[lbo-talk] $39,000 handbag

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Mon Aug 29 16:06:59 PDT 2011


----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Claxton" <ddclaxton at earthlink.net> At 05:55 AM 8/29/2011, Doug Henwood wrote:


>That's not what I meant. Why would anyone pay that much money for
>something by them? What puts them in the Prada class?

Look guys, it's very simple. You buy the bag to show that 39K is noise to you.

Nouveau riche stuff. Obviously the quality is good enough. But you could buy that quality for a tenth of the price. The point of the price is the status value, not any underlying value.

Joanna



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