[LargeFormat] How to pay German shops

[Georges Giralt]

En réponse à Stan McQueen <stan@smcqueen.com>:

> At 02:15 PM 6/19/2003, Stuart wrote:
> >I heard an interesting report on the radio about the falling real
> prices
> >(and in some cases sticker prices) of cars. The correspondent
> characterized
> >it as "a race to the bottom".  Maybe this is different from other
> businesses
> >:) ?
> 
> It's called "deflation" and is a very real and troubling economic
> problem. 
> Where prices go, wages follow. My Dad used to be fond of telling me that
> 
> when he first moved to Amarillo, Texas, he could have bought any number
> of 
> building lots for $50 each and if he had done so we would have been rich
> 
> today. When I asked him why he hadn't, his answer was always, "I didn't
> 
> have $50."
This is why it's better not to talk about the price, but talk about the time it 
takes to an "average worker" to earn the money to buy it.
If you go to China, or India, a middle class guy needs the same time as you to 
buy a camera (well not exactly, but close). If you look at china price with 
your westerner googles, it will seems cheap.. but not for Chineses...
You need to be rich to buy an entire building lot. Even if tag price is 50$. 
This means that you only have 2c into your pocket ;-)
> 
> And, even in deflation, businesses are still trying to get the best
> price 
> they can. It's just that the best price is lower every day. eBay is no
> 
> different.
> 
> I know, I know, sometimes businesses sell at or below cost and even
> engage 
> in predatory business practices, but they do this so that they can raise
> 
> prices later after they have disposed of their competition. It's a 
> temporary phenomenon.
> 
> Stan
> 
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