Subj : Re: Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!
To   : Arelor
From : Adept
Date : Mon Nov 27 2023 02:19 pm

 Ar> My business is not that seasonal, but my understanding is that scheduled
 Ar> discount events exist mainly in order to get rid of overstocks.

There do seem to be other advantages. E.g., the loss-leader aspect, with hoping that people won't buy _just_ the most-discounted things.

And the fact that people are viewing it as a day/time period to get the stuff they want at reduced prices, so having sales means that you might catch people who might normally go, "Oh? Advertising e-mail? Meh."

But, yeah, your idea does make the most sense as a sensible business thing.

That said, I did wind up clicking around various things, and looked at a couple of satirical magazines in Germany, and, while I definitely wouldn't have normally gotten anything, one offered a three-month trial offer that _automatically ends_, so I ordered it.

....and then wound up buying the other magazine at a newsstand, so, eh, maybe not that great in the end.

Not that I think I'm likely to convert into a longer-term subscription, as I'm basically just trying things that might be easier in some ways with my very-slowly-improving German reading skills.

But satire, while it oftentimes has illustrations, also oftentimes uses... interesting language, various unexpected turns of phrase, and references deeper details of German politics, all of which might make them not great language things for an American who is still pretty incompetent with the language.

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