I don’t get why some people act like Fiji Water, Voss Acqua Panna, Voss, and Evian, are some kind of luxury status symbol. They’re literally just bottled water. I’m not rich—not even close—but the only water I really drink is Fiji and Voss because I like how they taste. And guess what? They’re not that expensive. It’s not some exclusive, unattainable thing—anyone can buy them if they actually want to. People act like it’s Gucci or a Lamborghini or something.
I think the real issue is that people are just cheap and like to pretend that anything slightly above the lowest common denominator is “for rich people” so they can justify their choices. If you can spend $10-20 on a Starbucks drink or fast food, you can afford a decent bottle of water. It’s not that deep.
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Disagree. I don’t like when people just say “everyone who says x is just cheap”. There’s a huge chunk of people out there getting Starbucks. But there’s also an insane amount of people just cutting costs at every opportunity. Of course not all of them need to buy all the cheap products to survive, but for some of them it is, and for a lot more they can choose between more premium products and being able travel once a year.
Sure, Fiji water might not be luxurious, but there’s genuine reasons why lots of people effectively can’t afford to buy more premium products,and Fiji water might just be one of them.
