04-11-2011, 01:02 PM | #46 |
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Maybe you are right. It is kind of hard for me to feel it is being soo expensive for you when you pay only half of what we pay for them in Europe.
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There you go!
(truthfully, I have to wear prescription sunglasses--I buy the ~$50 Raybans for my wife. Shopping for your wife is a whole 'nother level of relative expensiveness which will seem to defy all laws of math and economics to the uninitiated.) |
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But that's exactly the point. $50 or $150 are not that different. In one case you are saying it expensive, but in the other not. Now if we were talking $50 vs $500 or $5000 then yeah, but ... meh! |
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It's different with sunglasses, though. They are something that affects your visual acuity, eye health, eye strain, and I would not want to skimp there. Plus it's part of your style of dress and personal aesthetics, and that has a psycho-social effect even beyond simple vanity. Skipping a steak dinner to buy an ereader? I'd have to think about it. Skipping a steak dinner for quality eyewear? No hesitation at all. ApK |
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The IR touch screen on our PRS-350 does not. (At least, not in a usable way) Fortunately, the 350 also has hard buttons for page turns. I have no experience with the thicker waterproof covers. ApK Last edited by ApK; 04-11-2011 at 02:48 PM. |
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That's not the point. You are assigning subjective value to the objects. If you just look at the money $50 and $150 are in the same ballpark compared to $50 and $500 |
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From a purely objective point of view, I assure you, if I have $50 in my account and try to spend $150, my bank will assert that there is a significant difference. I'm sure there are people who feel $50 and $500 are in the same ballpark, too. I don't have the good fortune to play in those ballparks. Last edited by ApK; 04-11-2011 at 04:12 PM. |
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Some people may buy kindles to wipe their butt with, it doesn't matter. As I said you are assigning subjective value to something has nothing to do with monetary value. |
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