[Vision2020] Time Warner Cable & KAY

[J Ford]

Em, not to be obvious here, but NOT ONE single store "requires" you to buy 
ANYthing.  You CHOOSE to go to those particular stores, make those 
purchases, pay out your money, etc.  As far as I know, you could buy from 
ANY food source or, for that matter, choose to grow your own food and make 
your own bakery goods.

And I have seen ads that have "Oreo's", for instance, in small packages - 
they're called "Bitesize"....

All this proves is that anyone, not just you, has to be a discerning 
shopper, not one willing or resigned to take JUST what you see at first 
glance...no matter what the product *you* are shopping for.


J  :]





>From: Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>
>To: Chasuk <chasuk at gmail.com>, Mike Hall <mikech at fsr.com>
>CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Time Warner Cable & KAY
>Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:58:19 -0800 (PST)
>
>"Imagine the reaction if WinCo one day informed customers that they had
>to purchase five gallons of milk, two dozen eggs, four jars of peanut
>butter, and other, assorted arbitrary foodstuffs in order to buy a
>loaf of bread!" Chas
>
>   But Chas, Winco, CostCo, Safeway etc, do precisely that. They require 
>you to buy cookies, cereal, and all sorts of food products in larger 
>quantities than you can eat. You cannot choose how many Oreo cookies in a 
>package, or the ounces in a milk carton, or chips in a bag. You have a very 
>limited number of sizes to choose from. I wish, as a single person, I could 
>choose the exact amount of food I wanted to purchase rather than being 
>forced to buy it in a quantity defined by the manufacturer. Our land fills 
>are chuck a block full of uneaten food products. I think we should complain 
>more about forcing poor people to buy quantities of food they cannot eat in 
>order to get some at an affordable rate then we should about having extra 
>TV stations for people that can afford to get a satellite dish or cable.
>
>   Best,
>
>   Donovan J Arnold
>
>
>Chasuk <chasuk at gmail.com> wrote:
>   Mike,
>
>I am boycotting all cable and satellite programming until I can get it
>a la carte. I am encouraging all of my friends and family to do
>likewise.
>
>I know that you probably are not in the position to answer this
>question, but why are cable and satellite companies allowed to
>practice this extortion?
>
>Imagine the reaction if WinCo one day informed customers that they had
>to purchase five gallons of milk, two dozen eggs, four jars of peanut
>butter, and other, assorted arbitrary foodstuffs in order to buy a
>loaf of bread!
>
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