Stores Tempt Shoppers With Labor Day Sales

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I've been shopping for 9 months in the Twin Cities for furniture. There is no such thing as a sale. Sofas that had a regular price of $1200 back in November are now 'on sale' from the MSRP and still $1200. I'm sitting in what is almost an empty house because I'm waiting for retailers to get the message that their prices are too high even for someone like me who has a $10,000 budget!

Pamela of MN 5:39PM September 03, 2009

That was not an anti-Mac stab. I don't know about you, but most of the lectures I've been to, the most common laptops that sutdents had were HPs and Dells, which most of them probably got on sale at way cheaper prices than they could ever get with Macbooks. Most college students aren't going to be able to afford Macbooks... Unless you're rich and your parents are already paying for all of your tuition. OR they're design or film majors in which they are more likely to shell out the money for a Mac for the software. I could easily get a laptop with the same or better specs as the cheapest Macbook for maybe 800 dollars rather than $1099+.

Jennifer of CA 2:46PM August 31, 2008

"...most students don't need to head off to school with a shiny new iPod, or a pricey Mac, for that matter. Lower-cost computers can be found by comparison shopping online."
All of the rest of the paragraphs are factual, but the author puts in a little anti-Mac stab here. It's fine to editorialize, but not in an "article". Poor writing and poor editing, US "News".

Justin Garr of NJ 10:49AM August 31, 2008