Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 07:40:35 -0400 From: "Tex" <texnospamm101.org> Subject: Re: Photos Posted - 2003 (USA) 9-3 SS Linear MP3 Player (AUX in)
"Shane Almeida" <almeida.spam.is.evilnospam.is.evil.mindless.com> wrote in message news:86udnc_YKd-cZEPfRVn-3gnospamast.com... > free-market capitalism, so I actually disagree with a lot of what SaabGuy > has been saying in this thread. I am really not sure how my disagreeing > with a price point has been construed as indignation. There is a > difference between thinking a price is too high and feeling outrage about > not getting something for free. Perhaps I just haven't been clear enough. OK...let's face the economics here. A truism in a free market is that a supplier can only offer a single price for his/her goods/services. This inherent marketplace weakness, forces the supplier to charge somewhere in the middle or somewhat above the midpoint of what they perceive to be the halfway point of consumers' willingness to pay X price (thereby maximising profit). So approximately half of consumers will be unhappy with the price offered (so some will grudgingly pay anyway whilst others will refuse) whilst the other half would generally have been willing to pay above the offered price for the good/service (and consequently are generally pleased with/accepting of the price). I think Shane, your use of the term "rip-off" is a clear indicator that you fall into the former category, believing the offered price is too high. It's as simple as that. - tex
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