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Greeting cards

All NinesAll Nines
edited 2011-06-19 14:59:45 in Meatspace
Has friends besides tanks now
How do stores get off charging four dollars for these things? If I weren't so lazy, I would have just made cards for my dad and stepdad myself; I would've almost certainly been able to convey my point better, and I'd have saved eight dollars.

Side-note: This is the same topic that I used for my very first thread in the original IJBM.

Comments

  • GLORIOUSLeaderGLORIOUSLeader
    When in Turkey, ROCK THE FUCK OUT
    Happy Father's Day!
  • GelzoGelzo
    Pony Sleuth
    But the thing is... you didn't. The market works by charging people what they're willing to pay for things, and you made the decision to pay four dollars rather than make your own.
  • DonZabuDonZabu
    Apparently, freelance writers can make $50 a card writing greeting cards.
  • DYREDYRE
    Yeah, in general, it doesn't really make sense to say "How can they get away with charging this much?" when you just bought the item in question, in a free-market (or similar) economy.
  • RedEyedAbyssRedEyedAbyss
    edited 2011-06-19 16:00:03

    "I would've almost certainly been able to convey my point better" "If I weren't so lazy"

    Precisely.

  • GLORIOUSLeaderGLORIOUSLeader
    When in Turkey, ROCK THE FUCK OUT
    Microcosm of spiral towards dystopia FTW! 
  • VorpyVorpy
    ☭Unstoppable Sex Goddess☭
    I am too lazy to grow my own corn, so I give farmers money to grow it for me. If I don't want to pay 1.65 for a pound of corn, then I should make my own.
  • All NinesAll Nines
    edited 2011-06-19 16:37:18
    Has friends besides tanks now
    Okay. Point taken, and I'm aware it's my fault that I spent that money. I still think it's a stupid price. And I would have gone to a dollar store or something if I wasn't home alone for that part of the day, because the only place within a reasonable walking distance was Rite-Aid. Although then that raises the quesiton of "should I have gotten them sooner . . ."

    If it were up to me, we wouldn't use greeting cards at all in the first place (unless you're unable to meet the recipient face-to-face or call them, for whatever reason), since they don't carry your intent any better than spoken words, in my opinion.

    Also, IJBM: lol hallmark holidays.
  • VorpyVorpy
    ☭Unstoppable Sex Goddess☭
    Father's Day is nice sometimes.
  • All NinesAll Nines
    Has friends besides tanks now
    I'll grant the parents' days a pass. But Valentine's Day is wretched, and I don't particularly care for the others.
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    My family doesn't really bother with mother's day or father's day.
  • GelzoGelzo
    Pony Sleuth
    I remember asking my parents why there wasn't a children's day, and they had some snark about how that was every day.

    Then my face when I grew up and learned other cultures including Japan have children's days.
  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    My parents said the same exact thing. :l
  • All NinesAll Nines
    Has friends besides tanks now
    I believe mine did as well.
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    My parents just agreed that it was kinda stupid.
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