I didn’t claim that - I said the cost of the electricity is built-in to what they charge everyone because it is a cost of them doing business. No one gets anything for free. Someone pays somewhere along the line.
JimA
So you didn’t claim the charges were added to the bill?
Well, clearly I’m an idiot. And I apologize for the confusion. I had not intended to say they were adding charges to your bill but rather that their charges include their costs of doing business. Just like the FICA taxes they pay are included in your bill for a room or a package of taco sauce.
My English teacher would be so ashamed of me.
JimA
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Actually, there is a cost to taking cash. Counting, sorting, etc–and then having to drag the deposit down to the bank (with paperwork, of course). On large purchases, i.e. cars, the dealer saves the credit card fee (which would be quite high). So payment by check could obtain a lower price vs a card or cash. After retirement, my parents bought new cars using credit cards because they could then travel at much lower total costs using the points earned.
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I wonder what the average transaction time is for each? I paid cash for a large pizza for the 3% discount and it took her half a minute to fumble through the register, fetch the dollars and coins, and count them out.the place was full and the line was long and getting longer.
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Why not? My wife does. (That’s where the name came from.)
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New update. All-in variable electricity costs are now $0.1083 per KWH. That makes the 40 mile commute cost about $1.35 in fuel, using home electric. Still cheaper than gas, and still round trip cheaper than taking the bus one way.
Regards,
-Chuck
Home Fool
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It’s all nitpicking in the theater case. That’s because the primary subsidy (by FAR) in theaters is that the people who buy snacks subsidize the people who do not buy snacks. The main source of income is not ticket sales, it’s concession sales.
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Either way, theaters are too expensive. So are cars, but I can do without the theater, and it would be much harder to do without a car.
I offered, some years ago, that, if I ran things, the US would have all the warmth and charm of the Soviet Union, but it would be solvent. Subsidies for entertainment would quickly be eliminated, both the sort that Sir Humphrey talks about, and the sort that Jim Hacker talks about.
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