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Every Marketer’s Worst Nightmare

Over the past few years, I’ve evolved into every marketer’s worst nightmare. I rarely buy anything new and I’m never tempted by ads. When I do pay attention to an ad, its only to analyze it for its technique for conning the buyer. When I buy something new its because its something that I really need, and that I can’t find used.

95% of everything offered for sale in 95% of the stores nowadays is manufactured in sweatshops in China… cheaply priced, cheaply made disposible trash. The one clothing store that I occasionally bought something new has recently sold out to China. Their clothes used to be made in Canada, now they are labeled:

“Made in China”
“Designed in Canada”

Unreal. As if being “Designed in Canada” is supposed to impress one into overlooking the fact that they just got rid of more good Canadian jobs and farmed the work out to sweatshops overseas.

By avoiding stores, I’m not going without by any stretch of the imagination. I’ve easily outfitted myself in a new wardrobe by shopping in garage sales, and I get better quality than what’s available in stores now. And not only clothing, but books, music, small appliances, kitchenware and much more. Ebay is also a good option for deals. Some thrift stores are excellent, but the big ones like Salvation Army have taken to grossly overpricing their things. Anyhow, Salvation Army is not a favorite of mine, but that’s another story for another time.