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[ggiese]

For the record, I specifically avoided a car comparison so as not to bring up the painful Yugo memory.

Of course a Padron rep would be able to "justify" a 26 dollar disparity...

Maybe I'm reading into this, but I'm sensing (because you put justify into quotation marks) that you think the Padron rep would not be able to adequately "justify" a 26 dollar disparity for you, no matter what the "facts" were. (...other than, perhaps, "...because we can charge that much". Right?!?)

...and just so you know - I also had to "justify" buying a "luxury" car when I coulda bought a Chevy Impala. (Please don't tell the spousal unit - but I used the fact that they no longer manufacture Yugo's as a justification for my "eccentric" purchase).

I know Lew Rothman is a poster child for justifying "cheap" - but I do believe there's more to the story than Lew tells it...