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foolm0r0n posted...

Literally no one does buy them. They take them for free and spend money and effort trashing or recycling them. Is this like a local thing? Do people really go and buy plastic bags where you're from?

You're talking nonsense. You can go into a store and buy a box of plastic bags, and after you pay for it they'll put it into another plastic bag for you. How is one a product and the other not?

And yes, in California a lot of stores will let you buy a plastic bag for a small charge (5-50 cents depending on its durability). "Would you like to buy any ice or stamps? Would you like to buy a bag?" Of course most people don't do it, because shockingly, it's not actually something most people need -- they can just carry their stuff, or use a cart, or use bags they brought. But most people don't buy the ice or stamps either, unless they really need to.

Anyway, I don't see how you can possibly argue that bags aren't a product and also that people NEED them. You're positing a demand and yet refusing to recognize that the market has created a product that satisfies that demand.
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