Tricking people shopping for status items into buying higher priced status items does "collective damage"? I'm failing to see who's the victim here. --edit--

Tricking people shopping for status items into buying higher priced status items does "collective damage"? I'm failing to see who's the victim here. --edit-- This actually reminds me of one of my sister's stories; one of her college roommates was running late so just put her hair up in a ponytail and made noticeably better tips that night than she usually did at her bartending job so what do you suppose she did as a result of this observation?