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Marc Dufour <emdx@ac*.ne*> wrote: >> We see the same thing in dive gear, with life-support equipment >> offered in a selection of designer colours. ... > >If people are brainwashed through marketing into wanting to buy the >snazziest gear, even though it could be lethal, they will want to buy >lethal gear. > >The customer is always right? > >Bullshit. Hey, I never said the typical customer wasn't a stroke. However, a lot of marketing consists of various ways of finding out what customers out there actually want. Selling a bad product that customers don't want is sometimes do-able, but it's an uphill battle. Marketroids are usually lazy enough to want to at least start the battle with a good product, and/or one that people want. Selling stroke gear to strokes may just be amoral and not actively evil. It's not a great thing, but a fool and his money are soon parted. So long as you and I select gear with a sharp eye for real quality we're okay, and there is a niche market for the kind of gear George would take into Wakulla; you've just got to find it. Caveat emptor. -- Anthony DeBoer http://www.onramp.ca/~adb/ adb@he*.re*.or* (here) adb@ge*.co* (work) #include "std.disclaimer"
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