"David Looser" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote in message
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"David Looser" wrote in message

Make your mind up as to what point you are making. One minute you are
saying that people (nationality not stated) *were* gullible, but aren't
now.


Where am I saying that?

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They are not so gullible these days
unquote


shrug

Different inflections in different contexts or maybe a good old piece of
contradiction?




I'm saying the (Rip Off) Brits are gullible - I don't know about the
rest.
I do know they got their CDs (and petrol) a lot cheaper than we did.

It is easy to label people who buy things that we personally regard as
poor value for money as being "gullible". To me that would be those who
buy Rolex watches, or designer clothes, or expensive branded trainers. But
those people in the main buy those things because, to them, the price is
acceptable. It's not for me to criticise them for spending their own money
in the way they see fit.


No, I'm not buying that - in the UK people will buy stuff at any price and
will put up with 'because we can' price hikes without a murmur. Volvo and
BMW are just two car makers that told their dealer network 'don't discount
your cars, you don't need to in the UK'.

As to watches, I have bought 8 (eight) Rolexes in my time; the only one
remaining is my son's Submariner, I wear Timex these days. Context is
everything - back then they were not 'expensive' for me....


Brits didn't get the choice of whether to buy CDs or petrol at American
prices, in the case of petrol we still don't. So the fact that an item may
be available cheaper elsewhere does NOT make someone gullible for buying
it at the price that it is available for *to them*


Yes, where there is no choice you have no choice; where the gullibility
comes in is where there is choice and the punter gets 'sold' or the items
are so trivial they could be ignored.