Ugh… first lost post..
Lost my first post in WordPress, now I understand the compose in Word and paste recommendation.
Add comment July 9th, 2006
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Wal-Mart gutsy or just plain dumb?
vs. 
Today I saw an article on LVMH from BusinessWeek by Pallavi Gogoi. It is titled Wal-Mart’s Luxury Problem. I’ve been paying more attention to LVMH since my friend Katy started working there for Moet Hennesey. For those who don’t know LVMH is the luxury brand company that owns Louis Vuitton, Fendi, Givenchy, Marc Jacobs etc… For you women out there who love purses, you know who LVMH is.
The short of it is Wal-Mart is being sued by LVMH for carrying counterfit Fendi’s at its Sam’s Club store. Most people trust a large store such as Sam’s Club or Wal-Mart to carry discounted versions of the same products found for full price elsewhere. Hence we as consumers do not question products found at these stores.
It turns out that we should be questioning why Sam’s Club or Wal-Mart is so much cheaper for these luxury brands. LVMH claims that they are fakes, hence the cheap price. IF I was a fan of the Waltons and IF this is the first time this has ever happened to the poor unsuspecting Wal-Mart buyers, I would say Wal-Mart is plain dumb.
However, history shows that this has happened to them in the past, and the executives have even allowed it to continue happening until the court decided its case despite an injunction. What does it mean? Wal-Mart has “chutz-pah” or guts.
You decide, dumb or gutsy.
Add comment July 8th, 2006
SkypeOut free to North America ? I think not…
I am an avid Skype user, but I find their marketing to be misleading. They say free calls to North American landlines, but I have yet to get credit back or get free calls. I’ve looked for free calls, but I keep getting money deducted. This is a copy of my third support request to Skype. The first two have gone unanswered. Let’s see what happens with the third. Feel free to send me feedback about your experience with this.
Hi,
This is my third try to ask how the north american calls for free. We keep getting deducted skype credit for our north american calls.
boo skype. please respond this time.
Yu Shan
Let’s see what they say. BTW Skype team I just encouraged three new users of Skype North America yesterday and they love you but not your prices.
Add comment July 6th, 2006
