"cheap" vs "inexpensive"
05-31-2011, 04:03 PM
#31
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at my house it's called being "dutch" as in "it's not that i'm dutch (though i am of dutch ancestory), or anything, but i'm not paying $___ for _____... fill in the blanks...
last conversation was with youngest dd wants 59.98 for sketcher sandals... 3 words for her GET A JOB...
cause, not that i'm dutch or anything, but....
last conversation was with youngest dd wants 59.98 for sketcher sandals... 3 words for her GET A JOB...
cause, not that i'm dutch or anything, but....
05-31-2011, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by aliaslaceygreen
I work retail (custom picture framing) and when people tell me they want something framed as cheaply as possible, I have trained my staff to grab the lowest priced framing and say,
"This is our most cost-effective option."
There is a huge difference between CHEAP, which would suggest inferior workmanship and materials, (which we don't use) and a low priced, not particularly exciting, but well built frame/mat/glass combination!
We need to immediately 'reframe' the idea they want 'cheap'.
"This is our most cost-effective option."
There is a huge difference between CHEAP, which would suggest inferior workmanship and materials, (which we don't use) and a low priced, not particularly exciting, but well built frame/mat/glass combination!
We need to immediately 'reframe' the idea they want 'cheap'.
05-31-2011, 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by dljennings
Originally Posted by aliaslaceygreen
I work retail (custom picture framing) and when people tell me they want something framed as cheaply as possible, I have trained my staff to grab the lowest priced framing and say,
"This is our most cost-effective option."
There is a huge difference between CHEAP, which would suggest inferior workmanship and materials, (which we don't use) and a low priced, not particularly exciting, but well built frame/mat/glass combination!
We need to immediately 'reframe' the idea they want 'cheap'.
"This is our most cost-effective option."
There is a huge difference between CHEAP, which would suggest inferior workmanship and materials, (which we don't use) and a low priced, not particularly exciting, but well built frame/mat/glass combination!
We need to immediately 'reframe' the idea they want 'cheap'.
05-31-2011, 05:57 PM
#34
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My mother was the same way. She would always say don't say cheap, say it's inexpensive!! I had an ebay store for several years and that was my "slogan" It read: Our bargains aren't cheap - - - they're inexpensive. My slogan was in rememberance of my mother. Even today when my kids use the word "cheap" I'll correct them and say "inexpensive"!!
06-02-2011, 09:29 AM
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In the 50+ years of knowing my mother, I don't think I ever saw her take so much as a sip of wine. We're just not drinkers.
One day, jokingly, my mother said she could get drunk on one sniff of the cork. "Oh, a cheap drunk!" someone said. "No," she replied, "an inexpensive one!"
Way to go Ma!! :-)
One day, jokingly, my mother said she could get drunk on one sniff of the cork. "Oh, a cheap drunk!" someone said. "No," she replied, "an inexpensive one!"
Way to go Ma!! :-)
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