Question ...

[1StrongBlackMan]

If you want a McDonald's Hamburger or a Subway Sandwich would you NOT buy one because it cost 5 cents more? Would that 5 cents increase convince you to NOT get that McDonald's Hamburger or a Subway sandwich; but, go get Wendy's or Quiznos, instead?

[leftofcool]

1. I wouldn't touch either with a 10 foot pole!

But, if I did, 5 cents wouldn't make a difference to me.

[djean111]

2. Nope.

[Cooley Hurd]

3. Of course not...

I think it speaks volumes about the business owners who have little faith in their product that they think people would go elsewhere if they raised the price of their product by a few CENTS.

[PoliticAverse]

5. Or they think they are in a very competitive market.

After all if a company thought that by raising the price of their product 5 cents they would
make more money why wouldn't they have raised it already?

[1StrongBlackMan]

6. They have ...

but without this convenient excuse.

[MineralMan]

4. The price of a Big Mac has risen higher than other indexes.

See this chart:



http://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/guest/James-Cornehlsen-130717-Big-Mac-Index.php