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Why do they make fair trade products so expensive to buy?

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Asked By: DarkerThanPale 31-35, F  1 year ago

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7 Answers to "Why do they make fair trade products so expensive to buy?"

  1. LifesCraziness - 41-45 years old - female

    Posted by LifesCraziness Nov 8th, 2011 at 9:15PM

    in order to give FAIR pay to the people who made it...

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  2. antonyj84 - 26-30 years old - male

    Reply by antonyj84 Nov 8th, 2011 at 9:31PM

    It is an ill-conceived idea founded in ignorance of economics. It is Marxism at its grassroots level. Only fools pay more money than the market dictates because of their pathetic guilt over how much a farmer makes. The market will take care of it self by discouraging over production of a commodity that leads to low prices. This will make coffee growing for example less lucrative and will put pressure on the local farmers to produce something else. Instead we give incentives to want to produce more coffee? Clearly another example of Marxist principles exhibiting their inherent lack of understanding of economic reality.

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  3. LifesCraziness - 41-45 years old - female

    Reply by LifesCraziness Nov 8th, 2011 at 9:37PM

    oy.... angry much? it's not wrong to pay someone a FAIR amount for the work they do. How about you bust your @ss for pennies a day .. is that fair?

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  4. atadir - 51-55 years old - male

    Posted by atadir Nov 8th, 2011 at 10:49PM

    Because they'd have to use unfair practices to make it cheaper.

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  5. lafsnack - 51-55 years old - male

    Posted by lafsnack Nov 8th, 2011 at 10:09PM

    Cuz all the inbetween men make money on the deal except the grower.

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  6. Understandingus - 36-40 years old - male

    Posted by Understandingus Nov 8th, 2011 at 9:38PM

    My favorite question. Who are they?

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  7. DarkerThanPale - 31-35 years old - female

    Reply by DarkerThanPale Nov 8th, 2011 at 9:39PM

    oh, I could tell you. But if you don't already know, then...

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  8. antonyj84 - 26-30 years old - male

    Posted by antonyj84 Nov 8th, 2011 at 9:24PM

    I don't see how they are allowed to call these products 'fair trade' under the Trade Descriptions Act. Surely 'fair trade' is paying a fair market price for the goods, not paying an artificially high price to become more politically correct?

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  9. DarkerThanPale - 31-35 years old - female

    Reply by DarkerThanPale Nov 8th, 2011 at 9:25PM

    interesting point

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  10. jettys - 56-60 years old

    Posted by jettys Nov 8th, 2011 at 9:24PM

    Fair trade allso means they don't use Child labour(unlike "Some" popular clothing& shoe lines)!!

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  11. thisisevenlessfunnow - 26-30 years old - male

    Posted by thisisevenlessfunnow Nov 8th, 2011 at 9:14PM

    Because they actually have to pay the people who make them.

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