What what WHAT????!!!

[scarletboa]

Originally Posted by JERRY2KONE

Actually what allot of people do not know is that the standard mark up in the USA is 300% over the normal retail value, which is exactly what you showed there. So I am not surprized at all. What does surprize me is thinking about that $3.83 price compared to what it actually cost them to manufacture the item, and the fact that they are willing to sell it at that price. That thinking is where we started in America back in the 1940's, and look where we are now on the greedy scale. Labor costs have driven prices out of this world for us, because everybody wants to make more and save more than everyone else. GREED is what drives us in the USA as compared to places like China who are driven by survival.

nailed it right on the head

that is exactly what this country has become and why China and these other asian countries are gaining so much wealth and power.

[JERRY2KONE]

I just call it like I see it. No one can say that earning over $100K for an annual salary is a means for survival. And again look at our professional athletes. Back when I was a kid ball players were earning a desent salary, and loving what they did, and were grateful for the life they had because of the sports. Now a days they are like a bunch of spoiled kids demanding $100 million a year, which is driving the price of a ticket through the roof, and no one can afford to even go to a game any longer. GREED is pushing our economy over the edge and at some point will destroy our way of life.