BAXTER_A@wehi.dn.mu.oz (11/08/89)
I met this bloke in the car lot this morning who said for one hundred bucks, he could build me a genuine MGB, all new parts, spay paint it Brittish Racing Green (my choice) and monogram the doors in gold paint. I could then drive it for 8 years, and if I liked it, I could keep it and pay only $4000. If I decided after 8 years I didn't like it, I would have to give it back, and I would forfeight my deposit. The only thing was, I had to give him the money this morning, or at least before the TAB closes bets on the Melbourne Cup. For Christ sake!! If you haven't seen this sort of blatent thievery before, you were born yesterday. Jim and Tammy have moved into computers. That's all. Regards Alan
aduncan@rhea.trl.oz.au (Allan Duncan) (11/08/89)
From article <2801@wehi.dn.mu.oz>, by BAXTER_A@wehi.dn.mu.oz: > I met this bloke in the car lot this morning who said for one hundred bucks, he > could build me a genuine MGB, all new parts, spay paint it Brittish Racing > Green (my choice) and monogram the doors in gold paint. I could then drive it > for 8 years, and if I liked it, I could keep it and pay only $4000. If I > decided after 8 years I didn't like it, I would have to give it back, and I > would forfeight my deposit. The only thing was, I had to give him the money > this morning, or at least before the TAB closes bets on the Melbourne Cup. > > For Christ sake!! If you haven't seen this sort of blatent thievery before, you > were born yesterday. Jim and Tammy have moved into computers. That's all. > Regards Alan I think you are being a little hard on the proponent, after all, he has already done some successfull commercial products ( we have some here ). Whether the price is achievable remains to be seen, but it doesn't sound too far out if there is enough volume. Allan Duncan ACSnet aduncan@rhea.trl.oz.au ARPA aduncan%rhea.trl.oz.au@uunet.uu.net UUCP {uunet,hplabs,ukc}!munnari!rhea.trl.oz.au!aduncan Telecom Research Labs, PO Box 249, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia.