To Buy or Not to Buy

Trade-Offs Season 1 Episode 10

Overview:
Sharon and her friends attempt to raise money for a school trip by selling danishes door‑to‑door, discovering firsthand how price affects consumer demand. As they adjust their prices, expand their sales team, and experiment with advertising, they learn why people buy more at lower prices and less at higher ones. Their efforts reveal how income, tastes, substitutes, and marketing can shift an entire demand curve. The episode uses their real‑world challenges to illustrate core economic concepts in a relatable way.

Genre : Family, Kids

Actors : Cindy Girling, Bert Adkins, Stephen Brown, Gordon Robertson, Ardon Bess, Ken James, Sean McCann

Release Date : 1978-11-07

Duration : -

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Other Episodes (Season 1)

Choice
1. Choice
Malcolm Decides
2. Malcolm Decides
We Decide
3. We Decide
Give and Take
4. Give and Take
Less and More
5. Less and More
Working Together
6. Working Together
Does It Pay
7. Does It Pay
Learning and Earning
8. Learning and Earning
Why Money
9. Why Money
To Buy or Not to Buy
10. To Buy or Not to Buy
To Sell or Not to Sell
11. To Sell or Not to Sell
At What Price?
12. At What Price?
How Could That Happen?
13. How Could That Happen?
Innocent Bystanders
14. Innocent Bystanders
Helping Out
15. Helping Out


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