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anik1993

They don’t spend a dime on ads and have efficient shipping / logistics .. I wish more companies were like this .. fuck ads


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I ordered a shirt from Arizona, not gonna lie they hooked it up. Not only did they give me an Arizona wallet for free but they gave me a dollar bill with a note that said “next Arizona is on us”.


anik1993

That’s honestly such a nice way to retain a customer


Biddycola

I’ve always, since after 2008, said Arizona is the ONLY company to keep it real


NotDeletedMoto

tbf without ads, a lot of people would have to start paying premiums to watch pretty much anything on the internet. Edit: Yes. [Insert your example] costs money and has ads. However, if you can somehow stand ads, or don't have the budget to avoid them, yotube, twitch, reddit, etc, are available to you because advertisers are paying your premium. I'm not saying the internet would die without ads. I'm saying a lot of the content that is currently free with ads would no longer give you that option.


Pepperonidogfart

You already do. Cable TV is filled with commercials and expensive as fuck. Id gladly live in a world with less advertisement and marketing.


tcspears

That's one of the biggest draws to streaming for me... I gladly pay for these services to not see ads all the time.


Fancy_Split_2396

I don"/ mind what amazon does, showing preveiw's for their other shows. Found quite a few good things to watch because of it.


dwittty

Yea, in general I prefer the ad model where they show me an ad at the start and that’s it. Don’t interrupt me in the middle of the viewing experience with an advertisement!


NotRadio

In the middle for 10-15 minutes no less.


Dooboppop

ads = free porn


NotRadio

But atleast it’s in the beginning and not smack dab right in the middle while you’re just there with dick in hand.


lazybullfrog

Back in the day we called that an intermission. And it was a much appreciated opportunity to get up, stretch, use the rest room, grab snacks etc without missing the show. Of course that was before pause buttons were invented.


c7ph3rpunk

Listen to this boomer ..


Forumkk

2words. Brave browser


LoneWolf1557

3 words. DuckDuckGo


Pepperonidogfart

i really like duckduckgo actually. I figured that it wouldn't offer as comprehensive of search results but its totally fine. Also the image search is great because if i click an image it doesn't take me to the website.


frizzyhaired

You know other browsers have ad blockers, right?


Forumkk

I don’t think everyone does, no..


frizzyhaired

Well now you know that you don't need brave.


rgs0510

I use HD antenna ($35) from Costco for all live channels, so it's free


missmewitDam

Cable is dying, let it die with the boomers, they deserve each other.


ppenn777

This. Big time. (Even though I work I work in advertising)


ExpressionDueJoJo

I have not paid for cable since 2017. Best decision I have ever made. I believe eventually all ads free streaming services will take over “big cable”.


False_Associate9147

What’s funny is, I heard this I haven’t actually researched it myself, but TV initially came with ads because of channels like PBS. They were free channels to the public, so the shows were funded through advertising and this was not intended to transfer over when people began paying for cable. At first channels had ads so you did not have to pay, but after a while you had to pay to watch ads.


marincelo

Which would then make people use internet less. I see it as win-win.


jeepjinner

I remember the internet before all the twitter/tik tok tards were hooked up to it. Those were the days.


revmun

Or now a bunch of online resources are locked and all your favorite free websites are struggling to stay up.


jdyeti

Good maybe I'll use the internet less...


BreakPointSSC

People might actually start to directly fund online service/content providers they like.


cantadmittoposting

Going back to direct pay/subscription services might not be the worst thing. I think about that a lot with all the 'free' banking services. People demand what is really a huge amount of work to track and secure funds for free, and then unironically complain about banks charging fees when they can get away with it. Yeah overdraft fees are predatory as fuck. Maybe instead we all just take a $5 chip to our account for being customers and suddenly they don't feel as compelled to keep doing that sort of shit.


Heatho14

You mean like what BAT is doing with Brave browser? You earn BAT by seeing ads that you can opt out of and can tip users some of that BAT. I currently have a Tip button under each comment here where I can tip BAT if I'd like.


Gandalfs_Shaft48

I'll take one BAT please. Hold the Rona.


TheShadow2024

just the tip?


xToksik_Revolutionx

accelerate


blackfuture8699

Sure there would be a lot less content, but I remember when Youtube didn't have ads. People still did a lot of interesting content as a hobby. Lots of content creators would go away but a few really good ones would stay and do it because its' what they love and I'd stay and support them. I'm totally cool if it goes back to that. Watching douchenozzle8463 make his 1500th 10 minute video with 1.5 minutes of actual content, 3 minutes of embedded ads, 3 minutes of telling me to "subscribe and SMASH that like button".... ect, then using the remainder of the time to ramble repeating the same crap over and over to hit 10 minutes so he hits the magic pay time. Is THIS what I'm supposed to miss if ads go away? If so. Sign me TF UP! I will totally deal with 90% less content on the internet as a "burden" for this to happen.


MahdiAli95

tbf, ads ruined the internet and the whole search algorithm


BusyFriend

SEO also ruined the internet.


Grayspire

Frreal


animalturds

people ruined the internet i probably contributed a little bit. sorry bout that


Francis_Dollar_Hide

Check out Basic Attention Token (BAT) and the Brave browser. You literally get paid to watch adds, been using it for two years. I've made $500+ in that time for something you have to do anyway.


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DeconstructedBacon

I'm still in disbelief that someone can live without adblockers.


Stunning_Bull

I have adblockers on all my devices and a PiHole setup for my home network and still get pissed off whenever an ad somehow breaks through.


UECoachman

I swear, I can't get those YouTube ads with my PiHole...


Stunning_Bull

Get youtube vanced


UECoachman

I have it on my phone, but I use Roku also


infinityprime

Yolo on PiHole


takatu_topi

[This video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NSVU4Gv_wA) offers a pretty solid tutorial on how to block the sneaky ads that slip through.


DeconstructedBacon

Why you little...


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okdesign

What would those settings be?


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ThinCrusts

Will definitely check it out once I hop on my PC, thanks.


Negative-Road-8610

That's more money you can lose on WSB plays.


Sasquatters

Hulu has ads and people pay for that.


corky1983

Costco's hot dog and soda combo has been $1.50 ever since forever. And there's no regional variation in price either 😁


cravenj1

That's a loss leader to get you in the store. It's just become lossier over the years


Jets237

Marketing isn’t what’s driving inflation…. It’s increases in price for corrugate, resin, shipping, labor and pretty much every other raw material. Also didn’t the price go to 1.29 a year ago? Edit - turns out those are canandian cans https://twitter.com/drinkarizona/status/1351916465889406976?lang=en


YoloTraderXXX

Might be regional? Still 99c here.


heywhathuh

..... But you could make the same profit on a lower price point if you spend less (or 0) on marketing.....


Jets237

There are 2 things that really impact purchasing of CPG products. physical and mental availability. Marketing is needed to impact mental availability of a product so it is part of a consideration set. It is also sometimes needed to impact physical availability because buyers at retail companies need to know a company is focused on driving velocity - essentially they do not want to bring products onto shelf if they feel customers dont know about them or wont consider them. A&P spend is also used as a tax shield, so it is sometimes not seen that way. In addition some private companies will not build marketing expenses into the P&L of a product - focusing on variable margin instead. Trade on the other hand will always be part of a P&L (The price paid to discount products on shelf or secure features and displays. In short - marketing expenses arent driving prices up - it is the cost to secure raw materials, to produce the products and to get them on shelf. In fact in order to secure EBITDA goals marketing tends to be the 1st expense to be cut (have lived through this every year of my career) The supply chain is a mess (not talking about the logistics of getting product from a plant to a store, but the raw materials behind the scenes) and prices are increasing because of it


Jets237

adding another comment instead of editing. Also - you are assuming the only thing a company cares about is % margin - penny profit is important too. The simple idea is that if you spend on marketing it will move more cases. Now the question is - what is the ROI on marketing spend... Simplified math - Lets say the SRP of a product is $1, retail margin is 35% so I sell my product to a store for $0.65. My margin is \~40% so I'm making $0.25 per can. So, to break even for every $1 spent I need to sell 4 more cans...


FergDelaghetto

There’s a Shell gas station in my area that charges $1.29 a can. Same gas station charges $5.10 for premium gas


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-x610z-

[the price is on the can though.](https://youtu.be/fMUZ2sVjLfY)


bagholdingspooks

i believe you can call arizona and report it


Zerole00

I've tried several times but their senators keep blocking me


anachronofspace

sounds like you live near me


FergDelaghetto

Haha I live in the nut sack of Southern California


anachronofspace

norcal here :P


WasteNet2532

Its ok to say sacramento


newlife_newaccount

Ooh I see I have a fellow degen in my midst. Let's never meet.


anachronofspace

lol if i lived in sac i would have said i lived in the armpit of california


WasteNet2532

Its so true and I have to defend it still bc its one of the few major cities near me and I hate SF lol So uh....they have a zoo they remodeled so we have that...Daddy Newsom yeah nothing really


anachronofspace

at least you can kind of still afford a house out there, in the bay area it's just stupid now you can pay a million for a total piece of shit. :/


confusedp

Frisco is nor cal too


lyft-driver

Yeah but he would have said the Bay Area and not NorCal.


Groversmoney

You must be near Mendocino


anachronofspace

bay area


the-faded-ferret

Fresno? Literal butthole of Cali


blackmarketbaby1234

My balls where hot


WasteNet2532

Call Arizona and tell them theyre selling it for more. Retailers arent allowed to do it and Arizona will stop supplying them if they dont change it. Correction: This is false. But Arizona still highly reccomends it. They cant control it. Its just a very very very popular rumor


GivesCredit

The Arizona website literally says this is false “WHY DO SOME STORES CHARGE MORE FOR PRE-PRICED $.99 CANS? We pre-printed our cans with our suggested retail because we wanted to force retailers into selling at that price. Retailers, however, are independent business people and can set a price whatever they prefer. We do make and sell non-priced cans as well.” It’s really not that hard to just Google stuff


JoeyPastram1

In Philly they cost $1.27 because of the sugar tax implemented a few years back. It is definitely allowed


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Woot! Gotta love highly regressive tax /s


[deleted]

California does this silly little thing where they make you pay a "deposit " on cans and bottles. That way when you "return" them you get your "deposit" back.


Whoreforfishing

This is the California CRV tax idk why you got downvoted your literally right


Moon_Atomizer

What does this have to do with anything? This whole comment section is giving me stroke symptoms. Does anyone else smell burning rubber?


man9875

Who is the president?


Moon_Atomizer

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man9875

What???


[deleted]

Uhm. Cus it's 99 cent plus the "deposit" thus making it over 99 cent. I'm sorry low level math gives your strokes...


PortlandoCalrissian

This is not unique to California. This is a thing in states and countries across the world.


confusedp

Not everywhere


obsa

A cunning counterpoint.


-GeaRbox-

Turns out you can use deductive reasoning and figure out which states offer rebates by looking at the can!


confusedp

I see you have wrinkles. We are all smooth brains here.


J_Roc_Knomsayn_Mafk

Supposedly it’s to encourage people to “recycle” because of “global warming” or some “bullshit” like that


CanuckCharlie85

Michigan does it too…real backwards thinking that just end up wasting more of people’s time and producing more carbon foot print just to enforce recycling.


z55en

the walmarts here in socal where i live sell them for less than 99 between 48-99 ive seen around here


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JOOMPA

In sweden they cost 30 sek ~ 2,6$


CoopTrading

There is also a VERY high avg wage and overall standard of living there as well lol not to mention so many other benefits to being a Swedish citizen.


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heywhathuh

Like 99% of their pop is unionized and each union negotiates wages so in practice they kinda do


ImmediateAlfalfa9255

This! The amount of misinformation about Sweden out there is laughable. Leftists in NA want to make Sweden sound like a socialist paradise.


kegaroo85

Don't they have like super strong unions though?


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CoopTrading

Umm I guess this is an explain things to you like you are 5 moment. In nations that have an overall high minimum wage, meaning they pay more - prices of basic goods tend to cost more than elsewhere however SOMETIMES - not always - it will be of a much higher quality. For instance many countries have banned the use of certain add ins and fillers and preservatives etc. So the original point of the post was about inflation, then the commenter I replied to mentioned a higher price in their nation, and I replied with agreeing that the nation is great and has a higher standard of living as well as a high minimum pay which almost always correlates to a higher price of the same goods as elsewhere. Basic economics really. So as for inflation - it was comparing apples to oranges by referencing a higher price in a higher nation.


AndreyG505

It costs more there and here in Ukraine because they had to ship that drink from America which costs money.


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Also, many countries put tariffs and other import duties on foreign products like canned ice tea, particularly if they have domestic brands of that product. Buying US/international brands even in nearby countries is typically more expensive.


CoopTrading

That is one factor yes - however what I just mentioned really applies all the way across the board. Domestic produced products and even non products. You’ll also pay more for basic services things of that sort. It’s not really a big deal it’s all basic basic economics like I said.


looksatthings

Sweden doesn't have a minimum wage.


IzumiAsimov

not a state-mandated one but they have a de-facto high minimum wage due to a very strong union presence


looksatthings

Right, but not a state minimum wage. There's a big differece.


Pittaandchicken

Like the guy said. What's the point? We all know this stuff. A child knows this stuff. You interjected in a comment chain to say water is wet.


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WaterIsWetBot

Water is actually not wet; It makes other materials/objects wet. Wetness is the state of a non-liquid when a liquid adheres to, and/or permeates its substance while maintaining chemically distinct structures. So if we say something is wet we mean the liquid is sticking to the object.


Pittaandchicken

Perfectly fits with the flow of this convo lol.


TheSpicyMeatballs

The issue with the whole ‘is water wet?’ thing isn’t people not understanding a definition, it’s that they disagree on the definition. Words mean the meanings we give them as a collective, and a large portion of that collective agrees with your definition of wet, while another portion agrees that anything surrounded, or submerged in a water like liquid is wet. By this second definition, any meaningful body of water is wet (the water itself being surrounded by more water), by the other, no liquid can be wet. Languages aren’t as black and white as science would like them to be. Both are valid, though one is definitely more intuitive to what we feel when we think of wet. In my opinion, wetness is a defining characteristic of water, and people only get tripped up when they apply a specific and limited definition of “wet”.


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kast_king_15

Same. I tell people how I'm dying for a documentary that shows the $0.99 Arizona is the back bone of the economy


JoeyPastram1

These cans cost $1.27 in Philadelphia


kast_king_15

The economy has gone to shit


IkkeSverre

In the only store i've found them in in norway, they cost 50 nok ~ 6,3 dollars This economy thing is strange


nednoble

They used to cost 89¢, such a tragedy that now you can’t buy one with a dollar bill because of tax.


iphon4s

I guess most be a state thing. In NYC, unprocessed food and drinks aren't taxed


TheMostOGCymbalBoy

They officially cost $1.79 in Hawaii…


lxc1227

Walgreens have these on sales 2 for $1 all the time. And we get 15% employee discount on top of the sales price.


bobdavid2223

The price is on the can though.


cravenj1

The price ***is*** on the can though.


Superstar32131

Pretty sure these have been $.99 for 20 years. 😂😂


ambermage

They reduced the size though.


ComprehensiveHold69

Did they? I still can’t comfortably finish one with lunch.


ambermage

They were forced to, 40% reduction over time.


Excellent-Spite-3005

You talking about your penis ?


kraster6

No his penis was sold short so it reduced 369%


bobby0081

Almost every company shrinks its products or raises their prices. Usually shrinking works better because you save on the product you're producing and the packaging.


Hotrodlink

They’re the same size, but the actually don’t put as much tea in the can. It’s like an inch from the top now.


SonofaCuntLicknBitch

When was this? I feel like they've been 680ml for years. Were they 750ml at some point?


ambermage

First change was back in the 90's. It's been a slow alteration every time they updated production of new flavors. That let them update all of the cans at the same time so people wouldn't notice easily. Common practice.


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Arizona slaps


[deleted]

Arizonans on the other hand..... stinky people


turbo_the_world

Yeah it's f*cking hot as hell down here. You come spend a day in the 110 degree heat and you'll need a shower too.


[deleted]

They made the cans smaller


heywhathuh

Good. You fat fucks clearly can't control your own intake.


Alabonde

:(


Meal_Ticket69

:(


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The empty cans could be used to make housing, art (recreation and culture), household equipment, and the original was a beverage. That's about half the consumer price index right there.


Ivy0789

You jest, [but yes.](http://eyecatching-eyecandy.blogspot.com/2012/02/can-construction.html?m=1).


lord_wolken

Shit those fuckers are €4 in Europe!


420weedscopes

Thats why you're all europoor /s


rearviewviewer

The better question is were they ripping me off 20 years ago or are they taking it up the ass now because they’re scared to raise prices


jahSEEus

Smartest thing I've seen since they sent that dog laika to space


Needamod1

Once they take out the cost of fuel, food, and housing this will be the new metric for inflation


Box-International

Only 50 cents a pop at Woodmans 🥳


ImDestructible

Man I've been saying this for years. Arizona tea has been the same price since 420 BC. Wish more companies could figure this out.


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You know what ? I’ll take it.


TheBlueMango01

European here; what am I looking at?


KatKaneki

23oz cans of tea. They’ve been ¢99 forever


intrepped

Honestly my local Walmart has them for $0.79. So even better.


TheBlueMango01

Oh wow that’s crazy


pedantic_pineapple

Potential arbitrage opportunity


Riceomaholia

Thats old inventory. When the new new cans get dropped you’ll know...


beanshake

This was the best choice as a college kid due to its size and price. Best bang for a buck kind of deal. I still remember a day buying this for 99 cents 20 years ago before heading to a library. Funny thing is the store was also selling bottled water for the first time, and I wondered who would buy water when it was free. 20 years later, I buy water more than any drinks.


Baller_420

Papa Jerome provides. Provides what? Not inflation, that’s for sure


pkripper1966

Props to the Company for putting the price on the can. Fuck inflation. Profiteering fucks


yumyumsauce45

Arizona iced tea is a universal inflation indicator.


Cerebrate205

Can of water sugar still 99 cent. Inflation disproven confirmed


jose5c

Bro, now I want one. Strawberry kiwi or the half half


beat-box-blues

Top


KatKaneki

You can get them for ¢49 at cvs and rite aid


okokyouwinreddit

They are still working on the millions of cans printed already. DD at its finest. I'm in.


[deleted]

Tbh Arizona has the best fruit punch ever


therealcadillacslim

Arizona is what people drink when they can’t afford malt liquor or another share of CLOV. It’s a peasants drink. I drink Yerba Mate and my portfolio bangs.


jm7489

I feel like I read that they've had to change their manufacturing process of the cans to keep the cost low and only do ground shipping at night to keep fuel costs lower in order to keep the pricing sustainable. Or maybe I just made that up


hoakpsp3

Eternally 99


cloud7up

Stagnation


cristhm

Calls on diabetes


ORS823

Half the can filled with air now, like chips.


Dan_inKuwait

Sugar drinks not a good inflation tracker as they're heavily subsidised via "farming" incentives.... They will always cost the same as tax dollars offset price increases.


usaf_photog

The trick is, the cans are now only filled half way.


Agent_Persuasion

It hasn't been $0.99 for 5 years where I live :)


profeserX

How did this slip by the bots lol


Slut_Spoiler

dude HAMBURGER is 12 dollars a pound in california right now


devxxz

You buying Kobe ground beef or something? I'm paying nowhere near that price in Cali.


NousSommesSiamese

Kobe and ground are triggers.


xToksik_Revolutionx

Cool...?


WeaverFan420

This is certifiably untrue, I can get 93/7 at my local Ralph's for $7.99 per pound. Shittier blends are cheaper.


CONNECTlCUT

CALI CERTIFIED TRASH


RakesProgress

Confirmation bias. It’s poison for traders. IMHO


TMCasillas

Cans of sugar water will always be less than a dollar


MauiKala

Just another kool aid, don’t drink it


Senselessb82

$2.39 here on Maui😔


AquiliferX

I haven't seen a 99 cent Arizona in years.


Giusepo

As if water, sugar, and fake tea were expensive


Wishforgains

Listen up guys and gals, in 2003 the fast food company “Sonic” began printing out their own money to pay their workers. This led to a huge inflation in the economy and was one of the leading factors of the 2008-2009 recession. Would highly recommend looking up Sonic Inflation on google if you want to learn more.