ORIGINAL: quiksilver

pdg - Contrary to what you may believe, knowing the royalty paymentsdoes helpthe consumer trace the overhead costs of the product, and helps him determine what is a "fair" price, considering the actual value of the product that he's purchasing. Obviously, that's why B.S. is guarding said informationby tip-toeing around the answer, and/or putting his hand up and claiming corporate privilege.

B.S. - By failing to disclose or even address the information I've requested, I'mgonna go ahead and subjectivelyinterpretthe deafening silence as an admission that the overhead costs probably wouldn't support the product'shefty $700 pricetag...and that the disclosure ofsaid information could be directly damaging to the company's profitability. You're free to raise your privilege at any time, and I'm free to interpret it as I wish.

I just asked a couple simple questions and wanted a simple answer. By failing to provide those answers, I'll interpret thatsilence the same as I would for a criminal defendant who goes to the stand andraises his 5th Amendment rights.

I'm gonna go ahead and bow out of this conversation before it gets any uglier. I figure the answers are self-evident at this point.