I think I could become a slob.... - Page 2

Cantankerous · 09.04.2007, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by swa(y)

yeah...you.

yeah i don't know. i just get these ideas when i see something "ooh i could wear that with ____" and then i go a bit nuts. i can sew pretty well and everything but i've never thought about it as any sort of enterprise. i just can't stand it when i see people looking like shit for no good reason, slobbing around in tennis shoes and mom jeans and without a properly fitting bra.

Cantankerous · 09.04.2007, 05:10 PM

i would consider it if i had the time.

Norma J · 09.04.2007, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by swa(y)

it just sounds like it would be fun, even if ya didnt make that much money at it.

This annoys me. It'a like taking from the poor to give to the richer.

total-trash · 09.04.2007, 06:29 PM

his name was skeeter for fuck's sake

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 09.04.2007, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Norma J

...and now I am finding great joy in laying around watching dvds/tele, listening to music, being on here and I am thinking of my next meal pretty constantly. I haven't done this since I was a teen.

so maybe its time to become a stoner?

Norma J · 09.05.2007, 03:14 AM

I shop from op-shops - I'm not poor. But for someone to go around and fish out all the 'cool' clothes, pay cheap prices $6 or so dollars (prices for the poor), and then go and sell that $6 piece of clothing for $30, is meaningless. It's purely capitalistic. Op-shops (you guys call them Thrist stores or shit) are there to help people out who may not have the luxury to spend $30 on a single item of clothing. It's really just taking from the poor.

Norma J · 09.05.2007, 04:33 PM

I more blame the people who pay those prices rather than go to the op-shops themselves.

It's like buying dearer apples from the stall across the road just because it has a bigger, shinier sign than the stall you're standing next to.

!@#$%! · 09.05.2007, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Norma J

I more blame the people who pay those prices rather than go to the op-shops themselves.

It's like buying dearer apples from the stall across the road just because it has a bigger, shinier sign than the stall you're standing next to.

ha ha, dude, that's commerce. free markets, etc. give people a choice.

Norma J · 09.05.2007, 05:37 PM

Everything is a choice. It's a choice whether to buy from KFC and the likes aswell. Just as it is your choice to buy from the op-shop itself, or buy from someone who already has bought from the op-shop and is trying to rip you off.

I have nothing against free markets. I do, though, have a problem with people trying to make more than they deserve.

!@#$%! · 09.05.2007, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Norma J

Everything is a choice. It's a choice whether to buy from KFC and the likes aswell. Just as it is your choice to buy from the op-shop itself, or buy from someone who already has bought from the op-shop and is trying to rip you off.

I have nothing against free markets. I do, though, have a problem with people trying to make more than they deserve.

its not a ripoff-- you are free to buy or not to buy. a ripoff is when people offer you something and give you something else.

say i spot a good item in some shithole town, and put in on ebay for the world to see. there's a value in that and the people who enables the item should be rewarded.

you need to learn about economics. i see your point in "taking away from the poor" but it doesnt work that way-- in fact the poor could have an opportunity to make income that way if they so chose.

Norma J · 09.05.2007, 05:54 PM

And you think alot of them are going to choose to?
Why do you think they're poor? A string of bad luck?

It is a rip-off if you're selling used items for brand new prices, whether I myself choose to purchase them or not. And then you get the 'trendy' kids spending all their parents cash, or perhaps they have a monotonous day job themselves, and spend silly prices on used clothing because they are ignorant as to where they can get the same clothes at the appropriate prices. And then it goes in circles. The poor remain poor and the rich (or well off, not poor) get richer.

!@#$%! · 09.05.2007, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Norma J

And you think alot of them are going to choose to?
Why do you think they're poor? A string of bad luck?

It is a rip-off if you're selling used items for brand new prices, whether I myself choose to purchase them or not. And then you get the 'trendy' kids spending all their parents cash, or perhaps they have a monotonous day job themselves, and spend silly prices on used clothing because they are ignorant as to where they can get the same clothes at the appropriate prices. And then it goes in circles. The poor remain poor and the rich (or well off, not poor) get richer.

you dont seem to understand supply and demand and seem to assume that things have a "real" price determined by some absolute entity. there is no such thing. a price is an agreement.

Norma J · 09.05.2007, 06:04 PM

Me not understanding anything is just what you want to believe.

My posts still stand. I see what you're saying, but that is why I have made the posts I have.

!@#$%! · 09.05.2007, 06:07 PM

price of an old ratty shirt: $2
price of a "vintange" shirt: $20

it all depends of where you put it & how people see it and how bad they want it.

it's not a "ripoff". it's called COMMERCE. it takes knowledge, intelligence, and skill to turn a profit.

Norma J · 09.05.2007, 06:12 PM

I understand all that. I just don't agree with it.

I don't have anything against making a profit, it's just how much of a profit one is trying to make which I have a thing with.

Just because I have a thing with COMMERCE, doesn't mean I don't understand it. Merely means I disagree with it.

!@#$%! · 09.05.2007, 06:13 PM

you disagree with commerce?

Norma J · 09.05.2007, 06:15 PM

I disagree within which people operate within the word 'commerce'.
I disagree with what commerce makes certain people do. The way it makes us live.

!@#$%! · 09.05.2007, 06:20 PM

i think we'd be a lot worse off without commerce. you'd have to plant your own cabbages and no way you can build your own bycicle after mining for iron on your backyard.

Norma J · 09.05.2007, 06:59 PM

So it's all positives for you?

Cantankerous · 09.05.2007, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

price of an old ratty shirt: $2
price of a "vintange" shirt: $20

it all depends of where you put it & how people see it and how bad they want it.

it's not a "ripoff". it's called COMMERCE. it takes knowledge, intelligence, and skill to turn a profit.

if it's advertised as vintage it is WAY more than $20. but you can find cheap vintage shirts advertised as "used". if you're in new york stay away from search and destroy.

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09.05.2007, 03:14 AM	#26
Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	I shop from op-shops - I'm not poor. But for someone to go around and fish out all the 'cool' clothes, pay cheap prices $6 or so dollars (prices for the poor), and then go and sell that $6 piece of clothing for $30, is meaningless. It's purely capitalistic. Op-shops (you guys call them Thrist stores or shit) are there to help people out who may not have the luxury to spend $30 on a single item of clothing. It's really just taking from the poor. __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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09.05.2007, 04:33 PM	#27
Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	I more blame the people who pay those prices rather than go to the op-shops themselves. It's like buying dearer apples from the stall across the road just because it has a bigger, shinier sign than the stall you're standing next to. __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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09.05.2007, 05:37 PM	#29
Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	Everything is a choice. It's a choice whether to buy from KFC and the likes aswell. Just as it is your choice to buy from the op-shop itself, or buy from someone who already has bought from the op-shop and is trying to rip you off. I have nothing against free markets. I do, though, have a problem with people trying to make more than they deserve. __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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09.05.2007, 05:54 PM	#31
Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	And you think alot of them are going to choose to? Why do you think they're poor? A string of bad luck? It is a rip-off if you're selling used items for brand new prices, whether I myself choose to purchase them or not. And then you get the 'trendy' kids spending all their parents cash, or perhaps they have a monotonous day job themselves, and spend silly prices on used clothing because they are ignorant as to where they can get the same clothes at the appropriate prices. And then it goes in circles. The poor remain poor and the rich (or well off, not poor) get richer. __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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09.05.2007, 06:04 PM	#33
Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	Me not understanding anything is just what you want to believe. My posts still stand. I see what you're saying, but that is why I have made the posts I have. __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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09.05.2007, 06:07 PM	#34
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,564	price of an old ratty shirt: $2 price of a "vintange" shirt: $20 it all depends of where you put it & how people see it and how bad they want it. it's not a "ripoff". it's called COMMERCE. it takes knowledge, intelligence, and skill to turn a profit.
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09.05.2007, 06:12 PM	#35
Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	I understand all that. I just don't agree with it. I don't have anything against making a profit, it's just how much of a profit one is trying to make which I have a thing with. Just because I have a thing with COMMERCE, doesn't mean I don't understand it. Merely means I disagree with it. __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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09.05.2007, 06:13 PM	#36
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,564	you disagree with commerce?
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09.05.2007, 06:15 PM	#37
Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	I disagree within which people operate within the word 'commerce'. I disagree with what commerce makes certain people do. The way it makes us live. __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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09.05.2007, 06:20 PM	#38
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,564	i think we'd be a lot worse off without commerce. you'd have to plant your own cabbages and no way you can build your own bycicle after mining for iron on your backyard.
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09.05.2007, 06:59 PM	#39
Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	So it's all positives for you? __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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