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A gift's perceived price is part of what it does, so a drink known to be cheap fails at its job however good it tastes.

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taste Whether good and bad exist in made things, and how a maker comes to tell them apart.

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  1. Rory Sutherland Rory Sutherland is vice chairman of Ogilvy UK
    it doesn't matter how good the drink is if people think you've bought it for $8.95 it's not doing the job it's supposed to do which is to signal generosity to signal hospitality or to mark a special occasion

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