At 07:16 PM 6/19/2003 -0400, John R. Wolff wrote:
>Now that is what I call a truly crippled marketing strategy!

But...
Don't judge them by the tired approaches of the lemmings of the industry,
HP has always prided itself on being INVENTive and this is certainly not
following the crowd.


>On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 10:47:37 -0700, Gavin Scott <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >Joe writes:
> >> I understand that HP's marketing  plan is to sell $10.00 bills
> >> for $9.00 and then make up the difference in volume.
> >
> >Actually they're selling $20 bills for $100 each, but the $20 is crossed
>out
> >on each bill and $10 is written in with a crayon.  When you try to spend
>one
> >you find that you only get $5 for it.
> >
> >G.
>
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