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Keith G wrote:
No-one tries to haggle with supermarkets and garages because the stuff's
already too cheap (witness the lard so many people are hauling around
these days) in the first instance and because they can't in the second!

Some goods in supermarkets are 'cheap' - some are anything but. They rely
on impulse 'while we're here' purchases for much of their profits. And of
course screwing their suppliers down to a minimum which smaller retailers
just can't do.

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