Chris DeLong wrote: > > Lets say Frank (no offense man but it looks like this to me), sells 50 ETKA > copies to US residents @ 10$ USD. Roughly calculating this comes to 700$ CAD > in his pocket. > > Now lets look at Franks time and materials. 10$ USD for 50 blank CD's. Then > we have 1.85$ for shipping. I would guesstimate about 15$ for electricity to > run the burner. > > Total out of Franks pocket: 26.85$ > Total INTO Franks pocket: 473$ > > All calculations were done in USD. > > The facts speak for themselves.
Sorry, Chris, I can accept neither your selective brand of economics nor your implied vilification of Frank. You claim the "facts speak for themselves". These are not facts, they are selective and highly subjective distortions. You have put a value of $0.00 per hour on Frank's time, which is an insult, no more and no less. Try putting a value of $0.00 per hour on your own time and then tell us how you intend paying the mortgage. My $0.02 (and my last word on the subject - it's Saturday morning and I have Vanagon bodywork to fix today) Tony |
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