Apathy Curve: Con-Fusion

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Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Con-Fusion

Gillette wins the Rube Goldberg award with a five-bladed, battery-powered, manual razor. (Yes, I know that's a non-sequiter, but that's what it's called.)

Since, in my experience, the cheap dispoable razors that come ten to a bag work exactly as well as the expensive ones, a five-bladed powered razor is kind of like buying an F-450 to haul groceries--an expensive exercise in egotism. But it seems to be working for Gillette:

Razors accounted for nearly half of the company's $2.8 billion net sales in its most recent quarter

Maybe I should start a new career as a razor salesman.

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