Subj : Should EMulation....
To   : Hax0r
From : Amcleod
Date : Sat Jun 10 2000 07:46 am

RE: Should EMulation....
BY: Hax0r to Amcleod on Fri Jun 09 2000 10:20 pm

 >  > What, you mean they should just give away the fruits of their labor, whet
 >  > they want to or not?
 > 
 > I'm not saying they should "give away" the fruits of their labor, but you ca
 > tell me that 75$ for a concert ticket as being fair....

Fair?   What are you talking about, man?

It works like this:

I just made a sandwich.  Long french baguette, fresh, split down the middle
with a little mayonaise, a dash of Bajan pepper-sauce, lettuce, thinly sliced
tomato, and some cold, pan-fried flying fish.  Mmm-mm!

What's that?  You want it?  No problem - $50,000 or get lost.

You say the entire sandwich only cost me a couple bucks to put together and my
own labor couldn't add much to the overall cost?  True.  In that case, $75,000!

What do you mean "I can't charge you that"?  It's my sandwich, and it's worth
whatever _I_ say it's worth, and if you want it, the price is $100,000 and
please keep arguing, because this sandwich is getting more expensive all the
time!

Do you see how it works?  If Metallica want to charge $750 for a concert
ticket, that is their business, and that is the fair price that _they_ have set
for their services.  And since they are the _only_ source of Metallica
concerts, they can set the price how they like and nobody can stop them.  Of
course, if they did something stupid like that they would not sell many tickets
(I don't think) and would be forced to drop the price.  Maybe it would drop to
$75 where they can fill every seat in the house.  Du-uh!  That's where they are
now!

If $75 wasn't a fair price for a Metallica concert ticket, then they wouldn't
get them sold.  The fact that they _are_ getting them sold is all the proof you
need that $75 is as fair as they want it to be.

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