Frank Krygowski wrote:

Hoping to make a point about
the cost benefits of factory automation, I asked "If you could buy two
cell phones that were exactly identical but one was less expensive,
you'd buy that one, right?"

One girl adamantly said "No, I'd buy the more expensive one. *It would
be better."

I said "No, I'm talking about identical phones. *The only difference
would be the price."

"I'd buy the more expensive one. *More expensive things are always
better."

She's probably still a marketer's dream. *(I wonder if she rides a
bike?)

If so, I hope she believes a better-paying job always results in a
better life. She'll need that belief to carry her through.

My wife grew up the daughter of a physician, and still recounts
another doc's daughter and her mother who believed is was beneath them
to buy anything that was marked down from its original price. They
just wouldn't buy things on sale, no matter the specifics.

I believe paying unnecessarily high prices for anything is antisocial,
because it directly supports exploitative businesses that are harmful
to society, and gives them an advantage over more ethical
businesses.

Chalo