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Old 12-24-2007, 12:39 AM
Carl
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Default Re: Is Verizon's Pricing Out of Touch With Reality in the age of the iPhone?

Todd Allcock wrote:
> At 22 Dec 2007 10:16:36 -0600 Scott wrote:
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>>> When was the last time you shopped in Macy's?

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>>
>> For me, it would have been about a week ago and I wasn't impressed.
>> Many identical items found elswhere for a fraction of the cost.
>> What I saw was a Target store trying to be classy.

>
> Yeah, his analogy would've held up if this was 1972 and we compared
> Macy's, when it was still owned by the family, to, say, Sears.


>

I dunno Todd. I thought Scott's remark supported MY position: Macy's charges
more, is not a store of the "masses", but goes for the big bucks while
somehow managing to foster an image which retains clientele across the
socio-economic spectrum.

Either way, we've beaten this point to death. Dontcha just love usenet? :-)





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