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Discount to win more sales

More units sold. What it takes away is the margin on customers who would have paid full price.

The gain holds, narrowly

The gain holds by $114,000, with 68.3% of it taken up by costs.

The gain, on paper$360,000over 2 years
What it costs$246,000counted over the same years
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How this answer was worked out

One-time cost$0
Earnings lost because of it$240,000
Side costs$0
Cost of having to undo it, by its chance$6,000
What it costs in all$246,000
Cost per $1 of gain$246,000 / $360,000 = $0.68
Result at the end$114,000

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