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Backgammon is not the sole accessory expected to go slow on sales this coming summer on the Hamptons. So do nightclubbing, tablecloths made of hand loomed silk Dupioni and even illumination would be supplied by standard light stands rather than fancy chandeliers. At the same time, the sales of casual flip flops are accepted to accelerate, since beach bumming is prospected to be the preferred activity of most of the Hamptons' getawayers, and even one-day round trips from and back to Manhattan are predicted to draw the new frugals.
While the economic crisis met most underprivileged hard workers with not much to skimp, the rich are having the hardest times, giving up necessities such as a $2,500 backgammon board. Three pieces of the famous game accessory have been sold last summer, but this year, it will be unavailable around the east ends of Long Island. Still, expensive residencies, excessive delicacies and extravagant designer items will get together with their potential buyers.
Recession Hurts Expensive Backgammon Board Sales
The Monogram Shop on Newtown Lane, East Hampton, will not be selling luxury backgammon boards this year, so confirmed Valerie Smith, the shop owner, who talked with the New York Times about the effects of the economic slowdown in a place that became known as the summer playground of the rich and famous. Instead of the $2500 made in Italy backgammon boards Ms. Smith shop best selling artifact this year is a monogrammed napkin with the phrase Reduced Circumstances on it.Backgammon is not the sole accessory expected to go slow on sales this coming summer on the Hamptons. So do nightclubbing, tablecloths made of hand loomed silk Dupioni and even illumination would be supplied by standard light stands rather than fancy chandeliers. At the same time, the sales of casual flip flops are accepted to accelerate, since beach bumming is prospected to be the preferred activity of most of the Hamptons' getawayers, and even one-day round trips from and back to Manhattan are predicted to draw the new frugals.
While the economic crisis met most underprivileged hard workers with not much to skimp, the rich are having the hardest times, giving up necessities such as a $2,500 backgammon board. Three pieces of the famous game accessory have been sold last summer, but this year, it will be unavailable around the east ends of Long Island. Still, expensive residencies, excessive delicacies and extravagant designer items will get together with their potential buyers.
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