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Originally Posted by sebbie
If the suits lasted indefinitely, the companies that make them would not get to sell more suits as replacements. Same issure the car companies have run into..with cars now routinely going 100,000+ miles, people end up keeping their cars longer, trading less often, and the compsanies do not sell as many. Products can be too good to make money on.
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I have to say in theory, you are right. BUT, we are men. We want new speedos cuz of color, pattern or cut and because we started a love affair with them when we saw them on the hanger. And cars -- come on, lets face it, cars are like drugs or alcohol, they are addictive and once you have seen it you have to have it. You can have a car with 10,000 mile on it or one with 200,000 mile on it, if you see "the one" you have to buy it. It is in the male genes. I have a great car that I love but there are a couple newer models that are taunting me to trade. No matter how much I know I don't need it, I know I am weak and till get it -- just like I do when I am on vacation or just shopping and I see a speedo I love - gotta have it. Some things are not meant to be purchased by logic and for men, speedos and cars are two if them. Has logic ever been priority when shopping for a car or speedo?
By the way, my emotions and logic are coming to blows - I am now thinking that I need a second car (crossover CLK) so can keep the one I still love (or as logical as it is to buy a second Benz)