stonerblue
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Lucky13 said:stonerblue said:Lucky13 said:What have you bought that you didn't want/need?
I try not to buy useless things but do have a penchant for trendy togs (despite what my daughter says) instead of wearing crimplene keks with elasticated waist and an old sack. I'm a bit of a sucker for a designer label.
The last thing i bought that i didn't want or need was public liability insurance. Oh, and a fathers day card.
Point i'm making is that the i don't subscribe to the we are manipulted into buying , greed is a part of human nature it isn't manufactured.
Of course we're manipulated. Electronic and print media is founded on advertising. PR is a huge industry that exists purely to plant people, events and products in our heads.
You might not think you're being 'greedy' buying cards for mum/dad/gran/xmas/valentine/easter/ramadan but the card industry is raking in a fortune after manipulating the market.
But just getting the card isn't good enough these days. We're now under pressure to get a pressie as well. Miraculously, and completely by chance, the perfume ad or the compilation cd of driving songs ad pops up. A nice little earner for the house of Chanel or Sony who obviously need a few more quid.