I remember working on a project, many years ago, a toy where the final
effective cost to consumer of the packaging was more than the item
itself. But then, notoriously, the value of the PET bottle containing
a litre of Coke was around seven times the value of the content and
may still be. Madness indeed.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 05/01/2010, at 6:52 AM, JOHN DUGGAN wrote:
> Economics of the madhouse, although I get your point. When I used
> to dabble in silversmithing it used to amaze me that the cost of raw
> materials for a project did not differ that much between using
> silver or gold, compared to the final project cost. The "man hours"
> obviously were similar...but the mark up due to using gold was much
> higher...being an awkward sod I preferred using silver..just liked
> the material.
--
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
|