Do people need a reason to SAH?

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Registered: 03-29-1999
Do people need a reason to SAH?
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Sun, 07-18-2010 - 9:28am

This theme was touched upon in another thread and I wanted to discuss it further.

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Registered: 02-24-2009
Sun, 09-12-2010 - 2:23pm
Yep :-D

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Registered: 04-22-2005
Sun, 09-12-2010 - 3:28pm
People will seriously pay $900 for a shoe? That's just sad.




















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Registered: 08-29-2002
Sun, 09-12-2010 - 3:42pm

Well, I might not be willing to pay that much, but if that $900 covers the reasonable market labor costs for the person crafting the shoe that allows him/her to earn a living wage, I'm not sure I see it as a mortal sin to spend that much money on a pair of shoes (provided one can afford it). In any case, I don't see it as necessarily "sad".

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Registered: 04-22-2005
Sun, 09-12-2010 - 3:50pm
I'm sure people are buying a $900 pair of shoes primarily for humanitarian reasons.




















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Registered: 01-08-2009
Sun, 09-12-2010 - 3:56pm
It's not quite that bad, because for 900 I think you get the pair.
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Registered: 04-22-2005
Sun, 09-12-2010 - 4:04pm
LOL!




















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Registered: 08-29-2002
Sun, 09-12-2010 - 4:07pm

I have no idea why people might choose to spend $900 on a pair of shoes. I was merely pointing out that there could be perfectly logical reasons why a pair of shoes might cost that much, and that I wouldn't necessarily consider it "sad" that someone might choose to buy such a pair of shoes.

Of course, if people feel happier and morally superior when buying a pair of shoes for $10, regardless of the conditions of the workers who made the shoes, I'd say go for it!

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Registered: 04-16-2010
Sun, 09-12-2010 - 4:12pm
Nope, it's not just you.
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Registered: 04-22-2005
Sun, 09-12-2010 - 4:18pm

It has nothing to do with feeling happy or morally superior. I just don't understand what makes a pair of shoes worth that kind of money. I'm sure it's well-made, looks good, comfortable, blah blah blah, but lots of $90 pairs of shoes fit those criteria. What makes it go from $90 to $300 to $600 to $900?

ETA: I know the MARKET reasons for why it might get to those prices. What makes it worth that much to the person BUYING it?






Edited 9/12/2010 4:19 pm ET by finally.me




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Registered: 04-16-2010
Sun, 09-12-2010 - 4:18pm

If they are from a good designer and prettily made, you can get away with it without having it look completely crack whore.



That's my problem, I suppose.

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