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  • Untouchable or expendable? Most still shell out for Internet -- but not posh purses

    02/19/2009 6:46:10 PM PST · by buccaneer81 · 15 replies · 702+ views
    The Columbus Dispatch ^ | February 19, 2009 | Margaret Harding
    Untouchable or expendable? Most still shell out for Internet -- but not posh purses Thursday, February 19, 2009 3:25 AM By Margaret Harding THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Hard times, choices In tough times, consumers are willing to chop some expenses, but not others, according to a survey by BIGresearch. A look at what people said they had to have or were willing to give up, and the percentage of those surveyed who said so: Must-haves Internet service: 80.9 percent Cell-phone service: 64.1 percent Basic cable/satellite: 60.5 percent Discount apparel: 43 percent Haircuts, colors: 40 percent Expendables Luxury handbags: 92.2 percent Satellite...