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| From | Michael Bennett <mrhonorama@ameritech.net> |
| Subject | Re: online buying |
| Date | Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:47:32 -0700 (PDT) |
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America is officially in a period of stagflation, so
paychecks are definitely purchasing less.
Mike Bennett
--- Jaimie Vernon <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks everyone for your incite. Doesn't hurt any
> less at the end of every
> month, but at least I know that this isn't a
> recessionary problem...but a
> case of inflationary spending cutbacks by a lot of
> people.
>
> Jaimie Vernon,
> President, Bullseye Records
> "Not Infecting Our Customers' Computers Since
> 1985!!"
> http://www.bullseyecanada.com
> http://www.bullseyerecords.com
> Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia
> http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/
>
> http://www.myspace.com/jaimievernonsmovingtargetz
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Jim Kosmicki" <jkosmicki@cccneb.edu>
> >Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
> >To: <audities@smoe.org>, <audities@smoe.org>
> >Subject: Re: online buying
> >Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:36:16 -0500
> >
> >Jamie Vernon asked if people had stopped online
> buying all of a sudden:
> >
> >Obviously all I can answer for is myself, but I've
> noticed this myself
> >recently and came to the conclusion that there were
> two factors.
> >1. I do have less discretionary income right now.
> Inflation and minimal
> >salary increases are beginning to hurt. The higher
> cost of gasoline is
> >an easy scapegoat, but my wife and I have noticed
> that almost everything
> >that we knew the prices for has gone up noticeable
> in recent months, and
> >my contacts in retail indicate that it's shipping
> costs for the most
> >part that are causing the increase (plus trying to
> meet quarterly stock
> >goals with less purchases being made!)
> >
> >2. I don't need that much more stuff. When online
> shopping came about
> >and all of a sudden you had the cornucopia there,
> it was so much easier
> >to buy what you'd always wanted and couldn't find.
> Now, I've fulfilled
> >most of my want lists and am pretty much only
> buying the new stuff. And
> >for new stuff, unless it's exclusive to the online
> retailer, local
> >merchants have that wonderful advantage of
> immediate possession.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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