On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:53:12 -0600, Les Cargill
wrote:
RichD wrote:
On Jan 20, Les wrote:
A noise canceling headphone consists of a headphone,
plus an external microphone fed to an inverting input,
right?
Why does that cost $40 extra?
2) Because that is what people will pay for them.
Guy I went to college with went to work for Evil Corporation "X", and
basically lived on the road for like ten years. Wasn't married, so
he was able to save almost everything he made. The point is that these
are a "travel" item and people who burn through a corporation's travel
budget can offset salary& bonus with such purchases, and the
resulting value to them is higher than for those of us who don't.
That is why the Sky Mall magazine is like it is...
Sky Mall magazine?
--
Rich
I gather you don't fly much?
http://www.skymall.com/shopping/homepage.htm?pnr=ING
You can bet that when I do, I am not looking at the damned airline
rags.
I spent $25 on magazines on my last flight to DC. Worth every penny.
Watched a movie off my laptop hard drive too.