Futurecurve » Christmas http://futurecurve.com Value Proposition Specialists - Futurecurve Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:46:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Ridiculous Christmas Presents http://futurecurve.com/ridiculous-christmas-presents/ http://futurecurve.com/ridiculous-christmas-presents/#comments Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:25:01 +0000 Cindy Barnes http://futurecurve.com/?p=2203 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> christmas baubles original 300x161 Ridiculous Christmas Presents
We thought you might like a glimpse of some of the more ridiculous Christmas presents we’ve seen recently.  Value propositions went out the window and the makers of these just went for the shock, thrill or ridiculousness of them!  Enjoy – they made us laugh anyway…..

Sushi panic game
Don’t spill the sushi or an earthquake happens!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/games/de71/?cpg=cj&ref=&CJURL

Giant Soft Toy Microbes
Yes you can choose from Ebola, The Flu, etc…
http://www.giantmicrobes.com/uk/

Canned Unicorn Meat
As a vegetarian, I’m not sure about the ethics of this one.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/wacky-edibles/e5a7/

Bacon Lip Balm
Hmmm, bacon flavoured kisses. Vile!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/wacky-edibles/ce5c/?cpg=cj&ref=&CJURL

The Slanket
I want the skull and crossbones one.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/cubegoodies/d4d9/

Swords Ice Tray
Eat them, drink with them, fight with them. How versatile.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/kitchen/e618/

iBum Photocopy chair
Yes this really is a photocopy chair.
http://inventorspot.com/articles/finally_chair_photocopies_your_bum_30592

Best wishes for the Christmas Season and a very Happy New Year.
Cindy

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]]> http://futurecurve.com/ridiculous-christmas-presents/feed/ 0 The True Value of Christmas http://futurecurve.com/the-true-value-of-christmas/ http://futurecurve.com/the-true-value-of-christmas/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:36:13 +0000 Cindy Barnes http://futurecurve.com/?p=1610 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> I was musing recently if my true love had ever considered what I might value for Christmas.  If he had, I thought, I wouldn’t have received the 8mb memory card for my digital camera that I received last year.  I know this sounds ungrateful but if
value = benefits – cost (where cost can also be risk), then I’m not that excited about having extra memory for my camera, it’s not that big a benefit to me. 

Now, I know this isn’t the true meaning of the value of Christmas, but with my mind (sadly) focused just on money, I then started thinking about the cost of Christmas, as I do at this time every year. You’ll have got by now from the value equation that value is not the same as cost, as some retailers would have us believe with their ‘value ranges’.

I came across this amusing economic analysis by PNC Wealth Management for 2009. It’s based on the cost of gifts in the seasonal carol, The Twelve Days of Christmas.

The 2009 price tag is a total of $87,403 for all of the items in the carol, purchased repeatedly as the song suggests. The cost of buying each item just once increased this year to $21,466. Not bad considering the price is up just a bit at $794, or less than 1 percent, from $86,609 last year. PNC, who have been calculating the cost of Christmas since 1984, attributed the modest increase to lower energy costs and fewer wage increases.

Watch their great video to explore the 2009 PNC Christmas Price Index in detail.

Cindy

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