Speaking only for myself I start with a list of:
1. What capabilities I need.
2. What capabilities I want.
3. What capabilities would be nice.
Then I figure out what it costs to get first 1, then to add on 2, then
to add on 3. Only at that point do I decide what I am willing to
spend to get those things and if there is a match. New vs. used is
way down near the bottom of 3.
I would say that in the MS add, *NEW* and *SHINY* were at the top of
the list.
Matthew
On Mar 30, 2009, at 2:02 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
Constance I am not sure how you shop but I shop with a budget and a
list.
I have a preconceived idea of what I need and want before I go
shopping. Ever go to a grocery store without a list? How much do
you spend without a list versus with a list.
When I go shopping for a car I have a budget and a needs list. (4
door, automatic (I like clutches but my wife dose not) power seats,
power windows etc.)
If I did not find a car within my budget I either revise my budget
or I revise my needs list.
Car dealers love folks like you because they can over sell a car to
you because you will take what they tell you, you need.
By the way I will not pay more for a foreign car just because it is
foreign. It better give me a lot more for my buck than a domestic
car or I am not buying it.
I have owned a couple of foreign cars but European cars not
Japanese. (I am not prejudiced as I realize that most American cars
sold are multi national cars. I have just been bitten by repair
facilities over charging for fixing foreign cars.)
Price is at one point important, but at another point just part of
the equation.
The point of the Ad (it was not a documentary it is placed as an ad,
that is like calling these paid advertisements on TV documentaries.)
was that you could not buy a Mac Notebook for under $1,000.00. That
was the main point they wanted to make. All sorts of assumptions
have been made on what they were trying to say. But you know what
they say about assumptions. :-)
Stewart
At 09:00 AM 3/30/2009, you wrote:
I still say, that going shopping with preconceived notions and
requirements is fundamentally unrealistic. The real world does not
organize itself according to our wishes. If she's even thinking of
buying a Mac [which from context it's clear that she's NOT] she
needs to look at Macs overall--quality, price, everything. If price
is the only criterion, well, that's her choice; but if she wants a
Mac at an unrealistically low price--well, that's just wishful
thinking.
Cubic zirconia isn't fake anything; it's real cubic zirconia, and a
lot of fun. And an HP isn't a fake computer, but then a Tata Nano
isn't a fake car, either. It's just not the same as a Toyota or a
Honda, for which one can expect to pay a bit more.
--Constance Warner
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
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