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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-19-07 03:17 AM
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If having garments made in China are supposed to bring prices down then why...
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are nearly all the Chinese manufactured shirts in Tommy Bamaha's http://www.tommybahama.com/index.jsp averaged out at $65-$75, with some at nearly $130 and $60 T-shirts

Where's the price break? They're making them cheaper, but selling them for more. It's a lose/lose situation for the consumer on the street.
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  -If having garments made in China are supposed to bring prices down then why... bridgit  Aug-19-07 03:17 AM   #0 
  - rip off overpriced status crapola  Liberal_in_LA   Aug-19-07 03:18 AM   #1 
  - their market share is going down and they just can't figure out why...  bridgit   Aug-19-07 03:27 AM   #3 
  - If people would STOP BUYING THEM, the manufacturers  SoCalDem   Aug-19-07 03:24 AM   #2 
  - never underestimate the power of vanity...  bridgit   Aug-19-07 03:30 AM   #4 
     - Because people put that stuff on their credit cards..  SoCalDem   Aug-19-07 03:39 AM   #8 
        - i'm ready for it to change a lot...  bridgit   Aug-19-07 03:50 AM   #12 
        - Bravo! Well said, and with the appropriate passion ...  NanceGreggs   Aug-19-07 04:45 AM   #22 
  - Well yeah  sandnsea   Aug-19-07 03:35 AM   #5 
  - sure, and i won't but 300-$400 tennis shoes either...  bridgit   Aug-19-07 03:38 AM   #7 
     - Updated, Guatemala story  sandnsea   Aug-19-07 03:44 AM   #10 
  - "bringing down the price" is the line they sell us, its a lie...  Solon   Aug-19-07 03:35 AM   #6 
  - it is a lie, true...  bridgit   Aug-19-07 03:40 AM   #9 
  - And if the MSM wrote the OP's editorial,  HypnoToad   Aug-19-07 07:31 AM   #25 
  - They can sell them for 65 to 75 because people are willing to buy them for that price.  Selatius   Aug-19-07 03:45 AM   #11 
  - some such franchise' are having trouble, and they just can't put their finger on it...  bridgit   Aug-19-07 03:55 AM   #14 
  - The price break is for the manufacturer, not you.  aquart   Aug-19-07 03:55 AM   #13 
  - ya'think...  bridgit   Aug-19-07 03:57 AM   #15 
  - We could levy tariffs on foreign-made goods. In fact, we could go back to the tariff system.  Selatius   Aug-19-07 03:59 AM   #16 
  - well short of all that drama we should probably give free trade a real try...  bridgit   Aug-19-07 04:19 AM   #18 
     - We have given it a real try. Everything is made outside the US now.  Selatius   Aug-19-07 04:24 AM   #20 
        - where have we given free trade a real try? were we to have done so...  bridgit   Aug-19-07 09:27 AM   #27 
           - When we eliminated the tariff system.  Selatius   Aug-19-07 12:44 PM   #34 
  - Who's Tommy Bamaha?  Beerboy   Aug-19-07 04:10 AM   #17 
  - i never heard of him either...  bridgit   Aug-19-07 04:20 AM   #19 
     - Upscale "resort type" clothing. Popular with the Country Club set  KoKo01   Aug-20-07 10:09 AM   #42 
  - Ask Phil Knight. nt  Jim Warren   Aug-19-07 04:35 AM   #21 
  - The OWNERS get the price break. You get shittier quality goods at inflated prices  youngdem   Aug-19-07 07:17 AM   #23 
  - For the same reasons CEOs justify their big salaries - because their decisions  HypnoToad   Aug-19-07 07:30 AM   #24 
  - Well... Tommy Bahama shirts are NICE...  ReverendDeuce   Aug-19-07 07:53 AM   #26 
  - ya'know, out of the thousands of shirts in that store, hubby only found maybe 2...  bridgit   Aug-19-07 09:32 AM   #29 
     - Style has no bearing on quality of craftsmanship...  ReverendDeuce   Aug-19-07 12:34 PM   #33 
        - Fortunately, our clientele does not require that we appear as though...  bridgit   Aug-19-07 12:52 PM   #35 
        - Let's face it  sandnsea   Aug-19-07 01:15 PM   #36 
           - LOL  ReverendDeuce   Aug-20-07 09:48 AM   #41 
  - Silly Wabbit! The price break is not for YOU.  Stephanie   Aug-19-07 09:29 AM   #28 
  - awww, thanks, Hon, do think that has been reviewed thence but continues it to remain...  bridgit   Aug-19-07 09:39 AM   #30 
  - There is a lot of inexpensive clothing out there  Nikia   Aug-19-07 10:34 AM   #31 
  - I think there's a lot of truth to that, nobody complains about $3/gal gas anymore...  bridgit   Aug-19-07 12:26 PM   #32 
  - Compare to 30 years ago  sandnsea   Aug-19-07 01:20 PM   #38 
  - The trouble is, this downward spiral cannot go on forever.  HypnoToad   Aug-19-07 01:25 PM   #39 
  - I worked a Wal-Mart, I shopped at Goodwill. n/t  Solon   Aug-19-07 03:56 PM   #40 
  - and there are sales  bleedingheart   Aug-20-07 10:16 AM   #44 
  - It's been a mind game for years now  blues90   Aug-19-07 01:16 PM   #37 
  - If you didn't buy them at the $120 price tag...soon they go on sale  bleedingheart   Aug-20-07 10:12 AM   #43 
 

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