From: howdHol@yaooho.com   
      
   Boron Elgar  wrote   
      
   > Snail mail can be highly targeted, too. No targeting is foolproof, but   
   > even the USPS pushes programs to advertisers. How you got on the list   
   > is anyone's algorithm guess, but it is so much more interesting than   
   > the usual lawn service mailings.   
      
   I'll try to remember to ask neighbors if the opportunity arises whether   
   they got it too, which would suggest it's a geographically targeted   
   promo, or if it's something more complicated like an alumni-geo-credit   
   rating deal. Not that I fall into a base that would fall for this kind   
   of thing, but it's always possible the marketing goal was buzz rather   
   than sales.   
      
   > That Manhattan to the Hamptons route has always been golden. so if   
   > anyone is going out there with pie-in-the-sky Kickstarter sorts of   
   > offerings looking for cash, this is pocket change for the Hamptons   
   > crowd.   
      
   I wonder if it's a Producers-style scheme that would fail if they ever   
   got to the delivery stage. You can't look at the photos of Hamptons   
   traffic and think this would ever be serious. You're not making any   
   major dent in that traffic, and getting to and from a runway on both   
   ends is still a huge pain. Probably worse if they ever actually   
   launched. The truly rich are taking helicopters straight from their   
   estates, Billy Joel style, and something like this makes no sense for   
   them.   
      
   And that's setting aside all of the other issues of flying these things.   
   The party ferry boats make so much more sense for the rich but not   
   super-rich types. Or party buses in places like Silicon Valley.   
      
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