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Saturday, April 16, 2011

42: Another old magazine #2


From 2006, a magazine dedicated to the fine and ancient art of hunting with sticks that are thrown ever so quickly. Here's a better view as to the value of magazines. Only 5 years out of date with whatever technological advances that may have occurred in bow hunting and this old issue was bought for the sum total (including delivery) of one cent on Ebay. That's a game I like to play with the world. Just how much can I get for a mere penny delivered. Turns out...a lot, like over 170 discrete items won a lot. People are kinda not good at figuring out the value of things.

Sure, you know what the guy was thinking. At subscription rate, this issue cost him something around $1.66 (according to card inside). Now five years later the information is still valid; caribou and deer have failed to adapt to our bowhunting strategies in the meanwhile. This lack of understanding cost him $2.41 in postage for a penny earned and not really even that minus the fees inherent. Magazines are just worthless in a connected world.

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