"rw" wrote in message
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GregP wrote:

In many areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, many people live
(have to live, or die) on incomes of a dollar a day or so,
so it's possible.

Two words: Harry Mason.

http://www.troutflies.com/

Flies as good as you've ever seen, at a fair price. Don't forget to
check out the fly-tying tutorials. It's almost like Harry is trying to
put himself out of business. :-)

I appreciate that someone is employing dexterous African women for
starvation wages to tie flies for $3/dozen (retail), and trying to make
a few bucks along the way. That's capitalism. I will, however, bet my
bottom dollar that Harry's flies are better -- FAR better.

Why?

Do we really need to outsource trout flies? Dell Computer customer
support is one thing, but a quality trout fly touches your soul,
regardless of where it's tied. For a mere $100 you can buy enough flies
from Harry to last through the season, depending on where you fish. :-)

Need? Funny you should mention need......and capitalism. If enough
people......say several hundred......buy a hundred dollars worth of flies
from Harry, he can put a kid through college......thus perhaps giving a good
head start to yet another good capitalist. Or......for a hundred dollars,
you could feed an entire family in Kenya for six months.

Um.....is underpricing the competition a practice familiar to capitalists?

Wolfgang
and you can keep your bottom dollar.