In a message dated 3/22/2001 2:55:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
writes:

<< In the general population of people in the USA, they are willing to spend
large
 sums of money on an item at a store for a fashionable name or a name that
 represents the perception of quality, however, these same people would try
to get
 an individual to reduce their price if making the same item.  >>

Mr. G. Hopper:

It's not only the individual craftsperson from whom They (and we, too) want a
price break.  Brooks Bros., Mr. Lauren, Lands End et al. plenty of business
their "outlet mall" stores where the rubes go in search of bargains, as
opposed to the rubes paying full price at the retail stores.

We are all a bunch of cheap bastards.

Ralph