I posted this about a year ago. It got such a wonderful response that I thought I'd bring it back. It's a take-off on how a typical car salesmen would break down the price of a car. I was thinking about what I do, which is really selling my words. So accordingly, here is the breakdown of the price for a...
Word Salesman:
Words ..............................................................................$14.95
Title Fee .............................................................................$1.73
Order Tax (ya gotta have the words in the right order!) ...$20.99
Translation Fee (so my thoughts are in ENGLISH) ..........$10.75
Punctuation Accessories ...................................................$7.95
Adjective Fee ....................................................................$4.95
Paragraph Charge ..............................................................$2.23
PDF Handy Carrying Case ................................................$17.95
Years of Research and Education .................................$1059.72
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Total cost for one communication study! ......................$1141.22
For more moderately priced Speech Communication studies, visit Art of Eloquence.com!
* Please post a comment with how you would break down YOUR products/services!
Word Salesman
I posted this about a year ago. It got such a wonderful response that I thought I'd bring it back. It's a take-off on how a typical car salesmen would break down the price of a car. I was thinking about what I do, which is really selling my words. So accordingly, here is the breakdown of the price for a...
Word Salesman:
Words ..............................................................................$14.95
Title Fee .............................................................................$1.73
Order Tax (ya gotta have the words in the right order!) ...$20.99
Translation Fee (so my thoughts are in ENGLISH) ..........$10.75
Punctuation Accessories ...................................................$7.95
Adjective Fee ....................................................................$4.95
Paragraph Charge ..............................................................$2.23
PDF Handy Carrying Case ................................................$17.95
Years of Research and Education .................................$1059.72
———————————————————————————————————-
Total cost for one communication study! ......................$1141.22
For more moderately priced Speech Communication studies, visit Art of Eloquence.com!
* Please post a comment with how you would break down YOUR products/services!
4 comments
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I think my fee comes somewhere between your Order Tax and the Translation Fee, right? ROFLOL Actually, JoJo, your studies are worth a whole lot more. I should know. I’ve read most of them word for word as your Editor. I think I would have to add a “pain in the butt” tax to mine. You know how doggone picky I can be. :)
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Wow – think of how rich you’d be! You could come and live in a place not so hot – like Seattle!!
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See now I didn’t even put in the cost of editing, now did I? I love how picky you are, my dear!