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by bmelton 3065 days ago
Why isn't just getting rid of coupons a viable option?
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Because coupons might be useful to sell overstock or introduce new products. And even if you wanted to you would either have to convince all your customers to change their habits or convince the other businesses not to also not use them. It is like with credit card fees in the US.
Because they are political tools. Like how "getting rid of pollution" would involve rethinking our civilization, not just creating some dumpster fires.