MONEY: BOGO is a marketing gimmick

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

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Phoebe Bain
Aug 23, 2024
‘Buy one, get one free’ is often a clever way to get you to spend more money

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One Burger King diner recently saw the price of her $2.16 sandwich rise to $3.19 per sandwich when she used a buy-one-get-one-free (or BOGO) coupon. Naturally, she became suspicious about how good a deal BOGO really is. This video explains why BOGO deals are a way for companies to get you to spend more money, rather than less.

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Yeah, look at the prices carefully.  Most consumers don’t.

My wife buys BOGOs, but only of the stuff we use.  Otherwise, just ignore. 

In case where I’ve been to the store, you can sometimes, if the clerks are lazy, see th old price under the BOGO sign.  From this unstatistical (a derived adjective) observational study, you’re usually getting 50% off the second item while paying full price for the first one.  

Again, if it’s something you use anyway, with enough shelf life to last until you use it, then it’s a “bargain”.  Otherwise, you’re just a sucker.  

Like the beer distributors send pretty young girls to give “free samples” to get you to try “their” brand.  The bar owner raises the prices a buck or two to get some more money from the distributors and any suckers who buy another to keep the girls talking to them. 

Sigh!

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ENCOURAGING: Are shrink-wrapped licenses and HIPPA forms really “Informed Consent”?

Saturday, August 8, 2026

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1440 Explains: Can Doctors Use Your Tissue Without Asking?

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Henrietta Lacks never consented to her cells being used in research. About 75 years after her cells were taken without her consent or knowledge, are patients still at risk of the same thing? 1440’s Health & Medicine editor, Dina Fine Maron, sits down with bioethicist and lawyer Anna Mastroianni from the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics to find out.

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“Informed consent is not just the signing of a form. Informed consent is about a thorough process of communication between patient and provider.” —Dr. Aaron Fink

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Certainly, shrink-wrapped licenses, HIPPA forms, and all manner of paperwork shoved in your face at time of purchase is NOT “Informed Consent”.

I’d be interested if this ever becomes a bone of contention in a courtroom.

I’d certainly find that there little ever “Informed Consent”!

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RANT: The hostages are dead from a strategic perspective

Thursday, October 12, 2023

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Israel-Gaza Conflict 

Israel announced a full siege of the Gaza Strip yesterday as the conflict between the two regions entered a third day, with Israel drafting 300,000 reservists and cutting off food, electricity, and fuel to the Gaza Strip, which was already under a 16-year blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt. Israel’s full blockade comes after Hamas, which runs Gaza internally, took at least 150 civilians and soldiers hostage following a wide-ranging surprise attack on Israel over the weekend (see previous write-up).  

Hamas has threatened to execute an Israeli hostage each time an airstrike hits civilian homes in Gaza without warning. The US and the EU designate Hamas as a terrorist group due to its history of armed opposition against Israel (see overview). At least 900 people have died so far in Israel, including at least 11 Americans, and at least 687 Palestinians have died in Gaza. More than 6,000 have been injured from both sides since Saturday. 

Israel also exchanged fire yesterday with neighboring Lebanon’s militant group Hezbollah after Palestinian militants had infiltrated Israel’s northern border. The US is among governments designating Hezbollah as a terrorist group (see overview).  

See a visual timeline of the decadeslong Israel-Palestine conflict here. 

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How does Israel deal with terrorism and adversaries that want to literally destroy the State of Israel?

Hamas has clearly escalated the conflict.

From an Israel POV, I believe that the they mist regard the “hostages” as if they were dead strategically,  On a tactical basis, it MIGHT be possible to rescue some.  But, that’s a long shot.

While as a little L libertarian, I believe in the Non-Aggression Principle.  I can’t sort out fact from fiction, right from wrong, or what is true.  Acknowledging that, my position is that killing innocent civilians is just wrong.  And, the USA should use all means to end the killing.  At the very least, there should be a strict neutrality observed.

I mourn that after lesson after lesson, humans still haven’t learned to live in peace with each other.

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