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Old 07-06-2007, 10:20 AM   #21 (permalink)
The_Jazz
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Originally Posted by guccilvr
Isn't most marketing "Get people to throw away good money for something they don't really need"?
Close. I think marketing is "get people to think that they NEED something that they WANT". For some, that's throwing money away. For others, not so much.

Either way, Apple is very good at convincing people that they need the latest device.
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