New High In The Old Depression
I’ve kind of got used to nickel candy bars costing over a dollar now. I’m used to prices jumping 14% every time the minimum wage goes up 6.5% I’m used to cars 10 feet long and 4 feet wide costing more than my brick home. I’m now used to FREE somethings costing a dollar or two.
But today, today I struck a new high in the old depression.
Today I bought 50 powerful backgrounds with splashes of animated artwork doing amazing contortions. The price was marked down from $295 to a mere $47.
The sales copy that sucked me in pointed out that I could resell the material for $47 and get all my money back, therefore — he he he — it was actually FREE! As part of my purchase I would also receive a link to a vendor with thousands of backgrounds that I could get for FREE, FREE, FREE!
As you may have guessed by now, I bought the merchandise and it was delivered in a timely manner. The very first thing I noticed was that there were only EIGHT backgrounds, not 50. The second thing I noticed was that I didn’t know how to use the eight I got. The seller explained with a wicked chuckle that for a mere $47 I could not expect to receive a set of instructions!
Well, what about those thousands of backgrounds I could have for free?
Sure enough, there was a link enclosed in the package and, to get there, I pushed my little browzer through hyper space so fast the paint came off! Eagerly I click-clacked on the first FREE specimen.
But wait, what is this rising on my monitor screen? Why, it’s a price tag.
This FREE background would cost me $295 — he he he — a registration fee… he he he.
I would also have to swear on a stack of Bibles not to use the material in a commercial environment.
From now on I will climb up Mount Everest to see just how high the Depression has reached because Free backgrounds now cost $295 — Aren’t you glad?