bonus goods, free with purchase of....
Have you ever bought a magazine in a supermarket that have a bonus offer attached? Hanging on a stand near the magazines are bags of goodies that say 'free with purchase of....' Many people just see the word "free" and think they can have the goodies without buying the magazine, at the checkout we inform them otherwise. Some relinquish the freebie, others run back to get the magazine. Sometimes the magazines on sale, with freebies attached, aren't all that popular. They don't get sold. The store is left with out of date magazines and a box of two of "freebies". What happens to these? you might be wondering. I'll tell you....the store has paid for the magazines, so any unsold are returned to the supplier and the store is credited with the appropriate amount of $$$. (Pretty sure I'm not giving away any secrets here) The "freebies" however, cannot be returned, so if there are a lot of them, they are offered to shoppers at ...