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Happy Thanksgiving
On Sun, 25 Nov 2012 00:12:15 -0800, sf > wrote:
>On Sun, 25 Nov 2012 03:01:30 +0000 (UTC),
>(Steve Pope) wrote:
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>> The purpose of holiday sales, Christmas gift-giving, etc. is to
>> guilt people into purchases they otherwise wouldn't make.
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>> Is this bad? Probably not. It's these suckers who keep the
>> economy going.
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>Is that really such a bad thing? Without the end consumer, many of us
>wouldn't have jobs.
The presentation, variety, and price are such at holiday season, that
a lot of the purchases are personal rather than gift.
Janet US
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