Quote Originally Posted by Loki View Post
Hint: the price companies charge for a product isn't directly contingent on how much it costs to make it. Companies charge as much as they do because of supply and demand. They advertise to drive up demand, which allows them to increase prices. If two companies had the same price structure and were selling the same product, and one decided to advertise, it would not be able to raise prices at all, let alone by its advertising budget. The goal would be to drive up demand for their product, which would allow them to increase its price at some future date. If the advertising failed, then they would have spent money on advertising without being able to increase prices.
I had to cut out half of your response because it had nothing to do with the conversation. As for what I did quote, it does not at all refute my statement. Especially if I put a qualifier in there to cover my ass like you always do. Fine I will qualify,
The only companies that eat their advertising expenses are the ones that can't sell their product for the price they expect.
Like I said before, consumers pay for the advertising when they buy the product.

But anyway, I'm more interested in a response concerning this,

Quote Originally Posted by Dreadnaught View Post
I'm not sure I've ever seen you express such neo-liberal economic views. But if that's how you want to view the world, I don't want the consumer to pay either.
Who do you want to pay for government? Somebody has to.