Month: April 2008

Month: April 2008
Business

The Perception of Items With Low Price Tags

I had to shop for a new backpack the other day as my old one has lasted for almost a decade and a half. I was just browsing around a department store and saw some interesting ones and as always I always debate about the prices as I want to get the best value for

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General Thoughts and Fun Topics

The Price Tag of Exclusivity Despite Demand

What a bizarre read this was. I was just passed this story that you can read at http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/10/coffee.dung/ which is about the world’s most expensive coffee apparently at a $100 a shot. So apparently the beans of the coffee literally passes through the digestive system of an Indonesian jungle cat and is then collected from

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General Thoughts and Fun Topics

In Pink of Your Health? What?

I get a lot of spam mail from India outsourcing companies trying to pitch their services to me every once in awhile. Just today, this one had me scratching my head though: From – Thu Apr 10 15:49:19 2008 X-Account-Key: account8 X-UIDL: UID547-1207867739 X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 X-Mozilla-Status2: 10000000 X-Mozilla-Keys: Received: from mailscan03.yourhostingaccount.com ([10.1.15.3] helo=mailscan03.yourhostingaccount.com) by mailout10.yourhostingaccount.com

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Business

Advanced Disposal Surcharge

Yesterday I bumped into this deal for an all-in-one inkjet printer that was selling for $19.99. I must admit, the impulsiveness due to the very low price was convincing me to take action as I was considering purchasing another inkjet printer. On top of that, there was a free shipping deal going on which made

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Business

Forgetting Your Roots To Make An Extra Dollar

Just recently I had an interesting experience as there is this company that I used for awhile for various technical related services and what I liked about them is that they frequently advertised the fact that they were a local business where its model was to invest their money in its staff/support system as a

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General Thoughts and Fun Topics

Feeling Guilty For Free VIP Style Benefits

Yesterday I was at a restaurant as there was a couple that was planning to move to a new province and so it was a casual farewell type of gathering. This one in particular was a place that we went to often since its recent opening and ever since a past few visits I noticed

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