Girl Gear Pink Computer Equipment....

[Colin McGregor]

On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Renata Rocha <natzilla-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 14:54, Colin McGregor <colin.mc151-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> I was look at the sale page for one of the local computer equipment
>> clearance places (Tech Direct Canada) and I saw they were selling pink
>> "Girl Gear" keyboards, mice and web cams... My first thought was,
>> nobody in their right mind would buy the likes of a pink keyboard ...
>> then I  thought a bit, and now I am wondering:
>>
>> - Would any non-colour blind male buy the above for themselves?
>> - Would any woman over the age of 12 who doesn't work in the beauty /
>> cosmetics business buy the above for themselves?
>>
>> In other words, I can see a VERY tiny, tiny market for pink keyboards,
>> mice, etc... right? Sort of strikes me as being like the 1955 Dodge La
>> Femme (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_La_Femme), a 1950's take on a
>> "women's" car (the results even by the standards of the era were ...
>> ghastly)...
>
> I'm over 30 (18 over you age limit) and I absolutely love pink things.
> I think they look something between cute and tacky. I'm also crazy
> about Hello Kitty, this kind of characters too.

Well, I guess I underestimated the size of the market for pink
products... :-) . Sorry...

> I don't believe in age limits or dress codes. If you like it, have it.
>
> I'm looking for a pink case for my Macbook. Red is also a great colour.

Well, if you are interested in a pink mouse and/or a pink web cam to
go with the pink case I know where you can get them inexpensively :-)
...

While I have issues with pink (maybe that is just me...), red works in
SOME situations, like fire trucks, small red sports cars :-) , red
brick homes, or red RCMP uniforms...

Colin.

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