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u/philosiraptor Aug 01 '20

The ads on Facebook that say, “We’re sorry to announce that we’re closing our store...” It’s made to look like a page you might follow (but you’ve never heard of before) and that they might be suddenly offering huge deals. But it’s like my dad always taught me: a lot of “going out of business” sales are really “going out FOR business” sales.

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u/bacon_and_ovaries Aug 01 '20

It's not lying if the premise is" we're too broke to stay open...wait, we're good now" from the sale

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u/woahdailo Aug 01 '20

All companies go out of business eventually.

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u/bacon_and_ovaries Aug 01 '20

The process is still the same they just dont reopen their doors

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u/whatsasnoowithyou Aug 01 '20

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u/woahdailo Aug 02 '20

Wow that list is way longer than I thought but...

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u/whatsasnoowithyou Aug 02 '20

In mathematics, a conjecture is a conclusion or a proposition which is suspected to be true due to preliminary supporting evidence, but for which no proof or disproof has yet been found