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From: Orchid XP v7
Subject: Re: Expect the unexpected
Date: 19 Dec 2007 12:26:08
Message: <47695430$1@news.povray.org>
>> I quite like some of those ties. Especially 'seahorse spiral' and 'purple 
>> weed'. However, my taste in ties is frequently lambasted so maybe I'm not 
>> the best feedback... :)
>>
>> PS it wasn't me.
> 
> Me too, if I had to wear ties on a regular basis, I'd be apt to wear insane 
> ties like andrew's. 

*rejoyces*

Other people are as insane as me! :-D

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http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*


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From: Orchid XP v7
Subject: Re: Expect the unexpected
Date: 19 Dec 2007 12:26:41
Message: <47695451$1@news.povray.org>
Mike Raiford wrote:

> Oooh, someone's dad is getting a nice tie for Christmas....

You KNOW it's true! ;-)

> I should buy one, and wear it to this steakhouse that cuts off ties and 
> hangs them on the wall. Would make for a very interesting wallhanging... 
>  (Much better than the tacky crap that usually gets chopped and hung)

Interesting concept. Never heard of that one before...

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From: Orchid XP v7
Subject: Re: Expect the unexpected
Date: 19 Dec 2007 12:41:30
Message: <476957ca$1@news.povray.org>
Gilles Tran wrote:

> Congrats.

Thanks.

As you can imagine, it's pretty rare for me to sell a product. (There 
are *billions* of fractal galleries, many much nicer than mine.)

> Note that the first name and shipping destination of the buyer 
> (like "Matt to Houston, Texas") can be seen in your royalty history page, so 
> you can at least see if the same psychopath strikes again in the future.

Ooo... Some guy called Seamus who lives in Arizona. Damn, I get $3 for 
that! :-D

Mmm, interesting. Inspecting the list, I can give you the following 
useless statistics:

- This is the first sale of any product that wasn't a print.

- Only one person has ever purchased more than one product from me. 
(LOL! Oh, wait... does that mean? No, it was in a single order...)

- The majority of customers had male-sounding names. (7 male, 3 female, 
1 ambiguous.)

- All products were shipped to USA addresses. (Except one that went to 
Canada.)

- Highest ever royalty was $3.32 (so this purchase is actually quite 
close to that). Lowest was $0.95 (tied). Most were exactly $1.33.

Looking at my referrals page, I find that 100% of the cash earned was 
*me* referring *myself* to various products. LOL! But yes, I made $0 in 
terms of referrals for *other customers*. Oh well... [inserts Zazzle 
address into sig]

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From: Orchid XP v7
Subject: Re: Expect the unexpected
Date: 19 Dec 2007 14:14:57
Message: <47696db1$1@news.povray.org>
Meh. So many statistics, I forgot to mention... The tie ordered was 
"Silver Shadow":

http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid/product/151149562148262876

In other words, one of the least psychopathic ties I'm selling. ;-) 
[Also quite a long way down the list, so somebody has probably searched 
the whole thing.]

Personally, I wonder just what you could possibly put on a tie that 
would actually be cool. But maybe that's just me?

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http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*


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From: St 
Subject: Re: Expect the unexpected
Date: 19 Dec 2007 15:47:42
Message: <4769836e@news.povray.org>
"Orchid XP v7" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
news:47695430$1@news.povray.org...
>>> I quite like some of those ties. Especially 'seahorse spiral' and 
>>> 'purple weed'. However, my taste in ties is frequently lambasted so 
>>> maybe I'm not the best feedback... :)
>>>
>>> PS it wasn't me.
>>
>> Me too, if I had to wear ties on a regular basis, I'd be apt to wear 
>> insane ties like andrew's.
>
> *rejoyces*

   *rejoices*


>
> Other people are as insane as me! :-D

     Are you a 100% sure?

      ~Steve~



>
> -- 
> http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
> http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*


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From: M a r c
Subject: Re: Expect the unexpected
Date: 20 Dec 2007 07:02:53
Message: <476a59ed$1@news.povray.org>

47696db1$1@news.povray.org...
> Meh. So many statistics, I forgot to mention... The tie ordered was 
> "Silver Shadow":
>
Oh he is a psychopath indeed

He wears ties!

Marc


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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Expect the unexpected
Date: 31 Dec 2007 22:53:00
Message: <4779b91c$1@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> Apparently somebody just bought one.

I was going to, but my brother changed jobs and doesn't wear a tie any 
more as such.

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     It's not feature creep if you put it
     at the end and adjust the release date.


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From: Orchid XP v7
Subject: Re: Expect the unexpected
Date: 1 Jan 2008 17:20:49
Message: <477abcc1$1@news.povray.org>
Darren New wrote:
> Orchid XP v7 wrote:
>> Apparently somebody just bought one.
> 
> I was going to, but my brother changed jobs and doesn't wear a tie any 
> more as such.

LOL!

...oh, wait... you're *in* the USA, aren't you?

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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Expect the unexpected
Date: 1 Jan 2008 18:56:33
Message: <477ad331$1@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> ....oh, wait... you're *in* the USA, aren't you?

Yes. Not sure why that's relevant, tho.

(And yes, I really did call him up to ask if he still wore ties. :-)

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     It's not feature creep if you put it
     at the end and adjust the release date.


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From: Orchid XP v7
Subject: Re: Expect the unexpected
Date: 2 Jan 2008 13:15:07
Message: <477bd4ab@news.povray.org>
Darren New wrote:
> Orchid XP v7 wrote:
>> ....oh, wait... you're *in* the USA, aren't you?
> 
> Yes. Not sure why that's relevant, tho.

So far 100% of the products I've sold were to people who live in the 
USA. (Presumably due to the shipping charges and long waits for other 
parts of the world. The bannar proudly claims "ships within 24 hours!", 
but that's not much use if it takes 2 weeks to arrive anyway...)

> (And yes, I really did call him up to ask if he still wore ties. :-)

LOL!

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