(07-05-2017, 06:31 PM)olschoolsteel Wrote: Ah so here I am forced with a conundrum.
I can further the discussion and defend my statement of how a couple of dollar store conglomerates market low quality items to poor and economically distressed areas further perpetuating their continued need to replace inferior items while no one is holding a gun to their heads to buy such low quality items. Or
I can agree to the marketing genius of a superior supply chain to stores in poor areas that sell items to people in areas that cant afford higher prices/items in more affluent zip codes and how the glory of free market capitalism has benefited these conglomerates built on the backs of the poor. Or
I can try to steer the discussion to the generic Mach 3 Turbo heads I have only found under one store brand, and that chain is only found in areas where people have less disposable income for necessities and how the heads in particular are of less quality and durability that the comparable name brand items. Or
I can resist my urge to respond in any way allowing those that want to dissect one statement partially related to my topic and allow them the last word to essentially water their ego flower giving them the false sense of accomplishment that they totally set the record straight and shamed me into a wordless response.
Decisions, decisions.
Ok you win.
The poor are less fortunate because they are stupid and a dollar store should be commended or praised for finding a way to exploit money by selling low quality items to the people who live on a fraction of the average American. Yea nobody made poor people poor(because poverty is a choice right?) and rich people are rich because they are smart. Those poor people should just tune up their bicycles, fix their broken cars, pay more bus fare, get better jobs and drive further to a bigger city to buy better quality items. That way free market capitalism can drive those dollar stores to more affluent zip codes to compete with businesses there.
Your drive a convincing argument. I can see where my thinking was flawed. Thanks for setting me straight. You have my sincere gratitude.
- Jeff