[Jewelry making - Article 00138] - Re: [Orchid] Why is it so hard?

[James White]

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>         but the quality is better.  In general people pay more,
>     receive higher quality stuff than you would on average in North
>     America, ***and they simply buy fewer goods overall.*** 

    I think the part I asterisked says it all. You have a misperception
    about what constitutes "quality" for who. You somehow believe that
    YOU have the right to choose FOR OTHER PEOPLE how they balance
    "quality-by-your-definition" versus price. I think if you really
    want to shop (i.e., make the effort) in the U.S. to find the HIGHER
    PRICED goods that meet your "quality" preference you will ALWAYS be
    able to find them. 

    My question stands, "why should they [, the buyers, not make their
    own choices]." You believe somehow control should be kept from
    them--and back this with non-factual suppositions of a dire
    (future-but-presumably-in-foreseeing-distance) consequence--no
    "quality" available. I think the buyers should have total
    control----and I know for a fact that those who wish to move "up" in
    "quality" will ALWAYS be able to do so in the U.S. but in the
    meanwhile they will still have enjoyed far more personal satisfaction
    ("bounty" if you will)  from their general thrift on things x to also
    have y and z. 

    And Wal-Mart and other U.S. big box stores are rapidly expanding
    into Europe where they are finding that the consumers are, surprise,
    surprise, just as eager to have the y's and z's while being a tad
    more thrifty on their x's. (Of course it's also no surprise that
    those who wish to dictate how others buy/behave decry Wal-Mart's
    success just as those of the same mentality do in the U.S.---and
    they're fighting a battle that's been doomed to fail, and failing,
    since the dawn of humans.) 

    So my answer to my question is let the buyers decide what they want
    and how to balance "quality vs price" (it's what will always win in
    the long run anyway). And, not that you've consciously formulated it,
    your point seems to be "let [us] other people decide what's best for
    the buyers (as long as all 'other people' making the decisions hit
    close enough to my [Trevor's] position!!). Hmm, say, I have ultimate
    "quality" gold available, I'd be glad to send you some at $900 an
    ounce, you can incorporate it in jewelry and sell it to "quality"
    conscious people... The point being, even you will decide (I think?)
    that my $900 ultimate gold is "above" what you'll pay for
    satisfactory "quality" gold. 

Nice wall, BTW.

James E. White
Inventor, Marketer, and Author of "Will It Sell? How to Determine If
Your Invention Is Profitably Marketable (Before Wasting Money on a
Patent)"  Info Sites:   www.willitsell.com    www.inventorhome.com,
www.idearights.com www.taletyano.com www.booksforinventors.com

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