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Does a gift's price matter in your determination of whether you like it and/or whether you'll keep it and use it?
Mind you, I'm not asking with regard to "out there" and/or avant garde gifts that happen also to be pricey. I'm talking about normal things -- clothes and other fashion items, gizmos, fragrances, food and beverages, trips, "normal" art, decorative accessories, household goods, jewelry, pets, cars, bikes, boats, etc.
For example:
Note:
The linked-to items are merely illustrative; their styling/looks aren't relevant to the question....the items could as well be anything else. I merely linked items to give a rough sense of "pricey" vs. "inexpensive."
Mind you, I'm not asking with regard to "out there" and/or avant garde gifts that happen also to be pricey. I'm talking about normal things -- clothes and other fashion items, gizmos, fragrances, food and beverages, trips, "normal" art, decorative accessories, household goods, jewelry, pets, cars, bikes, boats, etc.
For example:
- Does, say, a Gitman Bros. simple white cotton button-down collar shirt meet with your approbation more so than does one from, say, Macy's?
- What if you have no need for a white button-down? Would the price matter then?
- I used a shirt for the example above. It could be any two items so long as they're economic substitutes.
- If someone gives you a gift you'd never consider buying for yourself, maybe a vase, a duvet cover, a scarf, a throw or some other household item and you discover that it's pricey, does its being so affect how you regard the item itself (not the thought or person who gave it to you)?
- If someone gives you a gift you'd never consider buying for yourself, maybe a vase, a duvet cover, a scarf, a throw or some other household item and you discover that it's inexpensive, does its being so affect how you regard the item itself (not the thought or person who gave it to you)?
Note:
The linked-to items are merely illustrative; their styling/looks aren't relevant to the question....the items could as well be anything else. I merely linked items to give a rough sense of "pricey" vs. "inexpensive."