Thoughts on final prices in Goldin/Ruth auction?

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by Runscott

A better solution might be to answer the first email, then to ignore the customer. Or you could get a personal 'Bat phone' for each person who consigns a certain amount of stuff, hire additional employees to man each one, and train them to impersonate your voice.

I like the second solution. I think it would be cheaper though for Ken to just always talk like a robot when in public and then have his phones hooked to a Speak And Spell programmed to answer the phone with a single phrase: LEAVE ME ALONE



[In reading back over that, I realize that my solution makes no sense at all after my edits and re-edits, as Ken could just record his own voice saying LEAVE ME ALONE. You see, I started out with him talking like a robot and then buying robots to man the phones, then added the Speak and Spell option as a further cost-saving measure, but then that seemed too convoluted for a quick joke so I pared it back, and now I come off like some weird and out of touch dude with an avatar that nobody recognizes, which I also now realize is not helped by this added dialogue.]

[ZachS]

Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

[In reading back over that, I realize that my solution makes no sense at all after my edits and re-edits, as Ken could just record his own voice saying LEAVE ME ALONE. You see, I started out with him talking like a robot and then buying robots to man the phones, then added the Speak and Spell option as a further cost-saving measure, but then that seemed too convoluted for a quick joke so I pared it back, and now I come off like some weird and out of touch dude with an avatar that nobody recognizes, which I also now realize is not helped by this added dialogue.]

My brain hurts...

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by zachs

my brain hurts...

Well, LEAVE ME ALONE

[MikeGarcia]

Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

I like the second solution. I think it would be cheaper though for Ken to just always talk like a robot when in public and then have his phones hooked to a Speak And Spell programmed to answer the phone with a single phrase: LEAVE ME ALONE



[In reading back over that, I realize that my solution makes no sense at all after my edits and re-edits, as Ken could just record his own voice saying LEAVE ME ALONE. You see, I started out with him talking like a robot and then buying robots to man the phones, then added the Speak and Spell option as a further cost-saving measure, but then that seemed too convoluted for a quick joke so I pared it back, and now I come off like some weird and out of touch dude with an avatar that nobody recognizes, which I also now realize is not helped by this added dialogue.]

[ZachS]

[thecatspajamas]

You gentlemen sure know how to make a feller feel welcome. I take back what I said about leavin' me alone. A tip of the ol' battered top hat to you both.