Re: [CH] chile prices, etc.
Harry Jones (hajones@swbell.net)
Mon, 8 Feb 1999 16:57:51 -0600
Always go for the line that has the youngster checking, they usually don't
have a clue. Nothing against youngsters, mind ya, but it usually works for
me.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Sacerdote <davesas@ntplx.net>
To: chile-heads@globalgarden.com <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Date: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: [CH] chile prices, etc.
>>Checker: I'll charge you $1.99/lb. under "assorted peppers".
>>Me: OK.
>
>LOL, that is what useta happen to me all the time, but now the
>markets that sell hot peppers have all wised up.
>
>They used to price peppers based on who knows what kind of system.
>Habs were around $6/pound, jalapenos were in the $2 range, others were
>whatever the market could bear. Then they smartened up and they have
>all the hot peppers in one big area, each type of pepper in it's own
>(usually mislabelled) bin, and all of them marked "Assorted hot peppers"
>for $2.99/pound.
>
>That's great for the guys like me who buy the habbies and caribes that
>used to be six bucks a pound. Lousy for the poor folks who were buying
>green chiles and jalapenos for $1.99, but that's how they managed to
>quit getting snookered on the expensive ones.
>
>Every now and then, though, I still run into a cashier clueless enough
>to get away cheaper. A couple weeks ago I got a beauty of deal - bought a
>big ol' bag of anaheims for .89/pound because the cashier rang 'em up as
>"green peppers". Heh.
>===
>Dave Sacerdote
>davesas@ntplx.net
>Resist or Serve.
>"I am so mighty, I do not have to kill you all." -- Flaming Carrot
>