After "cumpets" thread about "the hot Russian girl friend" it seems like a good thread topic.
I had one a few years ago..........You get this letter in the mail "You have just won a free boat and motor" Something smells fishy.........so I call the company in Texas.......Yep! they said "Just send us $80 bucks for shipping and handling"........At the time I was a lumber broker........and I knew some times the freight cost is were you could make the real profit in the deal. So I called them back and said "I will be in Texas next week so I will just pick them up there"...........They said "sorry sir they are shipped out of Maine" I said "It just so happens that I will be in Maine that week too"..........They hung up on me..
The shipping and handling is were the money is make........they were going to ship me a rubber raft (cost 10 bucks) and a motor (a junky pastic thing that cost 10 bucks) real frieght cost 10 dallors....net cash to them $50.00...........per sucker.
Thats why all these commericals on TV talk about free "life time" replacement of razor blades or whatever, ...................just pay the "shipping and handling"............suckers!
NB