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Are you kidding me?

Are you kidding me!

A pair of jeans, jeans! for $298.00? Regardless of how much money you have, it’s absolutely absurd to spend that kind of money on one pair of jeans.

The casual outfit on the cover model comes to a total of $803.00.

$803.00 for a pair of jeans, accessories, and a sweater that looks like it went in the dryer but shouldn’t have.

The Source was a paper I respected; your March 26th cover photo, the related story and what that promotes, wow… Hopefully young women don’t believe they have to spend that kind of money to look good.

I give you “The Boot!” for supporting such nonsense.

Kathie McDonald

This article appears in Apr 2-8, 2009.

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Price Tags Are Tasteless

by Eric Flowers, The Source - Bend, Oregon
April 1, 2009

<h1>Price Tags Are Tasteless</h1> <p class="byline">by Eric Flowers, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />April 1, 2009</p> <p>Are you kidding me?</p> <p>Are you kidding me!</p> <p>A pair of jeans, jeans! for $298.00? Regardless of how much money you have, it&#039;s absolutely absurd to spend that kind of money on one pair of jeans.</p> <p>The casual outfit on the cover model comes to a total of $803.00.</p> <p>$803.00 for a pair of jeans, accessories, and a sweater that looks like it went in the dryer but shouldn&#039;t have.</p> <p>The Source was a paper I respected; your March 26th cover photo, the related story and what that promotes, wow... Hopefully young women don&#039;t believe they have to spend that kind of money to look good.</p> <p>I give you &quot;The Boot!&quot; for supporting such nonsense.</p> <p>Kathie McDonald </p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/price-tags-are-tasteless-2133137/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=17043&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/price-tags-are-tasteless-2133137/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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