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From: Jim on 28 May 2010 08:27 On 2010-05-28, SteveH <italiancar(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> > Hmm, but on something that is already 'expensive' would that really be >> > an issue? >> >> Yes. >> >> I'd have ordered an iPad at �399. >> >> At �429 it has broken a 'barrier' and I've stalled over purchasing. >> >> Kind of hoping they'll turn up on the refurb store in the not too >> distant future. > > Gah! > > I couldn't resist, could I. > > Bought a 32GB iPad from Purple World on my way home today. PURPLE WORLD HAVE THEM?! OH, FU NO CARRIER
From: Woody on 28 May 2010 08:41 On 28/05/2010 13:20, SteveH wrote: > SteveH<italiancar(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>> Hmm, but on something that is already 'expensive' would that really be >>> an issue? >> >> Yes. >> >> I'd have ordered an iPad at �399. >> >> At �429 it has broken a 'barrier' and I've stalled over purchasing. >> >> Kind of hoping they'll turn up on the refurb store in the not too >> distant future. > > Gah! > > I couldn't resist, could I. > > Bought a 32GB iPad from Purple World on my way home today. So your barrier of �399 is a distant memory?! -- Woody
From: SteveH on 28 May 2010 08:49 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > Gah! > > > > I couldn't resist, could I. > > > > Bought a 32GB iPad from Purple World on my way home today. > > So your barrier of �399 is a distant memory?! Sadly for my bank account, yes. -- SteveH
From: zoara on 28 May 2010 10:25 chris <ithinkiam(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On 27/05/10 11:39, Woody wrote: >> Undoubtably. The price didn't go down once they sacked the UK > > workforce. >> Seemed odd that just after that mr Dyson was asked to provide advice > > to >> the government on manufacturing (I guess he said 'sack the british >> workers and move abroad') > > True, but they do still have a significant UK workforce too. Clearly > manufacturing is cheaper done elsewhere, but the other stuff (R&D, > engineering, marketing etc.) is done here. A mate's just going to his second interview with Dyson as I type. One of 300 applicants for the job. They certainly don't have a small workforce here, according to his reports of the tour of some of their offices. And they don't seem to be shy in hiring at the moment either. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: zoara on 28 May 2010 10:25
Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >> In a >> weird way, I'd bet if dysons were cheaper they wouldn't sell as well. >> There's an elitist feel for people to say they have 'a dyson'. > > I think that is probably true for a lot of people. I've been reading these opinions with interest - not just yours, Woody, but all of them (this just seemed the most suitable place to respond). Both about Dysons and about M&S clothing, or whatever. I find it interesting that a lot of the accusations being levelled at buyers of this stuff are the same accusations levelled at Mac users - you don't really get anything worthwhile for the extra money, people only buy them as status symbols, etc etc. What doesn't seem to be being discussed is that perhaps the reason people buy these things is a perceived difference (which may or may not be real) for their needs and desires - just as we buy Macs because we perceive them to be more stable, easier to use, virus-free etc etc. In the case of both Dysons and M&S clothes, they both seem to offer features or qualities that some - but not all - people will find to be valuable enough to pay more money for, even if there are some alternatives out there that offer the same thing for less money. They offer something that the *general* Market doesn't offer, even if some specific example do. Personally I think Dysons I have used have some nice design features but are fiddlier/heavier than the non-Dysons I have used. To me they aren't worth the extra money over our £70 hoover. I buy some "quality" clothes and some "cheap" clothes and the quality ones seem - to me - to be more comfortable (including how well they do in very hot weather, for example), a better fit, a nicer finish and so on. But not enough for me to always buy those, or to buy the really expensive ones. Utilitarian workaday t-shirts come from wherever does them cheap, but nice "treat" t-shirts will cost more. I wear the workaday stuff more frequently (usually at work) but prefer the more expensive stuff. I think at the end of the day, if something more expensive offers you something you can perceive and recognise as valuable, it's worth the money. If it doesn't, then the people who buy it are morons or fashion victims or whatever. And the opposite is true - if people don't pay more for what you value as worth the extra money, they're just buying cheap worthless versions of the decent stuff you get. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm |