This must be what prompted it http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2903352 Usual bitchin and moanin about old folks getting deals.
What's wrong with deals, this is built into the retailers base line. Buy one get one free, free dinner on your birthday, newspapers coupons for buy one dinner get the other at half off. Coupons for food buy 2 get 3 for same price. ----Summer is coming and the canned vegetables and frozen have big sales as everyone wants vegetables at their fresh prime.
Seniors on a limited budget and the youngsters raising a family need to keep a weather eye on sales by the time of year. A barter system where no money changes hands is great and yard sales where one can make a low bid on something at the end of the day and the seller does not want to have to cart home a table or hutch are great.
Young whipper snappers do not have the time to concentrate on how to save money, Seniors do if retired and count every penny. Youth, they want every thing NOW, have no patience to wait for that toy costing $50.00 that will go on sale in a month for $35.00. They go on vacation at the high of the season and pay 3 times what the cost would be in 4 weeks out of season.
So quit the bitching when Seniors work with their money and not against it.