by Anura Guruge
on May 5, 2023
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I am NOT sure what to make of this.
It sure (i.e., the price) caught me by surprise. And it says “Sale Price” — suggested retail $129.99!
Wow. Sure looks expensive to me (but then again I am well known for not spending much on my clothes (& of course it shows)). $104 for a polo/golf shirt? I know I would never pay $104 for ANY shirt — BUT then again I did NOT go to ‘Dartmouth‘! Heck, the likes of Dartmouth is for smart folks & I was never that. Let’s face it, I never even graduated from high school.
So, what is the deal here?
Are you just paying for the STATUS? If so, & I was a ‘Dartmouth’ student or alumni I would be real bummed that ANYBODY could buy one of these shirts & masquerade that they were affiliated with Dartmouth. I could just about see how $104 could be justified IF these shirts were genuinely exclusive & could only be bought with some kind of Dartmouth ID. [But even then, over time, some will end up, for $2, at consignment stores!]
I would NOT be impressed IF any of my kids spent $104 on a shirt — & I am 100% confident that they never would. Though my kids they (unlike their dad) SMART!
So, the other take is that anyone who goes to Dartmouth is LOADED, so loaded that paying $104 for a shirt is not even worth a second thought. Wow.
I just don’t know. Something not totally right here.
Wealth, smarts, privilege, exclusivity, snobbiness …
Lot of words I could bandy around. ‘Stupidity’ also happens to be one of them.
