http://www.eurthisnthat.com/2008/11/02/low-income-resilient-iphone-sales/ Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:31:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://www.eurthisnthat.com/2008/11/02/low-income-resilient-iphone-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-513 TheQueen Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:35:27 +0000 http://www.eurthisnthat.com/straight-no-chaser/low-income-resilient-iphone-sales/#comment-513 I continue to wonder why the first thing people do in an economic crisis is spend. I wasn't raised that way. Tightening the belt is not just a figure of speech. It is apalling that people who can't pay for their necessities continue to brandish the latest and greatest fad or phone. My students in middle school are no exceptions, they may not have a pencil (12 for a dollar at any discount store), but they have cell phones and IPod's that far surpass that cost, along with a monthly bill that sickens me. So whatever man... I continue to wonder why the first thing people do in an economic crisis is spend. I wasn’t raised that way. Tightening the belt is not just a figure of speech. It is apalling that people who can’t pay for their necessities continue to brandish the latest and greatest fad or phone. My students in middle school are no exceptions, they may not have a pencil (12 for a dollar at any discount store), but they have cell phones and IPod’s that far surpass that cost, along with a monthly bill that sickens me. So whatever man…

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