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Written by Danrok
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Wednesday, 15 October 2008 10:35 |
From NYTimes: With his retirement account devastated by the plunging stock market, Henry Vicenteno is feeling poor — poor enough to play the Grinch this holiday season. Mr. Vicenteno, 31, an aircraft mechanic in Cleveland, said his 9-year-old son had asked for a copy of Skate, a skateboarding video game by Electronic Arts. “I told him I’d buy it for him, but really I’m just going to Blockbuster to rent it,” Mr. Vicenteno said. “Before, I would have bought it, no problem. But it’s like $50, and we can’t be spending that kind of money.”
With consumers increasingly worried about a severe economic recession, Mr. Vicenteno is hardly the only person keeping his wallet shut. [More...] [Comments...] |