And lo on Thu, 15 May 2008 14:32:47 +0100, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did  
spake, saying:

Heh I love it when you get ranty about the price of mission-critical stuff.

Here's a story I was told I forget the exact measurements and prices but  
still -

A women approaches a company that make bespoke wooden doors for a new  
front door. She can't buy an off-the-rack for £100 because they're two  
inches too narrow, they quote her a price of £250. She blows her top  
shouting "You're charging me £150 for those two extra inches" and storms  
off never to return.

The moral, of course, is that she wasn't be charged an extra £150 she was  
being charged £250 to have workmen create for her a uniquely sized door  
 from scratch.

-- 
Phil Cook

--
I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
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