Dolemite wrote:
] A cash register for under $200?

Oh, no, sorry, just a box that grabs cryptographic coupons over bluetooth and verifies them. You still have to have the cash register. The startbucks guy still has to press the coupon button.

] Apparently you've never worked for a pizza delivery place.

It depends on the margins in your business. If you are operating way above cost then you can give away 50 cents most of the time and its no big deal. Grocery stores operate at about a penny per item, so 50 cent coupons are a major loss. They make up on it because you buy a lot of other stuff at the same time. McDonalds had quarterly losses a few years ago because they ran a promotion where you had tabs on your drink cups that gave you free food if you could correctly answer a question about a disney film. They ran the numbers assuming a random distribution of correct answers, but in reality most customers knew the answers to the questions, and there were web sites that offered all of them. So they lost a bundle.

] I agree that from my point of view and definitely yours as
] well, having a printer on a phone is like having a PDA with a
] string dispenser so that you can tie one on your finger as a
] reminder.

Yes, I agree with this. Thing is that if I store the SMS messages in my phone they will remind me just as well. Studies, however, will probably show that peices of paper work better for most people. Thats where I may loose the wager.

RE: Can you hear me now, killing a tree?