Reply To: Brand Names�Wasting Money

sw33t: There is no need for harsh words. I merely saw that you were very defensive and knew a significant amount about the merchandise at hand and thus came to a possible conclusion that I related back to you. Perhaps you are angry that, being poor yourself and have never judged others for attaining what you never could are mad that I am. This is another case of a possible conclusion I had and am relating it back to you.

Look, you can pick the thing out in your own life. Something that you know you are buying not because of an investment or even because you like it more but rather because A) You want to show off or B) You can really do completely without it and can give more money to tzedaka but simply do not care to give more and are content with the amount you have already given.

What I am saying is no different than what other Rabbis have already said.