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Default Pearls Before the Swine

On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 15:11:01 GMT, Nova wrote:

I got a call yesterday where the potential customer was interested in
two three shelf barrister bookcases. She expected to pay about $100
each and wanted them by Christmas. I told her they would be $1500 -
$2000 each and might be ready by Christmas 2007. She went away.


My mom used to do custom sewing. She quoted one lady a price and was
told "I don't understand, I thought it was supposed to be cheaper to
have homemade clothes?".

Some people just don't get it.
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"We need to make a sacrifice to the gods, find me a young virgin... oh, and bring something to kill"

Tim Douglass

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