I would diagree a bit Maureen. people are all to eager to screw themselves and other over by shopping at stores like Walmart. While there is a certain segment of the population that will want to buy the best or a certain niche product or try to make themselves appear to be hip by buying products like iPhones, most people are happy getting a tracfone rather than an iPhone.
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 2:22 AM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > <snipped> > > > Next, I blame everyone else. We all want the latest and greatest > > goods, but we refuse to pay a lot of money for them. This also puts > > corporations in a precarious position where they need to deliver > > quality goods as cheaply as they can. That is not gonna happen in a > > plant in America. > > I don't think "we refuse to pay a lot of money for them" is a true > statement. Look at the number of people who are buying iPhones and > iPad, which certainly aren't cheap. Lots of people bought Levis too, > but that didn't stop them from moving their manufacturing offshore. > > > > > Let's say that Johnny, you neighbor, cuts your lawn for $40 a week. > > Would you continue to pay Johnny, just because he is your neighbor, > > when Stevie, from across town, is willing to do the same job, or > > better, for $5 a week? > > I would if Stevie was an illegal or I had to ship my lawn to Indonesia > to get it cut. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:328683 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
