Kent wrote:
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>> Kent wrote:
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>>>> Does anyone have any experience with the Nu Wave oven. It sounds
>>>> intriguing. I wonder if you can drop a tad of wood in there for some
>>>> smoke flavor. Kind of mess up the house though.
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>>> It has to be a hunk of junk. When the vendor pays for a half hour
>>> demonstrating a product like that on TV, that increases the "cost of
>>> goods
>>> sold". That's accounting language for 1.price of the product 2. payment
>>> for
>>> shipping, wages, etc and 3.advertising, as on TV. Beyond that is profit
>>> on
>>> the "goods sold". There's so much spent selling, far more than selling
>>> expense in a store, that the product has to be a "hunk of junk". There
>>> really isn't any way around that.
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>> Worst business analysis I've heard in a long time.
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>> In regards to adding wood to a regular oven, bad idea in any case. That
>> doesn't mean this isn't a good unit for what it's actually designed to do.
>> I hope to hear from an experienced user.
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>> Mort
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> Cost of Goods Sold is an accepted accounting term. This product has to have
> a very high marketing cost. It's OK, from an accounting standpoint to spend
> this kind of money marketing a car. For the vendor to spend this much on a 9
> lb hunk of junk is almost thievery. As far as the product itself is
> concerned, read the following: http://nuwave-oven.****edconsumer.com/
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> Kent
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It's great you learned a new word. Infomercials are cheap to produce
and air compared to conventional advertising. Look at what Geico pays.
Or Budweiser.

Selling direct to the consumer affords them a lot of profit that would
be lost using a retailer, too.