Comments on: Package Therapy—How Marketing can put us More In Touch With Ourselves http://www.frugalconfessions.com/consumerism/package-therapy%e2%80%94how-marketing-can-put-us-more-in-touch-with-ourselves.php Living in Frugal Decadence Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:34:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Frugal Confessions http://www.frugalconfessions.com/consumerism/package-therapy%e2%80%94how-marketing-can-put-us-more-in-touch-with-ourselves.php/comment-page-1#comment-581 Frugal Confessions Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:31:58 +0000 http://www.frugalconfessions.com/?p=284#comment-581 [...] a pair of sneakers/ tires that will give me more mileage. However, like I discussed in my previous article about marketing, many products tout benefits that they just cannot deliver on in order to charge consumers extra [...] [...] a pair of sneakers/ tires that will give me more mileage. However, like I discussed in my previous article about marketing, many products tout benefits that they just cannot deliver on in order to charge consumers extra [...]

]]> By: BluSky http://www.frugalconfessions.com/consumerism/package-therapy%e2%80%94how-marketing-can-put-us-more-in-touch-with-ourselves.php/comment-page-1#comment-310 BluSky Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:55:44 +0000 http://www.frugalconfessions.com/?p=284#comment-310 I like the snarkiness :) I like the snarkiness :)

]]> By: Amanda http://www.frugalconfessions.com/consumerism/package-therapy%e2%80%94how-marketing-can-put-us-more-in-touch-with-ourselves.php/comment-page-1#comment-309 Amanda Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:29:59 +0000 http://www.frugalconfessions.com/?p=284#comment-309 Thank you for the comments! CentralNC: Great question; how do we balance needing to spend money in order to keep it circulating and to keep people employed, with saving money for ourselves? Thank you for the comments!

CentralNC: Great question; how do we balance needing to spend money in order to keep it circulating and to keep people employed, with saving money for ourselves?

]]> By: nial http://www.frugalconfessions.com/consumerism/package-therapy%e2%80%94how-marketing-can-put-us-more-in-touch-with-ourselves.php/comment-page-1#comment-308 nial Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:42:44 +0000 http://www.frugalconfessions.com/?p=284#comment-308 great article. I especialy despise advertising that is focused on pulling the emotional strings of parents great article. I especialy despise advertising that is focused on pulling the emotional strings of parents

]]> By: CentralNC http://www.frugalconfessions.com/consumerism/package-therapy%e2%80%94how-marketing-can-put-us-more-in-touch-with-ourselves.php/comment-page-1#comment-307 CentralNC Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:59:10 +0000 http://www.frugalconfessions.com/?p=284#comment-307 Excellent article. Material things satisfy some basic needs, they don't even cover all basic needs at the bottom of Maslow's Hierarchy. Truth is that most of us fortunate enough to live in developed countries can satisfy our basic material needs without spending much. We rarely need to spend money to satisfy the needs represented on the upper levels of Maslow's Hierarchy. Our challenge is to deal with the culture of consumerism that prevails almost everywhere. Also keeping in mind that the health of the economy is closely tied to consumer spending. Excellent article. Material things satisfy some basic needs, they don’t even cover all basic needs at the bottom of Maslow’s Hierarchy.

Truth is that most of us fortunate enough to live in developed countries can satisfy our basic material needs without spending much.

We rarely need to spend money to satisfy the needs represented on the upper levels of Maslow’s Hierarchy.

Our challenge is to deal with the culture of consumerism that prevails almost everywhere. Also keeping in mind that the health of the economy is closely tied to consumer spending.

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