Subject: Re: Brand name aspirin
From: Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 22:35:17 -0400 (EDT)
Brian Bartholomew writes:
> In my perfect world, advertising something as better when you (the
> brand name drug company) know it's identical, and advertising
> something as a special when you (the store) know it isn't, would be
> trade fraud.
And in the meantime there's money to be made by establishing a
reputation for honesty. It worked for the Quakers of the 17th and
18th centuries. They set out to good and did very well.
Don't whine, Brian: there are no such things as problems; only
business opportunities. If you see a business opportunity that you
don't want to address, then tell other people about it. But don't
whine. Never whine.
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