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[–] 13 points 1 year ago

Can i also double it and pass it to the next guy?

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    [–] 71 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    Double or Nothing but it makes no mention of the odds. Oh well. I'm a gacha gamer so the odds have got to be better than FGO so i'd take it

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    It shows a coin, so I would assume 50/50

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Is it a gamble? I thought it was a choice and was like "Who the hell isn't gonna take 'Nothing?'"

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    "Double, please-No, wait!"

    "Ah! You said double! No taksies backsies!" taps store policy sign

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    I'm getting "cake or death" vibes

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  • [–] 60 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Remember most gamblers stop one hand before they win big.

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  • [–] 57 points 1 year ago*

    This is future NotTheOnion. Calling it now.

    Bonus if it has a countdown timer tied to the odds, for that sweet, sweet FOMO adrenaline and dopamine.

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  • [–] 29 points 1 year ago

    Isn't it weird how it's literally always double? My luck must be the worst.

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  • [–] 49 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    This would be a winning strategy for the seller, given that the value of the product is less than what they charge.

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  • [–] 37 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I don't think so. They're still making the exact same revenue per sale on average. The cost isn't relevant here, another way of looking at it is in the case the customer pays nothing they've lost the cost of the goods and the profit they would have otherwise made, so it evens out.

    It works out well for the seller if, by providing the option to gamble on the product, they increase sales, which I would guess it would (at the expense of being morally grey).

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    It entices people to buy/play when they may be on the fence or not that interested, so it is probably a net positive.

    And say it is 50/50 odds then and the product is 50 bucks to make and $100 to sell. If they do double or nothing they lose $50 cost(and no profit) and next one (doublel they make $200 ($50+ $150 profit) So 2 items with total product cost of 100 brings in $200 so $50 profit over both sets.

    So it seems company does same business, but a chance of luring in potiental extra sales on the gamble

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    You're right actually, come to think of it. Their revenue would be the same overall.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (12 children)

    So like, how do refunds work?

    If you can't get a refund and you paid double, you're screwed and you might not even get a satisfactory product. But if you can get a refund, you can just try it and immediately get a refund if it didn't go your way, breaking the system.

    On the flip side, if you won the gamble and paid nothing, you might still get a shit product. In this case you can't get a refund because you didn't pay anything, but the product still isn't worth its purported price, and you still took the gamble based on this false value. It's still a rip-off.

    Maybe gambling and shopping don't go together quite as well as it first appears.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    So like, how do refunds work?

    You "flip" the coin at any time during the eligible refund period, but the result is only revealed after the refund period has expired.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    They had better pay me interest while they're holding my money, then.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (6 children)

    Do they get interest for the product you held during the return period?

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    You typically earn interest for granting someone the privilege of the use of your money.
    Do products in warehouse typically earn interest, or do they depreciate?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (3 children)

    Your username checks out, lol. At 5% APR, 30 days' worth of interest on this $390 purchase is ~$1.63.

    And if we consider that Nike is acting as a bookmaker in this case, the house edge for a bookmaker is around that amount anyway. Nike is likely to bake this edge into their margin anyway, but I don't think it's likely that you'd get a bonus of $1.63 if you win this bet, in this hypothetical.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    What I'm trying to say is that this scheme gives the retailer an interest free loan on every purchase, courtesy of the customer, so fuck them for that.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Don't credit cards usually give 21 days of interest free grace period? So this is over ~9 days worth of interest? Fuck them for that? Not fuck them for exploiting gambling addiction, but for not giving the consumer their two quarters worth of interest?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    Why do we have to choose just one thing to fuck them for? I by no means made this the exclusive reason to fuck them.

    I'm not talking about the interest I pay on my credit card, I mean that if they're holding my money so that I can't use it, they better pay me for that.

    They'd effectively be crowed sourcing micro-loans from unsuspecting average customers, without compensating them for lending. That's icky AF. So is taking advantage of gambling addiction, but they can both be icky AF.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I’d imagine it would refund the cost of the product to you no matter the result of the coin flip since it is basically gambling. If you return it after getting it for free you get paid the cost and if you return it after paying double you still get back the cost.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I'd totally do this and it'd never work in my favor no matter the odds and I'd hate myself for this and that's why I don't gamble

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    This is how I always was.

    Then I sat down in Vegas at a machine and pulled a few times, while my husband sat next to me.

    Every time he lost, I won.

    A half hour later, I'm up $80 and vowing never to do this again, cause it suddenly makes sense.

    Now I can't hear the "Kroger Top-of-the-Hour Conditioning" noise without getting a slight dopamine rush.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    I mean, if I’m able to repeat the bet, eventually I win

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Theres no guarantee of fair odds

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Bro! Jpeg of a coin! They couldn't possibly be more clear!

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Odds of winning are 1 in 46853. Only 1 prize per country. Winning games may not recieve a prize. In order to claim your prize, submit your name, address, social security number, a blood sample, and the last 13 jobs you worked. Include names of every employee interacted with and their role for each job. Participating means you agree to recieve marketing emails, calls, texts, and carrier pigeons from us and our 9002 partners. Marketing cannot be opted out. Requires purchase of US $5000 or more.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child)

    ^^^Must have worked at least 13 jobs*^^^

    Wow, I just have to say, fuck the formatting on this dumb site.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Of those 13 jobs, 1 must be food service, 1 must be customer service, 1 must be in a warehouse, 1 must be construction or utilities, 1 must be remote, 1 must be on-site, 1 must be hybrid, 1 must require a visa, none can overlap, and you must have at least 10 years experience in Cobol, Rust, C, CSS, HTML, brainfuck, web3, and blockchains. Must be 18-25 with a Masters Degree in Biology, Chemistry, or Linguistics.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    If I got double, I would simply return it

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

    What in the Las Vegas steaming garbage is this? This is just a stupid meme, right?

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  • [–] 41 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    That you see up there is just a stupid meme.

    But now the OP has created that concept and freed it into the world. Now all the bets are off.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Dear God....

    What have you done, OP?!

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    They have either doomed or saved us all. My money would be on the first one except... aren't we all doomed anyway at this point, so we might as well roll the dice on this one to find out? 😔🤯

    (The answer is no btw, bc that's stupid and not how any of this works.)

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    That's what you get for shilling for apple

    /ducks

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