Comments on: If airlines sold paint

By: Dave Muth

Dave Muth — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:51:00 +0000

I sell one-part, high performance, moisture-cure urethane coatings. Every product we sell ranges between $75 and $140. per gallon. Finish coats will stay shiny for 10 years on a ship at sea. There is a shortage of customers willing to pay those prices.

Fingernail polish costs over $2,000 on a per gallon basis, and there is NO shortage of customers. Go Finger; ………..I mean;………. Go Figure!

Dave Muth
DMAC Coatings, Seattle dmacdave@msn.com

By: An Investment in Efficiency - Dick Davis Digest

An Investment in Efficiency - Dick Davis Digest — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:20:34 +0000

[...] There is a clever story that has been floating around the Internet for years called, “If airlines sold paint.” It’s funny in an absurd kind of way. It illustrates just how little respect most airlines have for their customers. This is why I never, never, never under any circumstances invest in airline stocks (with the possible exception of Southwest). You can Google it and/or find one version of the story here. [...]

By: S P

S P — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 16:51:01 +0000

And don’t forget…

1. The best colors are reserved for the frequent-painters
2. Frequent painters get wet-paint, all others may get dry paint

By: kenish

kenish — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 16:30:22 +0000

If you have more than 3 ounces of paint the store will have to dump it out.

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uberVU - social comments — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 04:13:39 +0000

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By: Lynn R

Lynn R — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:40:54 +0000

Another few unmentioned provisos: This stated $12/gallon is for the base paint. If you want a color, that will be an additional charge of up to $199 and beyond, depending on the shade, tint and tone. Then, of course, there are the de-lidding, pouring, measuring, mixing and re-lidding charges.

By: James Morrison

James Morrison — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:22:42 +0000

I looked for frequent painters’ points, but I guess the rules for those are in the really fine print.

By: Lowell

Lowell — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:19:27 +0000

From all the news about Ryan…Paint (eh hmmm), they would charge you 2 dollars to use your own pail to carry the paint, 5 dollars to use their can (non-refundable of course), and an extra 10 dollars for a lid for the can. Carry charges would also apply for them to help you get the paint to your vehicle. And you would not be able to afford the paint sticks to stir the paint, although SouthWPaint gives them away with the purchase of their paint.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 06:15:02 +0000

I hear RyanPaint is cheaper but they charge extra for a can to hold the paint.

By: John M

John M — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:04:56 +0000

This was written by Al Hess, the owner of Hess Travel in Bountiful Utah. He wrote over 20 years ago and is still in the business. He still thinks that the airline business is a crazy one.