On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 13:49:15 -0400, "Richard"
wrote:
>"Dave Smith" wrote in message
>news:4267CDCC.E964F44E@sympatico.ca...
>
>> Mixed drink? Let's see... about $1 for the liquor, a few
>> pennies for the mix and ice, the 50 cent bar glass that will
>> be re-used a thousand times or more, s silly little swizzle
>> stick, a maybe 5 cents worth of lemon or lime for garnish.
>> Let's just round it off to $1 for the extras. So now we are
>> looking at more than 200% mark-up,
>
>You're missing the big picture. A drink you mix at home is not the same as a
>mixed drink served to you at a bar or a club. At the club you're not only
>paying for the drink and its markup, you're also paying for the atmosphere
>provided by the club: the decor, the music, the fact that there are likely
>fewer single women in your living room than there are at the club, so on and
>so forth. All of that is factored into the price.
Bars aren't selling the alcohol, they're selling the ambience.
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