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« on: January 03, 2010, 08:43:39 AM »
My friend and I started a non-profit renal support group.  We would like to be officially non-profit, but that costs over $700.  If we're non-profit, where are we supposed to get that kind of money?

How exactly did the advertisers decide that $19.95 was the perfect price for anything purchased on TV, whether it's a dozen hair curlers or a dozen Ginsu knives?

How did "buy one, get another free (just pay separate shipping and handling)" become so popular?

Just exactly how much is "separate shipping and handling?"

Feel free to answer my questions or list the ones that bug you!
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« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2010, 09:28:18 AM »
This is funny.  My only observation is "could it be you watch too many infomercials?"
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« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2010, 09:31:35 AM »
My unanswerable question for the month came with my SS disability information.  No raises this year, as the official index says there was no inflation.  So why did I get notices from both of my insurance plans about rate increases for the coming year if there's no increase in inflation or the cost of living?
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« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2010, 06:31:07 PM »
Here in the UK, in my youth, some goods were priced in guineas. There was no guinea coin or bill, just as there's no $19.95 bill. But a guinea was £1.05 and it made the goods appear 5% lower in price.

The guinea died a generation ago.
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« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2010, 09:00:04 AM »
Quote from: jbeany on January 03, 2010, 09:31:35 AM
No raises this year, as the official index says there was no inflation. 

Even when there is inflation, it goes up 10% and we get 2%.  Does not compute in my book!
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« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2010, 10:49:46 AM »
$19,95 is just under $20, tricks you into thinking it is not so expensive and yet high priced enough not to seem like a really cheaply made product.   ???

As for "buy one, get another free (just pay separate shipping and handling"   the shipping and handling costs so much that they can afford to do it and still make a proffit.  After all not all the "handling" is for "shipping".  Also, they can move more product. :sarcasm;

On, "Just exactly how much is 'separate shipping and handling?'"  Whatever they want to make it, it seems. 
Some of the print adds (you'll never be able to read it on TV adds) have "small print" and in it they sometimes mention the shipping and handling charges.  Gasp!  Some of those prices are amazing, almost the cost of the product alone. 

Anyway, that's my take on it.  Wish I had something more humorious to contribute.  Maybe later.
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« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2010, 09:02:19 PM »
Again for the inflation, my note book computer costed $1500 three years ago and a friend of mind got one this week under $400. It is better than my computer. So, something goes up and something goes down.
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« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2010, 11:47:42 PM »
A few months after my late husband passed away, I recived a pamphlet in the mail that told me I had a "lifetime" guarantee on the casket. Say what??? Whose lifetime would that be?
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« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2010, 12:06:35 PM »
Quote from: Jean on January 04, 2010, 11:47:42 PM
A few months after my late husband passed away, I recived a pamphlet in the mail that told me I had a "lifetime" guarantee on the casket. Say what??? Whose lifetime would that be?

My Dad owned a funeral home, and he could never give me answer to that one either.
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« Reply #9 on: January 05, 2010, 03:56:32 PM »
Why?
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« Reply #10 on: January 06, 2010, 08:28:32 AM »
Quote from: fc2821 on January 05, 2010, 12:06:35 PM
Quote from: Jean on January 04, 2010, 11:47:42 PM
A few months after my late husband passed away, I recived a pamphlet in the mail that told me I had a "lifetime" guarantee on the casket. Say what??? Whose lifetime would that be?

My Dad owned a funeral home, and he could never give me answer to that one either.
Quote from: kitkatz on January 05, 2010, 03:56:32 PM
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Said he didn't know what the casket company meant when they said that.
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« Reply #11 on: January 06, 2010, 08:30:00 AM »
Something I wodner about.   There were all these smerfs and only one of them was female?  Why?
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« Reply #12 on: January 06, 2010, 10:09:33 AM »
was that the one pat robertson said was gay?
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« Reply #13 on: January 06, 2010, 10:11:23 AM »
No, Dan, that ws Teletubbies.  I'm talking about smerfet. 
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« Reply #14 on: January 06, 2010, 10:45:06 AM »
Smurfs, Dan - the little blue ones that the big guy with the cat wanted to eat.

One of the local toy stores is selling those little plastic smurfs again.  $5 each.  How can little plastic toys that don't move possibly cost that much?
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« Reply #15 on: January 06, 2010, 02:12:45 PM »
Oh, I just can't keep up  with the celebrities these days.  Sorry.
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« Reply #16 on: January 06, 2010, 04:16:29 PM »
Why did I buy an Aquaglob off TV for $19.95 and then saw one at the store for $8 ????
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« Reply #17 on: January 06, 2010, 07:05:38 PM »
The question that keeps me awake at night is

Why can't I get that d%$#d song out of my head?

 :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;

And the worst part is that it is usually a silly preschool song. Try the Itsy Bitsy Spider for hours on end....

 :banghead; :banghead;
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« Reply #18 on: January 06, 2010, 07:06:19 PM »
Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?
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« Reply #19 on: January 06, 2010, 08:42:10 PM »
That's an earworm, willow.  Try searching online for the song and listening to it all the way through.  Or not.  Sometimes your brain is just stuck on replay!
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« Reply #20 on: January 07, 2010, 05:04:32 AM »
Quote from: Rerun on January 06, 2010, 04:16:29 PM
Why did I buy an Aquaglob off TV for $19.95 and then saw one at the store for $8 ????

Does it work rerun?  I always wondered if it worked as good as they say it would.  No leaks? 
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« Reply #21 on: January 07, 2010, 08:03:25 AM »
Where are my pipes?
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« Reply #22 on: January 07, 2010, 08:09:23 AM »
Where do the missing socks go?

Why are there so many single shoes beside the road along the highway?  Who drives with their feet out the window?

What the heck is an Aquaglob?
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"Asbestos Gelos"  (As-bes-tos yay-lohs) Greek. Literally, "fireproof laughter".  A term used by Homer for invincible laughter in the face of death and mortality.
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« Reply #23 on: January 07, 2010, 08:16:50 AM »
I think missing socks  turn into dryer lint...

Bought a pair but only have one foot.  Threw the otherone out the window.

Probably some Suzanne Summers sells on TV.
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« Reply #24 on: January 07, 2010, 08:37:23 AM »
Why do appliances go on the fritz a month after the warrantee is up?
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