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I've never known a group of people around me to influence my buying habits. I'll have to keep an eye open for that.

I'm pretty brand loyal, however. I'm also a victim of marketing -- snazzy graphics and the promise of "NEW TASTES" will always drive me. I'm almost always disappointed, but I never learn from it.

And then if it's a brand that I'm loyal to, making a "NEW TASTE" promise, I'm sunk. I've tried EVERY flavor of Pepsi introduced in the past 15 years, as well as EVERY flavor and type of M&M

12 posted on 09/09/2005 6:34:23 PM PDT by birbear (Admit it. you clicked on the "I have already previewed" button without actually previewing the post.)

Most of us are susceptible to those things...otherwise the vendors wouldn't waste money on advertising and all that. I'm a sucker for those J. Peterman-type glossy catalogs we get in the mail every day. I can always see myself in that leather flight jacket sitting in an obscure bar somewhere along the road to Mandalay.