What's brand worth? Apparently quite a bit. The purses are on sale for $149 — regularly $329, That's obscene.
For $150, I could get a new Blackberry or a DVD player.
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Author: hankkalet
Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.
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I dunno, Hank — why do you assume that a purse is so much less valuable than a Blackberry? From my perspective, I can think of few things that I'd like to own less than a Blackberry. But a well-made, attractive, purse — that's something I'd carry with me and use every day; serves a practical function, etc. I think you just can't appreciate the importance of a purse — it's a cultural difference between men and women. (Not that I think those purses you posted are all that attractive, and not that I spend that kind of money on my purses — but only because it's not within my budget.)
I probably shouldn't have singled out the purses. The men's wallets were obscenely expensive — some cost $75 after the 50 percent price break. You can get a top-quality kitchen knife for that kind of money and make some serious dinners.