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12 Christmas Gifts Not To Buy Online

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the critical-holiday-analysis dept.

nsingapu writes "While online shopping is booming this Christmas, niche products like "two turtle doves" purchased on the Internet are becoming increasingly more expensive then their non e-tailed counterparts. PNC bank has updated their annual tongue-in-cheek economic analysis, based on the cost of goods and services purchased by the True Love in the holiday classic, "The Twelve Days of Christmas." The analysis compares the cost of traditional goods against their cost thoughout the past 20 years and against the price when purchased online. PNC concludes that most items are more expensive to buy over the Internet, primarily due to the cost of shipping, and that the abundance of cheaper labor in countries such as India and China has resulted in pressure on U.S. manufacturers to outsource."

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  1. first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    PEEPEE DOODY

  2. Firsties by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Posties


    mad props to gnaa

  3. Re:The price of that offshore DVD player... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    ...and what about the increasing percentage (of the American workforce) who lack health insurance because jobs today do not pay enough money.

    You get cheaper DVDs, but you die from a rabies bite from a squirrel because you cannot afford to see a doctor.

    Better yet, do you like the idea of indirectly supporting the torture of Tibetans at the hands of the Chinese?

  4. Re:The price of that offshore DVD player... by falsified · · Score: 0, Troll

    Here you go

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    HI, MY NAME IS ISAAC.