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 Posted: 30-Jul-2002 21:23 Post subject: Invest in Budweiser!!!!! |
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3 years ago if you invested $1000 in Enron your investment would be worth $24.66 today.
3 years ago if you invested $1000 in WorldCom your investment would be worth $31.75 today.
3 years ago if you bought $1000 worth of Budweiser, saved the empties, and returned them today you'd get $47.80 in bottle deposits.
And I'm not making that up 
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Ares
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| Posted: 30-Jul-2002 22:26 Post subject: RE: Invest in Budweiser!!!!! |
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More if you live in Michigan, the deposits for emptys are $0.10 there  Course, the price goes up a bit too to reflect that, but it's all about using the product.
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| Posted: 31-Jul-2002 07:38 Post subject: RE: Invest in Budweiser!!!!! |
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Gotta love that deposit....
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| Posted: 31-Jul-2002 10:25 Post subject: RE: Invest in Budweiser!!!!! |
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Can you cross the board, buy'em cheaper and sell'em back empty for more ?
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Ares
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| Posted: 31-Jul-2002 12:17 Post subject: RE: Invest in Budweiser!!!!! |
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I'd have to do it with Coke or something, but I'd never tried. Probably, I mean, the can's a can? They probably don't worry about it since no one would bother.
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| Posted: 31-Jul-2002 19:21 Post subject: RE: Invest in Budweiser!!!!! |
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MMmmmmmm. Beer!
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| Posted: 03-Aug-2002 21:43 Post subject: RE: Invest in Budweiser!!!!! |
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On 2002-07-30 21:23, chihawk wrote:
3 years ago if you bought $1000 worth of Budweiser, saved the empties, and returned them today you'd get $47.80 in bottle deposits.
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LOL! But you would be averaging about 1 beer a day which means you would probably need to go to AA 
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Ares
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| Posted: 03-Aug-2002 21:53 Post subject: RE: Invest in Budweiser!!!!! |
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You make no net gain actually, since you pay for the deposit when you purchase the product (I bought a 22 oz. Faygo Cherry Moon Mist this morning. It was $.69, but I get charged $.79 because I can redeem the bottle for $.10. So, in the end, I'm down for the original cost of the product before the man got his bite, $.69. Except I have 22 ounces of a nice Code Red ripoff in my stomach 
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| Posted: 04-Aug-2002 08:37 Post subject: RE: Invest in Budweiser!!!!! |
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On 2002-08-03 21:53, Ares wrote:
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Missed the joke, eh?
You have less of a loss with the beer.
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Ares
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| Posted: 04-Aug-2002 10:33 Post subject: RE: Invest in Budweiser!!!!! |
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No, I got it, you lose money both ways, except maybe Ahnheiser-Busch might be a better choice. Which is probably going to be there better choice for a while coming up, since with the new lays requiring CEO's to lay off the creative math, I've heard that a lot of skeletons are gonna get dragged out of the closet and beaten.
Still though, I'd invest in biotech or something. People always need medicine and insurance.
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| Posted: 04-Aug-2002 10:39 Post subject: RE: Invest in Budweiser!!!!! |
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LOL, nope, you didn't get it.
You see, if you'd invested in the 2 companies you'd have lost a fortune and have nothing to show for it.
If you'd bought $1000 worth of beer you'd have drunk $1000 worth of beer and still have more money left over then the other 2 scenarios.
That's the joke.
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