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In sociology and in economics, the term conspicuous consumption describes and explains the consumer practice of buying and using goods of a higher quality, price, or in greater quantity than practical. In 1899, the sociologist Thorstein Veblen coined the term conspicuous consumption to explain the spending of money on and the acquiring of luxury commodities (goods and services) specifically as a public display of economic power—the income and the accumulated wealth—of the buyer. To the conspicuous consumer, the public display of discretionary income is an economic means of either attaining or of maintaining a given social status.
This results in what may be known as Veblen goods, for which the demand increases as the price increases, in apparent contradiction of the law of demand, resulting in an upward-sloping demand curve.
The entire principle Apple is based on
Yes yes yes
‘Do I get a discount if I take your free gym bag with the name of your gym’. Response is always no and a very weird stare
Also grocery bags. I pay for them, don’t want you logo on it
Also grocery bags. I pay for them, don’t want you logo on it
One alcohol bewerage chain in Russia popularized the blank black bag format in recent years, in theory - to make it less obvious you’ve bought booze. They are sturdy, have good handles, so overall it’s a win. But since they are the most popular source of them, a blank black bag therefore automatically means booze.
It’s damn near impossible to find bags without some greedy shit grocery companies trashy branding all over it. I still use plastic bags. Got a million of them in the weird plastic tub thing that everyone has a million of them in.
People look when I pull out some 15 year old plastic bag is amazing.
Trick yourself out until you look like a NASCAR
I can dig the 2040’s.
But of an un branded vibe to it too.
Wow how has that guy been able to look the same during all those years
I want a divorce
Because you look like a horse.
Wait… Is that 2020s really what it looks like now?! Or is the meme just 5 years old?
I have several polo Ralph Lauren clothing items in my home, the logo hasn’t changed significantly in 30+ years in shape or size on the normal polos. They do have some items that have the polo logo or the teddy bear larger but those are in the main Ralph Lauren line for fashion, not the Polo line polo shirts that are a business casual intent
I wish this was a thing… All the shirts I’ve gotten in the last few years have been $40-50 and have the brand’s logo on the back near the neckline (they also came with stickers that are advertising the brand). I would usually only spend $5-10 for a shirt, but these are limited prints and most of them are on really good, comfortable shirts. Just look how cool my newest one is:
You paid money for that shirt?
If I drop fifty bucks on a t-shirt it better come with a bag of weed.
Initially that was the only way you could buy weed in Maine from a delivery service before they allowed recreational dispensaries. $50 T-shirt with a free bag of weed.
Lol ‘limited’ my ass
They don’t usually print more once they sell out of the initial stock. Hell, Hyena Agenda and Nomad Complex just stopped existing entirely. 😮💨
Sir, I think there is some t-shirt in your hair
I have two dogs and one is very cuddly. Those are my black shirts within 30 seconds of putting them on. And most of my shirts are black.
They’re Edible (kind of)
🤣
Pure Sugar!
And that is why, with our new triangle shaped business model, you and your customers are getting paid for wearing our shirts!
That’s right! The more shirts you buy, the more you are getting paid! Just grap a couple of friends and get rich together!
It’s not a pyramid scheme when it’s 2D
I actually just bought a saddlebag for my bike which was cheaper because it has a (rather inconspicuous) company logo on it.
Browse the REI catalog. Vouri t-shirt, tiny label, $60. Free Fly t-shirt, no label that I can see, $55.
When shirts are worn less than a dozen times on average before they get tossed in the landfill, those branded shirt companies should be paying you.
Convenient video from today about this exact topic.
With very few exceptions, I will wear a shirt until it’s just not wearable anymore. If the image is really faded, I don’t care much.
The only exceptions right now are two shirts I still have from my previous job that I hated. I’m mostly keeping them around in case my wife wants them for some sort of craft project.
Yeah but it’s a tight balancing act between selling at a higher volume vs selling at a higher price. If they’re already selling high volumes of low quality, then going lower could put them in the negative, in theory. In reality there isn’t enough competition for that logic to work, we buy low quality at high costs.
This is true to a point. Once you go past brands Ralph Lauren, Gucci, or Versace to the “real” expensive brands, they become understated again. For example, this $555 blue T-shirt
For that price, a tailor better come to my home, get my exact measurements, and make it specifically for me from high quality materials.
Tbh I feel like this is sometimes the case. Whenever I’ve looked for really cheap basic one-color t-shirts, the lowest cost ones usually have a brand logo on them.
I always make car dealers take their own sticker or badge off of any vehicle I buy. I usually offer to keep the advertising in place, in exchange for a discount, but they never take me up on it.
Absolutely. I always shake my head when I get behind a sharp looking vehicle and it’s ruined by a dealer sticker.
I make removal of any dealership branding a condition of purchase.
Hell yeah, brandalism is already too pervasive and just kind of accepted. Good on you.
Funny to see this, because I haven’t bought a vehicle in a long time, but I had the EXACT same thought.
I grimace every time I see that hideous “CarMax - - -” decal stuck to the actual car body.
Same with license plate frames that are like “Huge ‘Dicky’ Richard’s Auto Circus Emporium Honda Jeep Lexus - We rub you right!”
At least those just tell me “the driver is likely lazy or can’t identify a screwdriver.” But an actual decal? Yeah they better take it off, and discount me if they scratch it in the process. :p
Obnoxious, man.
At least they aren’t riveting badges onto cars anymore I’ve heard that used to be super common during the 60s and 70s Personally I hate how my 56 bel air has a AAA of Syracuse screwed into the bodywork of my trunk so even if I remove it there’s still going to be a hole in my trunk so I’m personally pretty glad all this branding today are just decals and stickers that can easily be removed with a eraser wheel or plastic blades
Pirate a shirt by buying the cheaper ad one and turning it inside out
I admit I buy T-shirts at micro-breweries. I do support those that I actually buy. Additionally, it helps me keep record of my journey of visiting many breweries.
I’ve even turned some of my collection into a king sized quilt and a lap quilt. So, my shirts are very useful in more ways than one.
I think it’s different when you’re talking about a small business or a nonprofit or a museum. Paying $20 to advertise things that actually make the world a better place that people wouldn’t otherwise know about is, in my opinion, a net good.
Roger that.
