So, you are replacing some regulations by other regulations?

I’m done with this fat fingers and auto-correct!!

Good catch. Hand-gliding.

Once on a flight from Seattle to DFW, I was reading a car magazine, in one of the articles there was a large picture of Jim Clark in his F-1 Lotus. An older gentleman seating next to me said “That is Jim Clark, I raced against him a few times”. Ofcurse that peaked my interest and started chatting.

Sure, but usually said person is to cheap to pay for a car large enough to haul all that crap.

I wouldn’t mind a SE-R.

That is a cool story. My dad once drove a Tsuru with no AC from Mexico City to TJ. In summer!!

So, if the machines do all the work and you have zero job, then how are you going to bay anything? Why them manufacturers/retailers exist if nobody can buy anything?

They even use “turbo charged” for laundry detergents, microwave food, lawn products, etc. To the average consumer Turbo = Big, Fast, More, Better...

Well, that and service.

Good for you tough guy. The rest of us value our time more than a potential “better deal”. The article is proif if it.

I’m with you man. Been here since 1995. And you are right, when you get the chance to compare is even more appalling. However, I don’t think is the IQ necessarily, but the unwillingness to learn.

“They really think the american people are that friggin dumb?”

You have to remember that Ferrari is a race team. You do not question ownership of somebody wearing a LA Lakers jersey, do you?

The prices can only be as high as people are willing to pay. Given that Apple has competition for every product they make, this is not a monopoly. Like somebody else mentioned here, there is room for Apple stores and Beat Buy and all the rest of the cell phone stores.

They are very good at moving THEIR stuff. Also it works great if you are the owner.

They keep “reviewing” the agreement, i.e. lowering the price they pay you, until you have no choice but to shut down your local operations and manufacture somewhere else, usually China. That is after you lower you profit margin, and laid off a big part of your staff in order to meet their new target price.

Do you pay more for a pair of shoes if you buy them from, let’s say the Nike or Adidas store vs. buying them at a department store or shoe store?

We used to sell our product at Walmart, and their business practices are much, much worst than the retailers you just mentioned. Besides Walmart is way bigger than these companies.

No worries.