Talk:affordable luxury

RFD discussion: August–December 2017[edit]

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~~affordable luxury~~

Most usage certainly seems SoP, especially the countable ones, but what about the following?

2013, M. Sicard, Luxury, Lies and Marketing: Shattering the Illusions of the Luxury Brand‎^[1]:
If they concentrate too much on mining the “affordable luxury” vein, it will run out. In which case, brands will have killed the hen that laid golden eggs.
2014, Savio Chan, Michael Zakkour, China's Super Consumers: What 1 Billion Customers Want and How to Sell It to Them‎^[2]:
That is the rapid progress and importance of the affordable luxury sector. As the economy matures and growth slows somewhat, and as consumers become more interested in lifestyle than pure status symbols, affordable luxury brands are positioned for massive growth.
2016, Tsan-Ming Choi, Bin Shen, Luxury Fashion Retail Management‎^[3], page 12:
Discounting everyday luxury as a psychological segment, the luxury pyramid's lowest segment is “Affordable” luxury.

These seem to be referring to more specific things. DCDuring (talk) 03:02, 27 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Like other oxymorons, there is something vaguely idiomatic about this term. But, I won't miss it. So, delete. -- · (talk) 03:28, 27 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oxymoronic??? I for one don't think it can be proven that there is a constant ratio between the cost of a good (affordability) and the feeling of luxury one gets from the good. Your subjective preferences should not be grounds for deletion. Do you have something more reasoned to support your vote or have we descended to mere democracy. DCDuring (talk) 04:52, 27 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. --Barytonesis (talk) 14:36, 15 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Kiwima (talk) 04:23, 19 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]