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Target's Red Bull Pricing Scheme Rewards People Who Pay Attention

I typically prefer to make jokes at Wal-Mart's expense. Target, however, is forcing me to make a joke with Target as the punchline. Every time I go into the store, I have to stand and gawk at the point of purchase Red Bull display. A 4-pack is $5.89 and the 12-pack is $19.99. Seems to me that you could just get three 4-packs for $17.67 and save yourself a cool two dollars. Also, this is Target's standard pricing for these items as I check every time I go in Target to see if they have wised up. Also, it saddens me to say that I have seen customers purchase the 12-packs. So maybe Target has it figured out after all?
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12:59 PM on Tue Jan 8 2008
By Meg Marco
10,349 views, 72 comments

Latest by ConsequencesIX: You're paying for the convenience of carrying twelve at once, rather than finding a way to carry three packs of four at once. more »

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Health Risks of Red Bull & Alcohol

So-called energy drinks are popular, but are they healthy mixers? Apparently not. What a shock. From ABC News:
    "You can hinder your respiration," said Roger A. Clemens, of the University of Southern California's School of Pharmacy. "From a public health perspective, you should not mix stimulants with alcohol."

According to Red Bull's website, the product (which has about the same amount of caffeine as a cup of coffee) "supplies tired minds and exhausted bodies with vital substances that have been lost, while reducing harmful substances. It provides immediate energy and vitamins." Oh! Vitamins! It must make binge drinking healthy! More »

8:29 PM on Tue Jan 2 2007
By Meg Marco
2,240 views, 18 comments

Latest by Bon Jour, Pee Wee: Just try drinking Red Bull and Vodka, while on Ecstasy. That's one hell of a hangover. more »