tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587346.post2320733342150337355..comments2024-02-15T13:20:14.813-06:00Comments on Gordon's Notes: Why coupons? Price concealment information and memetic archeology in the pre-web worldJGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580785981874040314noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587346.post-34005719050065894432012-06-11T08:48:42.375-05:002012-06-11T08:48:42.375-05:00Good question Stuart, it does seem to defeat the p...Good question Stuart, it does seem to defeat the purpose. Do those boxes still exist? Maybe grocery store owners who didn't benefit from that price discrimination?<br /><br />I should add that coffee store membership cards fall into this bucket too.John Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04498750165598537302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587346.post-16473290416521686682012-06-01T05:48:22.961-05:002012-06-01T05:48:22.961-05:00What I don't understand is why there used to b...What I don't understand is why there used to be little plastic boxes throughout grocery stores (at least in Cambridge, MA) that would automatically spit out coupons for a nearby product. Just an attention-getting way of running a sale? Doesn't really serve the end of price discrimination when all customers face zero search costs to find the coupon.Stuart Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05731724396708879386noreply@blogger.com