Comments on: Brad and Salmon

By: Kevin Lewis

Kevin Lewis — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:09:37 +0000

Brad’s decision may have been perfectly rational, even considering the $100. What promo-chasers often overlook–and I’ve been guilty of this as well–is that every action has an opportunity cost. If you go to a dinner you don’t enjoy and wouldn’t normally have attended, but you get $100, what you actually receive is $100 minus the cost of your time. This cost can be expressed in terms of what you think three hours of your time is worth, or in what money you could have been earning instead had you not gone to the dinner.
If I add up all the hours I’ve spent cashing in free play, driving across town to dip into a promo, standing there waiting to see if I’ve won a drawing, etc. etc., it probably adds up to a year or more. I might ultimately wish I had that year back someday.

By: Robert Klepac

Robert Klepac — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 05:40:04 +0000

Next time you are in the Pacific Northwest – especially Seattle or Vancouver, BC, order some salmon and convince Brad to have a taste. It has converted many a salmon – hater like me. One problem – once you’ve had that salmon, the fish doesn’t make it anywhere else in the country. I rarely enjoy it anywhere else.

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 05:22:28 +0000

Well, I like Brad even more now than I already did…..I don’t like Salmon either.