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   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   In article , Leszek   
   Karlik  wrote:   
   > On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 22:10:58 +0100, Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > [...]   
   > >   Big difference: I can quite literally sample the book. I can tell how   
   > > it "tastes". I cannot do that with an online grocery.   
   >   
   > You can taste an apple in a supermarket and then leave it half-bitten when   
   > it turns out you don't like the taste?   
      
   Some people do exactly that.  :-(   
      
      
      
   > Around here, eating the goods before purchasing them seems to be frowned   
   > upon.   
      
   Many supermarkets don't mind, as long as you still pay for it at the   
   checkout (for example, by scanning the empty packet), but that's not   
   possible with items bought by weight.   
      
   Some supermarkets often have little taste stalls, but it's usually for   
   either new products or ones that aren't selling well (and often the   
   expensive products).   
      
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