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The week's question
In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Goofyhoofy 🐝 HONORARY
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Subject: Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?
Date: 12/15/24 4:58 PM
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I think the customers of the business "giving away" free electricity pay for it by paying a little bit more for everything else the business sells. There are few truly free lunches.

Who pays for the 3% that VISA and MasterCard, and the 4% that American Express charge for the convenience of using their plastic instead of good ole’ reliable cash?

Businesses use a variety of strategies to attract business. Not every customer gets treated perfectly equally. Some days I buy milk, only to find that there was a coupon in their app that would have saved me a dime.

Oh well. If this is the big objection I suggest you look around at all the other ways you are being gypped. I suspect “free EV charging at a movie theater” will rank somewhere below #100.

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This community has written 21,448 posts about Berkshire Hathaway. The article-length ones it recommended most:
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