Stuart wrote:


They might have figured out that anybody who buys the kit is likely to buy
additional bits later and thus it's profitable to sell the bits for more.
Who is going to toss the jig just because they lost or broke the bit?


Bit like the inkjet printer scenario. You buy the cartridges, the printer
comes free :-)


I think that gimmick came into being back in February 1900 when Kodak
introduced the Brownie camera.

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Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA