Comments on: Carnival of Personal Finance #95 Is Up http://tightfistedmiser.com/2007/04/09/carnival-of-personal-finance-95-is-up/ Extreme Frugality - How to Live Well on Very Little Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:12:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brett McKay http://tightfistedmiser.com/2007/04/09/carnival-of-personal-finance-95-is-up/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Brett McKay Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:00:03 +0000 http://tightfistedmiser.com/2007/04/09/carnival-of-personal-finance-95-is-up/#comment-132 Thanks for spotlighting my post! Thanks for spotlighting my post!

]]> By: frugal zeitgeist http://tightfistedmiser.com/2007/04/09/carnival-of-personal-finance-95-is-up/comment-page-1/#comment-131 frugal zeitgeist Mon, 09 Apr 2007 18:24:37 +0000 http://tightfistedmiser.com/2007/04/09/carnival-of-personal-finance-95-is-up/#comment-131 Thanks for highlighting my post! I agree with you that price isn't always positively correlated with quality. Perceived status is a huge influence here: jeans with a designer label on the butt have to be worth more than jeans without a labes so I'll willingly pay more for the designer jeans, right? For me, the answer is no. My butt's not anyone's billboard. I look forward to seeing what you have to say on this topic. Thanks for highlighting my post! I agree with you that price isn’t always positively correlated with quality. Perceived status is a huge influence here: jeans with a designer label on the butt have to be worth more than jeans without a labes so I’ll willingly pay more for the designer jeans, right?

For me, the answer is no. My butt’s not anyone’s billboard.

I look forward to seeing what you have to say on this topic.

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