Comments on: Local News 01.10.08 http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11642 A Daily Digest of Twin Cities News, Arts and Culture Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:31:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: JACC http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11642#comment-135923 JACC Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:33:25 +0000 #comment-135923 I dub thee . . . Toothbrush Economics 101 I dub thee . . . Toothbrush Economics 101

]]> By: kevin is kinda frisky http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11642#comment-135755 kevin is kinda frisky Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:57:14 +0000 #comment-135755 <em>This is why I refuse to buy an electric toothbrush. That and I hate that buzzing feeling in my mouth.</em><br /> <br /> That doesn...<br /> <br /> <em>/shut up kevin.</em><br /> <br /> Busted.<br /> This is why I refuse to buy an electric toothbrush. That and I hate that buzzing feeling in my mouth.

That doesn…

/shut up kevin.

Busted.

]]> By: yoder http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11642#comment-135754 yoder Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:52:19 +0000 #comment-135754 "<em>Companies that don't improve their products soon find themselves out of the marketplace,</em>"<br /> <br /> Or shovel a few million into some key legislator's campaigns, get laws rewritten to give them an advantage. Or if they are big enough, they can just wait to go bankrupt and have the government bail them out. “Companies that don’t improve their products soon find themselves out of the marketplace,“

Or shovel a few million into some key legislator’s campaigns, get laws rewritten to give them an advantage. Or if they are big enough, they can just wait to go bankrupt and have the government bail them out.

]]> By: aliecat http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11642#comment-135751 aliecat Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:25:24 +0000 #comment-135751 <em>All it needed was the appearance or a marketing strategy to fool the public into believing that it was an improvement and the regular toothbrush's days were numbered.</em><br /> <br /> This is why I refuse to buy an electric toothbrush. That and I hate that buzzing feeling in my mouth.<br /> <br /> /shut up kevin. All it needed was the appearance or a marketing strategy to fool the public into believing that it was an improvement and the regular toothbrush’s days were numbered.

This is why I refuse to buy an electric toothbrush. That and I hate that buzzing feeling in my mouth.

/shut up kevin.

]]> By: mnblrmkr http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11642#comment-135747 mnblrmkr Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:04:58 +0000 #comment-135747 <em>If I didn't continuously improve my products they'd go elsewhere. Business mgmt 101, people.</em><br /> <br /> That is definitely not always the case. If my barbar can already competently cut my hair the way I want it, there's no need for him to make any changes.<br /> <br /> If my toothbrush already works, unless some clinically proven modification comes forward, there's no need to change it, and I'm going to keep buying it as it is.<br /> <br /> If I didn’t continuously improve my products they’d go elsewhere. Business mgmt 101, people.

That is definitely not always the case. If my barbar can already competently cut my hair the way I want it, there’s no need for him to make any changes.

If my toothbrush already works, unless some clinically proven modification comes forward, there’s no need to change it, and I’m going to keep buying it as it is.

]]> By: brandmaker http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11642#comment-135744 brandmaker Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:51:46 +0000 #comment-135744 Baby, don't tell me you forgot about last night already. Your tongue was amazing. On second thought, keep scraping. Baby, don’t tell me you forgot about last night already. Your tongue was amazing. On second thought, keep scraping.

]]> By: kevin http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11642#comment-135743 kevin Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:39:50 +0000 #comment-135743 You obviously haven't made out with me lately. You obviously haven’t made out with me lately.

]]> By: mazasapa http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11642#comment-135742 mazasapa Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:32:20 +0000 #comment-135742 Haven't any of you people ever heard of the continuous improvement business model? Do you <em>all</em> work for the gubmint? I guarentee you that the products I produce this year are much better than the ones I built last year. My customers expect it. If I didn't continuously improve my products they'd go elsewhere. Business mgmt 101, people. Haven’t any of you people ever heard of the continuous improvement business model? Do you all work for the gubmint? I guarentee you that the products I produce this year are much better than the ones I built last year. My customers expect it. If I didn’t continuously improve my products they’d go elsewhere. Business mgmt 101, people.

]]> By: brandmaker http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11642#comment-135741 brandmaker Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:30:03 +0000 #comment-135741 kevin, the bristles will do a fine job on your toungue. You paid for that toungue scraper when you didn't need it, and it cost the manufacturer about a penny, not even. So there you have it. kevin, the bristles will do a fine job on your toungue. You paid for that toungue scraper when you didn’t need it, and it cost the manufacturer about a penny, not even. So there you have it.

]]> By: DouglasG http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11642#comment-135739 DouglasG Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:27:44 +0000 #comment-135739 <em>Perhaps, but it's the only mechanism that enables products to continuously improve as companies compete against each other in the marketplace. Version 2.0 is ostensibly better than Version 1.0.</em><br /> <br /> However, a "free market" does not have any impedance on forming monopolies. Thus, there may not be a company B to compete with company A. Thus, no improvement is necessary because no one is competing.<br /> <br /> There are ways to give incentives for improvement and the market is one way to provide those improvements. However, it is not the only way. Further, it does have drawbacks.<br /> Perhaps, but it’s the only mechanism that enables products to continuously improve as companies compete against each other in the marketplace. Version 2.0 is ostensibly better than Version 1.0.

However, a “free market” does not have any impedance on forming monopolies. Thus, there may not be a company B to compete with company A. Thus, no improvement is necessary because no one is competing.

There are ways to give incentives for improvement and the market is one way to provide those improvements. However, it is not the only way. Further, it does have drawbacks.

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