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RE: A Cool video of Joe Roberts.

Posted by Joe Roberts (M) on July 5, 2012 at 19:41:25

In Reply to: RE: A Cool video of Joe Roberts. posted by Tom Brennan on July 2, 2012 at 08:15:22:

I'll send you a CD, Tom but...

Are you in fact sure that I cashed YOUR check?

When I saw the end drawing near I stopped ringing up orders and set aside all checks and credit card orders. I had a shoebox full of uncashed checks and credit info from about a 6 month period and I paid all operating expenses out of my pocket. The last issue cost me $22,000 to print and mail.

For a while, when I still had the old Mac database, I checked up on these claims and some people subscribed for one year, early on, and still complained that I robbed them! I can only wish!

SP, for the record, was run entirely at a loss. One year I made a few thousand dollars. That's like 50 cents an hour.

SP was essentially a ponzi scheme where incoming funds paid the printer and post office for the next issue, supplemented by the sale of my personal vintage hifi and tube collection. It would be worth most of a million dollars today.

I worked at least 100 hours a week on SP and did it all myself, with the kind assistance of my wife until she got tired of it (when we had a kid). I never paid myself a dime.

Even with free labor, that was not a workable plan. Yeah I am an idiot, but I wasn't doing this for money. What did you think we were a publishing tycoon outfit like Audio Amateur, Inc.!!?? ;op

Anyway, it has been 15 years, bro...what do I owe you the cost of a Happy Meal? Today I bought two bags of cat snacks, a loaf of bread, six padded envelopes, and a bag of mesquite charcoal and it cost more than a subscription to SP.

Are you saying you didn't get your $20 bucks worth in inspiration and knowledge? Tuition ain't free.

Are you certain that I didn't pay to send you an issue or two myself and never cashed your check? You might owe me $10! I'm not really keeping track.

If anyone should be disappointed with SP longevity, it should be me! But I'm glad I did it when I could. It was fun.

But seriously Tom, I'll send you a CD, if it will brighten your day. It has a few issues worth of unpublished material on it. PM your address.




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