> Does it. Harbor Freight already knows it's customers are cheapskates
Actually, that's a great example of a company that strategically prices items differently for different customers. Some of their customers are cheapskates and hit up hfqpdb.com and do the math to find the best coupon for every item they buy. Some just use the coupons in the flyer they get in the mail. Some of their customers pay the shelf price. The price essentially adjust to how cheap that particular customer is based on how much time they're willing to spend looking for coupons. Customers who don't care pay an inflated price.
I would bet a large portion of their profit comes from the people in the middle -- who were lured into the store with a coupon and end up buying a bunch of other stuff at inflated prices. I could totally see them being very interested at identifying who those customers are and how to lure them into the store.
> Does it. Harbor Freight already knows it's customers are cheapskates
Actually, that's a great example of a company that strategically prices items differently for different customers. Some of their customers are cheapskates and hit up hfqpdb.com and do the math to find the best coupon for every item they buy. Some just use the coupons in the flyer they get in the mail. Some of their customers pay the shelf price. The price essentially adjust to how cheap that particular customer is based on how much time they're willing to spend looking for coupons. Customers who don't care pay an inflated price.
I would bet a large portion of their profit comes from the people in the middle -- who were lured into the store with a coupon and end up buying a bunch of other stuff at inflated prices. I could totally see them being very interested at identifying who those customers are and how to lure them into the store.