/04/2010 11:49 AM, don (Calgary) wrote: > >> As for what any self respecting Canadian would do - well I'd say we >> should all go to Vegas for the weekend.<g> > >Hey, I'm old, I'm not sure I could ride 7,000 km in a weekend! Well it's only 4,000 kms from here, and I was thinking of flying. <g>
From: Robert Bolton on 11 Apr 2010 03:35 On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 08:33:28 -0400, Doug Payne <dwpayne(a)uwaterloo.ca> wrote: >Snowed here yesterday as well. On my first day of retirement. Jeez. So I >did what any self-respecting cold-blooded Canadian would do, I went for >a nice long ride. Congrats on the retirement. Some people love their work, but I'm not one of them I'm sorry to say. Robert
From: Doug Payne on 11 Apr 2010 08:47 On 11/04/2010 3:35 AM, Robert Bolton wrote: > On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 08:33:28 -0400, Doug Payne<dwpayne(a)uwaterloo.ca> > wrote: > >> Snowed here yesterday as well. On my first day of retirement. Jeez. So I >> did what any self-respecting cold-blooded Canadian would do, I went for >> a nice long ride. > > Congrats on the retirement. Some people love their work, but I'm not > one of them I'm sorry to say. Thanks! I do now. I did for many years, but not the last 3 or so. So I got out.
From: Doug Payne on 11 Apr 2010 08:49
On 10/04/2010 11:33 PM, don (Calgary) wrote: > On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:13:39 -0400, Doug Payne<dwpayne(a)uwaterloo.ca> > wrote: > >> On 10/04/2010 11:49 AM, don (Calgary) wrote: >> >>> As for what any self respecting Canadian would do - well I'd say we >>> should all go to Vegas for the weekend.<g> >> >> Hey, I'm old, I'm not sure I could ride 7,000 km in a weekend! > > Well it's only 4,000 kms from here, and I was thinking of flying.<g> Yeah, flying would work. But it's nice here again and the snow's almost all gone. So riding it is. |