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		<title>By: Money blocks and competitors - Personal Development for Smart People Forums</title>
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		<dc:creator>Money blocks and competitors - Personal Development for Smart People Forums</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Nigel,  I just answered your question on my blog here:  Mind-Manual Â» Musings about Intending Money  And thought of something else. You see, that&#039;s where perceived value comes in and that&#039;s where [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Nigel,  I just answered your question on my blog here:  Mind-Manual Â» Musings about Intending Money  And thought of something else. You see, that&#8217;s where perceived value comes in and that&#8217;s where [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Ammar Ijaz</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ammar Ijaz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:08:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Nigel,

It depends. Obviously you&#039;re in the business so you probably know it better. Perhaps you are in control of certain key distribution channels that prevent competitors from coming in and thus can charge the higher prices? You also seem to be suggesting that picture frames are simple commodities and the customer only cares about the price and if you keep your price as is, people will just buy from the other people. I&#039;m not sure if this is entirely true, so I would suggest looking at that assumption.

The problem with commodities is that it is a race to the lowest margins and lowest price, and does not usually leave room for any sort of premium profits, and if you&#039;re in direct competition with the likes of Wal-mart, watch out.

My suggestion? Either make some sort of picture frame that can be marketed and sold at a premium price by adding perceived value to it, package some other product with the picture frame or get out of the picture frame business.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Nigel,</p>
<p>It depends. Obviously you&#8217;re in the business so you probably know it better. Perhaps you are in control of certain key distribution channels that prevent competitors from coming in and thus can charge the higher prices? You also seem to be suggesting that picture frames are simple commodities and the customer only cares about the price and if you keep your price as is, people will just buy from the other people. I&#8217;m not sure if this is entirely true, so I would suggest looking at that assumption.</p>
<p>The problem with commodities is that it is a race to the lowest margins and lowest price, and does not usually leave room for any sort of premium profits, and if you&#8217;re in direct competition with the likes of Wal-mart, watch out.</p>
<p>My suggestion? Either make some sort of picture frame that can be marketed and sold at a premium price by adding perceived value to it, package some other product with the picture frame or get out of the picture frame business.</p>
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		<title>By: Nigel</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nigel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi,
Surely the price also reflects what your competition is charging. I make picture frames, but IÃ‚Â´ve heard a competitor charges less than I do, so do I lower my prices to compete or carry on charging what I do?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi,<br />
Surely the price also reflects what your competition is charging. I make picture frames, but IÃ‚Â´ve heard a competitor charges less than I do, so do I lower my prices to compete or carry on charging what I do?</p>
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		<title>By: Do you feel that you DESERVE it? - Personal Development for Smart People Forums</title>
		<link>http://www.mind-manual.com/blog/index.php/2007/10/29/musings-about-intending-money/comment-page-1/#comment-2809</link>
		<dc:creator>Do you feel that you DESERVE it? - Personal Development for Smart People Forums</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] part of applying IM successfully, ie, how you value things in life. I talked about it a bit here:  Mind-Manual Â» Musings about Intending Money  Essentially, I think the way that most of us find the value of &quot;things&quot; in our lives is [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] part of applying IM successfully, ie, how you value things in life. I talked about it a bit here:  Mind-Manual Â» Musings about Intending Money  Essentially, I think the way that most of us find the value of &quot;things&quot; in our lives is [...]</p>
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		<title>By: LoA - action or no action?? - Personal Development for Smart People Forums</title>
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		<dc:creator>LoA - action or no action?? - Personal Development for Smart People Forums</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] be a little rambly, but if you cna understand it, I think it might help you, especially point 4: Mind-Manual Â» Musings about Intending Money  While not directly about what you&#039;re talking about, but it seems like a version of what I call [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] be a little rambly, but if you cna understand it, I think it might help you, especially point 4: Mind-Manual Â» Musings about Intending Money  While not directly about what you&#8217;re talking about, but it seems like a version of what I call [...]</p>
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