Ivans post

 I chose to respond to ivan's post.

Ivan:When a person enters a store they become a different person, and everything in their mind is set to buy things and add many things to their closet. Ann addict may waste from a range of $150 and sooooo on they can go on forever. And the sad thing about people that are making the purchase is that they are not making their purchase with their own money, they would rather use their Credit Card!  So many people are in a large amount of debt because of  Credit Card purchases made from buying clothes.  People do not know how to control themselves and their urges for wasting money. many people buy a bulk amount of clothing but also they waste a greater amount because they would rather spend it on brand name clothing instead of same material clothes that are cheaper. Wouldn’t it make more sense to buy more clothes that are cheaper that would average the same amount of buying a lower amount of brand name clothing? 

 Colin: This is important because it shows that poeple spend alot on name brand clothes when they can just buy generic brands. This is true for alot of stuff. At safeway, the safeway brand is cheaper, and usually jnot any different. This is just like the response in the reader. It showed how people carea bout designer and name brand things just for status. Some people, however, chose to save money on things like clothes, food, and other things. Also, poeple abuse credit cards. They trick themselves into believing that it has unlimited money, but when the bills come, they get a reality check. People can get addicted to shopping just like anything else and it can cause people to go deep into debt. Also, Ivan says in the middle of the quote that people cant resist the urge to spend money. I agree with this statement in some cases because not all people have the urge to spend too much money. Also, he asks whether you would rather have cheaper clothes or pricey name brand clothes. He brings up a good point because it is what everybody does, and has a really hard time stopping. It is hard for people to say no to a "Coach" label than to some fake thing that looks just like it.It is the same FRAMEWORK. It is all about reputation, HENCE, the reason people buy these things.