Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 12:56:48 -0500
From: Mark Nilsen <mnilsen@execpc.com>
To: John Michael Stevens <joyfulnoise@uswest.net>
Subject: Re: balloon-d Digest V00 #197



John Michael Stevens wrote:

> Only 3-4 bad balloons per bag?  That's pretty good, less than 5%...

Man, I'm glad you don't work for the airlines! "Fewer than 5% of our flights
crash" :-)

> 260's are still under a nickel
> each, and in my book, that's a pretty good deal.  (If you can't get at least
> ten-times that for them, you've got work to do.  In any business, that would
> be considered a great mark-up!)

Yeah, but your markup isn't on a simple re-sale of wholesale materials. The
markup comes from the skills, talents, and abilities (inluding ENTERTAINMENT
value) when you use the product. Based on YOUR logic, a jokebook would be a
"good buy" at $10,000 because Jay Leno makes millions telling jokes. Or
greasepaint is underpriced; it made a living for Emmett Kelley. You get the
idea.

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