Computers in Public Xport

From: John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
Date: Fri Jun 21 07:49:05 2002

At 01:55 PM 6/20/2002 -0700, Sellam Ismail wrote:
>I bought the rather impressive looking set of "300 army men" or whatever
>the number was only to be severely disappointed when I got them to find
>they were cheap molded plastic bastards that were of majorly suckish
>quality compared to the more durable and softer plastic variety you could
>get from the grocery store toy section.

The route to success in any mail order business is
to pick a product that costs you less than you
charge the customer for shipping and handling.

My now 7-year-old son has long had a fantasy of building
a helicopter out of scrap wood. I decided to show him the
mail order page from "Boy's Life", which is still carrying
the same ads I remember for the build-your-own hovercraft,
and the "free chameleon."

- John
Received on Fri Jun 21 2002 - 07:49:05 BST