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We boobed on bra prices says M&S
Yahoo ^ | Thurs 07 09 | Press association

Posted on 05/08/2009 6:13:23 PM PDT by GSP.FAN

High Street favourite Marks and Spencer has bowed to pressure from bigger busted customers to sell larger bras at the same price as smaller ones.

(Excerpt) Read more at uk.news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Humor; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: boobs; bras
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1 posted on 05/08/2009 6:13:24 PM PDT by GSP.FAN
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To: GSP.FAN

I don’t see why. They take more physical material. I actually would see why they’d charge more for something that used more fabric (and maybe needs more reinforcement).


2 posted on 05/08/2009 6:14:52 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Secret Agent Man
It's discrimination doncha know?
3 posted on 05/08/2009 6:17:12 PM PDT by GSP.FAN
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To: Secret Agent Man

High fashion; when you’re paying for the label what difference does the amount of physical material make?


4 posted on 05/08/2009 6:17:48 PM PDT by eclecticEel ("Envy is always referred to by its political alias, 'social justice.' " - T. Sowell)
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Look all I know is that many clothes companies have different prices for average sizes and a little bit more for XXL and higher. I at least can understand why one might make such an argument for a little increase in price for larger garments.


5 posted on 05/08/2009 6:20:32 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: eclecticEel

Look all I know is that many clothes companies have different prices for average sizes and a little bit more for XXL and higher. I at least can understand why one might make such an argument for a little increase in price for larger garments.


6 posted on 05/08/2009 6:20:33 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: GSP.FAN
More than 11,000 people joined the Facebook group Busts 4 Justice

I imagine 10,950 were men hoping to see pictures of the female members.

7 posted on 05/08/2009 6:21:40 PM PDT by OCC
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To: GSP.FAN

If you need MORE material then why would you charge LESS?

Size matters when it comes to constructing a LARGE one. It’s CHEAPER to make smaller ones.

What’s with people?


8 posted on 05/08/2009 6:25:31 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: GSP.FAN

Are BIG men going to demand the cheaper prices for their underwear?


9 posted on 05/08/2009 6:26:27 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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I hope not,i would not be able to afford them..


10 posted on 05/08/2009 6:29:01 PM PDT by GSP.FAN
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To: Secret Agent Man

Because money is also poured into research of design and more lace/style type stuff is used in smaller chested designs.

Larger bras are about support mostly.


11 posted on 05/08/2009 6:33:17 PM PDT by autumnraine (Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose- Kris Kristoferrson)
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Costs are way too high. I’d like to see bras at least half off.


12 posted on 05/08/2009 6:33:35 PM PDT by rsobin
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To: nmh

Riiggghhhttt because all that goes into a high end bra is material.

This ain’t your Granny’s bra company.


13 posted on 05/08/2009 6:35:12 PM PDT by autumnraine (Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose- Kris Kristoferrson)
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To: nmh

“Responding to public pressure.......?”

What are the bra manufacturers afraid of?

That busty protesters are threatening to boob-slap them to death?

;^)


14 posted on 05/08/2009 6:38:33 PM PDT by elcid1970
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To: OCC; GSP.FAN
I imagine 10,950 were men hoping to see pictures of the female members.

Well I'm sure they didn't want to see male members.

15 posted on 05/08/2009 6:41:47 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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16 posted on 05/08/2009 6:43:32 PM PDT by GSP.FAN
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To: GSP.FAN

Not only are those fake but they’re not the biggest.


17 posted on 05/08/2009 6:43:52 PM PDT by steveo
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To: nmh
Size matters when it comes to constructing a LARGE one. It’s CHEAPER to make smaller ones.

It's actually usually more expensive to manufacture smaller than larger because of the higher difficulty of getting smaller features correct. The material cost difference is most likely negligible.

The most likely reason for any price difference is that there is less volume for outlying sizes, and therefore inventory and manufacturing retooling costs are what push the dollar amount up.

18 posted on 05/08/2009 6:47:45 PM PDT by dan1123 (Liberals sell it as "speech which is hateful" but it's really "speech I hate".)
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To: rsobin
ROFL @

"I’d like to see bras at least half off."

Buy one cup only.
Bras half off or half on are unsightly ;)

What I see them doing is upping the price on small sized bras.

19 posted on 05/08/2009 6:49:38 PM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: GSP.FAN

I only came here for the pictures.

Until I saw your post of Nancy Pelosi.

Ewwwwwwwwwwwww!


20 posted on 05/08/2009 6:50:46 PM PDT by AZ .44 MAG (A society that doesn't protect its children doesn't deserve to survive.)
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