i've stopped

[wildcard]

FWIW I work for a major retailer in the US, and our cost last year for plastic bags was somewhere to the tune of 390 million dollars.

Now this really has nothing to do with this seemingly goverment mandated canadia thing, but i was merely trying to illustrate that those "cheap" bags can add up to a significant cost overhead for a company.

[fnkngrv]

Originally Posted by wildcard

FWIW I work for a major retailer in the US, and our cost last year for plastic bags was somewhere to the tune of 390 million dollars.

Now this really has nothing to do with this seemingly goverment mandated canadia thing, but i was merely trying to illustrate that those "cheap" bags can add up to a significant cost overhead for a company.

I am not doubting that they add overhead. I am just suggesting that they are full of crap if they try and say they don't account for that in their prices. The beauty as well as problem with capitalism is that it allows for someone selling something to add an additional percentage per hop of the path for the product even if it is not warranted or called for to the point of abuse.

[wildcard]

Originally Posted by fnkngrv

I am not doubting that they add overhead. I am just suggesting that they are full of crap if they try and say they don't account for that in their prices. The beauty as well as problem with capitalism is that it allows for someone selling something to add an additional percentage per hop of the path for the product even if it is not warranted or called for to the point of abuse.

I agree completely. Places that charge for bags, be it airlines or whoever, is gouging the customer.

Again, i don't know about this canada thing though.