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Old 10-10-2010, 12:05 PM   #1
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Buying Pink?

http://thinkbeforeyoupink.org/?page_id=13

I have seen so many pink items lately that I think this is timely.
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Old 10-10-2010, 02:53 PM   #2
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Wink Re: Buying Pink?

Not only pink items, but supermarket ads claiming if we buy certain products at slightly inflated prices they will donate a percentage to breast cancer. How do we know they actually do it or it is just a marketing strategy? I just ignore those ads and buy what I want. If I want to donate to an organization or cause I do it myself.
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Old 10-10-2010, 08:16 PM   #3
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Re: Buying Pink?

I really don't know what to think about the big BC marketing blitz. I just got off a flight on Delta Air. All the flight attendants were wearing pink and selling pick lemonade and jelly beans.
It made me feel trivialized but maybe I'm over reacting
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Old 10-11-2010, 10:05 AM   #4
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Re: Buying Pink?

It's because it's October.
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