On 3/8/2010 7:15 PM, George Henke wrote:
And, the real reason (as unpopular as it may be), is cost.
No, the real reason is manipulation of supply and demand by a monopoly.
Perhaps some remember the days of the Cabbage Patch dolls.
The manufacturer limited production while aggressively creating within every
young girl the uncontrollable desire for a Cabbage Patch doll.
The result: A sky high price for a rather odd looking doll that no one
would have otherwise ever bought in the first place.
In the eighties I worked for CCSI in Washington, DC, and we had
a contract to print batches of personalized "birth/adoption
certificates" for these dolls (on a Xerox 4050). I can't help
but wonder whether this personalization had something to do with
the popularity of the dolls, as well as the fact that each doll
was unique; I'm not aware of other dolls using that strategy.
Gerhard Postpischil
Bradford, VT
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