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   Chris Ahlstrom to rbowman   
   Re: =?UTF-8?Q?=C2=A3220?= for a cut-up s   
   20 Dec 25 07:28:27   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: OFeem1987@teleworm.us   
      
   rbowman wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:   
      
   > On Thu, 18 Dec 2025 17:43:05 -0800, Alan wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2025-12-16 13:01, chrisv wrote:   
   >>> Alan wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> And offering higher quality for higher prices is not "giving people   
   >>>> the impression of higher quality".   
   >>>   
   >>> Lots of companies do this.  Economists have a name for it - a Giffen   
   >>> good.   
   >>>   
   >> Ummmmmm...no.   
   >>   
   >> Look up the actual definition of a "Giffen good" and you'll see that it   
   >> doesn't match up very well at all with Apple's products.   
   >   
   > Veblen came closer to the Apple model.   
      
   :-D   
      
   Good one, r!   
      
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