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WillowTree

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27. A benefit to someone else does not constitute a penalty to you.

Reply to louis c (Reply #25)

Wed Feb 28, 2018, 01:29 PM

Feb 2018

So no, you shouldn't feel penalized. You're paying what you agreed to pay for the flight and they're paying that amount that they agreed to pay.

Apparently you would think that I would be depriving you of something if I managed to negotiate a better deal on a car than you did. But everything in life isn't a zero sum game and thinking that way is just a prescription for your own unhappiness.

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Isn't a discount for NRA members a penalty on the rest of us? [View all] louis c Feb 2018 OP

Now you're just reaching... Wounded Bear Feb 2018 #1

I remember the credit cards companies California_Republic Feb 2018 #18

The same as any group has to negotiate a discount mythology Feb 2018 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Freedomofspeech Feb 2018 #3

No. It's a loyalty system like any other business uses... Phentex Feb 2018 #4

right - but if the promotion ends - the market should not feel entitled. hexola Feb 2018 #7

Well yeah but these are the same people who think giving health care to others takes something away Phentex Feb 2018 #8

As much as I despise the NRA, these kind of discounts are offered to all kinds of organizations. Hoyt Feb 2018 #5

They act as if it's an entitlement hexola Feb 2018 #6

AARP members get discounts from a plethora of companies for all kinds of goods and services. WillowTree Feb 2018 #9

Please read post 10 louis c Feb 2018 #12

I was asking for the OP's take on it. WillowTree Feb 2018 #13

No. It isn't a penalty on the rest of us. NCTraveler Feb 2018 #10

I don't mind discounts for deserving groups louis c Feb 2018 #11

You just argued against the thought of it being a penalty. NCTraveler Feb 2018 #17

I think you missed the point of the OP louis c Feb 2018 #19

You are making multiple points. Including yourself being penalized. NCTraveler Feb 2018 #22

Discounts have to be made up somewhere louis c Feb 2018 #24

The "difference" is made up by the additional business the discounts attract. WillowTree Feb 2018 #30

Regardless of whether you or I see the NRA as a negative entity....... WillowTree Feb 2018 #14

I'm not sure I understand this sentence. NCTraveler Feb 2018 #16

Typing too fast again......Sorry. WillowTree Feb 2018 #21

Fully agree. NCTraveler Feb 2018 #23

Let's take a hypothetical to an extreme louis c Feb 2018 #25

A benefit to someone else does not constitute a penalty to you. WillowTree Feb 2018 #27

I was thinking about the FedEx discount. Consider this GusBob Feb 2018 #15

Why wouldn't they? hack89 Feb 2018 #20

Not really. Businesses often offer discounts to members of organizations The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2018 #26

Yes it is a fee for not being an nra member Fullduplexxx Feb 2018 #28

Yes, but only if there are no other avenues to get discounts flibbitygiblets Feb 2018 #29