--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mar 6, 2006, at 2:20 PM, anon_astute_ff wrote: > > > An insight that may be useful in this discussion is what economists > > refer to as "consumer surplus". It is the difference between what a > > consumer is willing to pay for a good or service, and the actual > > market price. For example, I may be willing to pay up to $300 / month > > for broadband internet access -- it has at least $300 of value to me, > > but I am more than happy to pay just $40 /month to one of several > > providers who offer it for that price. The $260 difference is consumer > > surplus -- one of the great windfalls of modern economies. We > > generally pay a lot less for things than the value they supply to us. > > > > Thus, if the argument is that we should be willing to pay up to the > > full value of TM has some merit if there are no "substitutes". But if > > there are equivalent services available, the market cost of substitues > > is much lower than value (willingness to pay). Rational consumers > > don't often pay full value -- they pay market price and enjoy the -- > > often large -- consumer surplus. > > > > Some might argue that TM has no equivalents -- that it is a highly > > "differentiated" product and thus a price equal to or near full value > > is rational. That of course requires that the case for product > > uniqueness can be effectively made -- a growing challenge given the > > evidence provided in prior posts. > > In that case, the best bet would be SSRS's Sahaja meditation--and you > get a nice pranayama technique to boot. More sadhana for my dollar! > If you prefer mother figures or have ever done XTC, Amma's the ticket. > > And you DON'T get the rajas and other weirdness--just an org geared > towards world-service.
Yes, that is the point -- $2500 + of value for $200, yielding $2300+ of consumer sruplus. IF you percieve SSRS's Sahaja meditation as eqivalent to TM. btw I think the AOL course where the breathing is taught, is a seperate course from the Sahaja meditation. Separate fee. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
