CAVEAT EMPTOR: Why is it that some things are really inordinately priced? Here is an example: Have you ever looked at those automatically retracting leashes (compliments of China)? In the pet store, they start at about $30 and go up to about $60. The more expensive model has a flashlight and a container of poop bags. However convenient, but way overpriced for a thin leash, spool, spring and two plastic halves of a handle. Maybe this is a bad example, but those prices hold in Target or Kmart, as well. So are they trying to take advantage of pet owner that are obsessive for their pets? Why is it that Harbor Freight Tools can sell the same units (albeit repackaged) for only $5.99 ? People that come in to buy tools are NOT looking for pet stuff in that store, so any purchase is just happenstance. They are still making profit on that item, so you can only imagine the profit margin in pet stores (and in this case pet stuff in department stores). I'm very sure that there are many other examples of focused markets that are very advantageous for the buyer in an unfocused setting.
I am a contest "enterer". I am annoyed enough today that I will not be entering this contest. Tiger Direct is a website that always have good contests- good because of the prizes (not that I've ever won one). Their latest (and perhaps previously, but my first exposure) has a button to press to enter. It throws you into Fleecebook and to continue, you have to click their "Like" button (and sign up for Facebook, if you are not a member). This is not only an annoyance, but I am appalled that this company wants to push their "Like" statistics because they have a contest where unsuspecting fools are pushing "Like" to enter. I will not give Fleecebook the satisfaction of me buying or entering any contests though this means. More and more retailers are pushing buying while on Fleecebook. People are always on Fleecebook, so why leave to buy anything? I still believe that this AOL-like bubble that is being created around Fleecebook will bust when EVENTUALLY people tire of being on Fleecebook all the time. Their artificial worth will tumble eventually- meanwhile I am boycotting doing anything that could be productive through Fleecebook. There is so much more available on the net that is not in Fleecebook....
WORLD ENDS - Film at 11:00 ...
Don't spend 5 dollars to have a shirt dry cleaned. Donate it to
the Salvation Army. They'll clean it and put it on a hangar. Next
morning you can buy it back for 75 cents.
Why health care is so high...
Bubba had shingles. Those of us who spend much time in a doctor's office should appreciate this! Doesn't it seem more and more that physicians are running their practices like an assembly line? Here's what happened to Bubba:
Bubba walked into a doctor's office and the receptionist asked him what he had. Bubba said: 'Shingles.' So she wrote down his name, address, medical insurance number and told him to have a seat.
Fifteen minutes later a nurse's aide came out and asked Bubba what he had... Bubba said, 'Shingles.' So she wrote down his height, weight, a complete medical history and told Bubba to wait in the examining room.
A half hour later a nurse came in and asked Bubba what he had. Bubba said, 'Shingles..' So the nurse gave Bubba a blood test, a blood pressure test, an electrocardiogram, and told Bubba to take off all his clothes and wait for the doctor.
An hour later the doctor came in and found Bubba sitting patiently in the nude and asked Bubba what he had.
Bubba said, 'Shingles.' The doctor asked, 'Where?' Bubba said, 'Outside on the truck. Where do you want me to unload 'em??
Confucius didn't say:
Man who wants pretty nurse, must be patient. Passionate kiss, like spider web, leads to undoing of fly.
Lady who goes camping must beware of evil intent.
Squirrel who runs up woman’s leg will not find nuts.
Man who leaps off cliff jumps to conclusion.
Man who runs in front of car gets tired, man who runs behind car gets exhausted.
Man who eats many prunes get good run for money.
War does not determine who is right, it determines who is left.
Man who fight with wife all day get no piece at night.
It takes many nails to build a crib, but one screw to fill it.
Man who drives like hell is bound to get there.
Man who stands on toilet is high on pot.
Man who live in glass house should change clothes in basement.
Man who fish in other man's well often catch crabs.
Finally CONFUCIUS DID SAY. . ..
"A lion will not cheat on his wife, but a Tiger Wood!"
