by samasimo on Mon 09 Apr 2007, 4:14 am
shimaagamal wrote:
the terms the parents put resembles the price of the commodity, and as i explained before there is an excess supply of girls (review demographic statistics) and price for those who don't know is determined by the point of intersection between the supply curve (girls) and the demand curve (boys). so lets assume that the price for girls is X. so any boy can have a girl at a certain package of terms X. when the parent put terms x+1 there will be no demand, because the boy can have the same package at X. the invisible hand of the market will make the x+1 price either move out of the market or be decreased to the X price.
there is nothing wrong in the marketing mix, it is the wrong price that makes el sel3a bayra as u described..
for sure, u r better than me when it comes to marketing and economics.
but let me tell u that i disagree with u coz simply this is not the case.
First of all, i think that what u study in books about marketing is not applied in the egyptin markets. egyptian market is generally unique :D
elmohem, u ignored 2 important things.
1-made in japan 3'er made in taiwan.
2- in egypt, law 7ad 3'alla kollo bey3'ally. wrong markketing principle but it is there
law elpackage elli tamanha X, seller asked for X+10 what will happen?
1- mesh haroo7 ashtery ommo X mn eltaw7eed welnoor coz simply i want elyabaany mesh eltaiwny (mesh haroo7 atgawez wa7da mn kafr za3bola as she costs me less)
2- all sellers who have the same package will also rise the price to X+10. this is the egyptian mentaility. ( baba says: lazem sh2a 250 metres zay elli gat lebent 3amaha and mama says: lazem elshabka mesh 2a2al mn 20000 gneh, heya bentena a2al mn bent mesh 3aref meeen)
tegara english and 2 yrs of studying economics in my pre-masters .. 
