Supply and demand

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Grow. Up.

It's Christmas. Or birthday. Gift-giving time. Or the day a new console priced at £400 coming out and you really really want it. If you can't afford it or think it's not worth the price tag, grow up and don't whine. Either save up for it, or wait for the price to come down, or just don't get it. It's not rent or clothes or food, you don't need it to live. If it's completely out of your price range, it doesn't mean they've priced it too high - you're just not their target customer. It's a simple theory of supply and demand, which determines the price. There are other people who think it's worth that price; Nobody sells stuff at a price they know won't make them money because nobody'd buy it. And what is wrong with somoene trying to make the most money out of their product/service? Everyone wants to live better. Have more money to get presents for family. You obviously want to have more money too, to get that perfect gift, and guess what? Other people feel just the same. They just have the means to get that extra bit of money quickly, by selling things at a premium price to a small bunch of people willing to pay at that price.

People are just so... WTF. When the PS3 came out, for example. "Wii is sooo much better, it's cheap and everything! Sony are losers!" - go and buy the Wii, then. Let's see, the Wii doesn't do high definition, doesn't play Blu-Ray, doesn't even play normal DVDs. And the sounds are mediocre. It's like comparing a mo-pad to a motorbike (although said motorbike hasn't got much petrol in it right now, but that's a different topic). If those features aren't important to you and you like Nintendo games better, you're probably the sort of people Nintendo's targeting and you will end up getting a Wii. It doesn't mean the people who bought PS3 when it first came out were all idiots. They think it's worth it, that's all that matters. If Sony really priced PS3 too high, they'll realise when the sale figures are low and eventually there'll be an adjustment. Or maybe their strategy is price-skimming, in the first place. In the meanwhile, very few people will be playing PS3 games. What good is it for you to go whinge whinge whine complain? If you hate it so much, don't play it then, for fuck's sake. And if you can't find a Wii to buy, then see the paragraph above. The eBay sellers are there to make money, but nobody is holding a gun to your head forcing you to buy the bloody thing. Get something when the price is right for you. If others are able to afford it before you, then so be it. Get over it.

Think supply and demand. Target market. If that dress, or that paid LJ account with extra userpics, is too expensive for you, then it's not for you. It's all good to be a little upset about it and talk about it sometimes. Think about how you can afford it (sell something? Get a part time job?), and if you really want it so bad. Might be a good lesson that teaches you the importance of saving up, too, and how to cope with life's little disappointments. And you'll treasure it more if you do get it in the end. But please, don't keep whining about it day after day after day. It's inconsequential. Your life would not be incomplete just because you don't have it. Wake up, grow up.

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[strawberryjoy.livejournal.com]

Anyone who's whining I will put in touch with my 18 year old brother who will be working all through Christmas, is on minimum wage, and has had no holidays for 2 years having found himself employment before he even left school (a special school, remember, he's autistic) with no qualifications, and hasn't been out of work for a single day since! He cyles to and from work, manages and pays all his bills himself, and when I gave him £200 for his birthday he used it to pay his television licence.

I'd very happily buy him a PS3 for Christmas but he probably wouldn't use it because he's trying to keep his electricity bill down.