Re: will dvds murder the videos?

On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 11:55:13 -0500, Sean O'Hara
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>In the Year of the Goat, the Great and Powerful MR_ED_of_Course 
>declared...
>> 
>> Where I live (in California), you can find DVD players for as little as $29,
>> which is amazing because the licensing fees for a DVD player is about $20.
>> That leaves $9 for parts, labor and shipping...ouch.
>> 
>It's a loss-leader -- the store's willing to lose money on the DVD 
>player because the deal will get customers into the store where they'll 
>hopefully buy enough other items to cover the loss. ("Well, the DVD 
>player only costs $29. We might as well get Jimmy a couple DVDs to go 
>with it.")
>

I signed up for a cell phone service in August, and they GAVE me a DVD
player. And a phone. I'm thinking, great, what am I going to do with a
fourth DVD player?

John Harkness