Re: As Starbucks goes, so goes the world




"alan" <in_flagrante@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Steve" <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:17:35 +0000 (UTC), vojta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(Paul Vojta) wrote:

(Sorry to spoil the fun.)

Spoilsport. ;-)

Should I have just said that their mark up equals approximately cost
plus 4-5%?

Well, I do believe that she *had* asked: "...what the mark up is what the
mark up is on a cuppa". Unless you just picked "4-5%" out of the air (and
I suspect you did) then, yes, that's what you should have said.

84.3% of statistics are made up impulsively.


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