Yearly Archives: 2010

Large scale economics

The other day I bought petrol at a Coles servo. I saw they had
Starburst Sucks available for impulse purchase, 3 for a dollar. I
bought 3. The woman behind the counter offered me another 3 for
another dollar, to earn an additional 2c/L discount on the fuel. I
politely declined but later realized that I paid $1.20/L for [...]