| Author | Message | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 1 Registered: 11-2011 |
A man made a purchase in order to save a little time, but it ended up costing him a lot of money. What did he buy? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 441 Registered: 7-2011 |
Welcome to the forum! We can assume he is a HAM (human adult male), so is his nationality relevant? age? profession? martital status? Would the puzzle work with a HAF? Are other people involved, besides whoever he bought the - whatever - from? Was the purchase one item? more than one? many items? | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 2 Registered: 11-2011 |
We can assume he is a HAM (human adult male), so is his nationality relevant? age? profession? martital status? Would the puzzle work with a HAF? Are other people involved, besides whoever he bought the - whatever - from? Yes Was the purchase one item? more than one? many items? It was a large collection of the same item. | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 3 Registered: 11-2011 |
In response to the other questions, his age, profession, marital status, nationality, and gender are irrelevant. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15579 Registered: 4-2010 |
Welcome to the forum, Sunnygrace! Was it going to save him time on a task? At work? At home? Is the task something ordinary? Something that anyone can do? Something that a lot of people do actually do? For future reference, use bold text to answer questions. You make text bold like this (without the spaces): \ b { text } | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 4 Registered: 11-2011 |
Was it going to save him time on a task? At work? At home? Both Is the task something ordinary? Something that anyone can do? Something that a lot of people do actually do? Yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15587 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was it a household task? One done frequently? Occasionally? A chore? | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 5 Registered: 11-2011 |
Was it a household task? yes, but not exclusively One done frequently? yope Occasionally? A chore? yes | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 982 Registered: 7-2010 |
Does the chore involve ...cleaning something? ...sorting something? ...taking things somewhere? ...writing something? | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 6 Registered: 11-2011 |
...cleaning something? ...sorting something? ...taking things somewhere? ...writing something? /b{yes, no to rest} | ||
| Jondahr (Jondahr)
New member Username: Jondahr Post Number: 153 Registered: 10-2011 |
Welcome, Sunnygrace! :D Were the items he purchased intended for the use he was planning to put them to? Or was he trying to find a "creative solution" to something? Did this collection of items come in a box? A bottle? A glass? A bag? A tin? Sold separately? | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 7 Registered: 11-2011 |
Were the items he purchased intended for the use he was planning to put them to? yes Or was he trying to find a "creative solution" to something? no Did this collection of items come in a box? A bottle? A glass? A bag? A tin? Sold separately?no to all | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15602 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was he buying food? | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 8 Registered: 11-2011 |
Was he buying food? \b {no} | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15608 Registered: 4-2010 |
You said he was writing something...was he writing a letter? Multiple letters? Was he buying stamps? | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 9 Registered: 11-2011 |
You said he was writing something...was he writing a letter? Multiple letters? yesWas he buying stamps?YES...but more specific | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 10 Registered: 11-2011 |
You said he was writing something...was he writing a letter? Multiple letters? yesWas he buying stamps?YES...but more specific | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 990 Registered: 7-2010 |
Did he buy the stamps on a counter? On an automat? If it was an automat, was it one that doesn't give out change? Or gives change only in form of stamps? And he didn't have the exact amount of money for buying a certain amount of stamps, so he had to pay more than necessary or ended up with stamps that he didn't want? Or did he buy a "stamp" with his phone? Which is more expensive than buying a real stamp? (At least that's the case in Germany) Did he buy ahead a large amount of stamps so that he won't have to go buy any for a while? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15615 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did he lose money because the price to send a letter changed? Maybe he bought those "forever" stamps and the price to send a letter went down? | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 11 Registered: 11-2011 |
Did he buy the stamps on a counter? On an automat? irrelevant If it was an automat, was it one that doesn't give out change? Or gives change only in form of stamps? And he didn't have the exact amount of money for buying a certain amount of stamps, so he had to pay more than necessary or ended up with stamps that he didn't want? no Or did he buy a "stamp" with his phone? Which is more expensive than buying a real stamp? (At least that's the case in Germany) no Did he buy ahead a large amount of stamps so that he won't have to go buy any for a while? yes | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 12 Registered: 11-2011 |
Did he lose money because the price to send a letter changed? yesish Maybe he bought those "forever" stamps yes and the price to send a letter went down?no | ||
| Jondahr (Jondahr)
New member Username: Jondahr Post Number: 176 Registered: 10-2011 |
Did the particular stamps he bought go out of use? Did he move to another country, and so couldn't use them anymore? | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 13 Registered: 11-2011 |
Did the particular stamps he bought go out of use? Did he move to another country, and so couldn't use them anymore? no | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2262 Registered: 2-2011 |
did the stamps get spoiled or destroyed? did he lose them? was it an offence to buy so many stamps altogether? did it cost him money because he was unable to use all the stamps? or was there an additional cost? a fine? | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 14 Registered: 11-2011 |
did the stamps get spoiled or destroyed? did he lose them? was it an offence to buy so many stamps altogether? did it cost him money because he was unable to use all the stamps? or was there an additional cost? a fine? no to all | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2275 Registered: 2-2011 |
were the things he was sending off orders for something? so he had to pay for those goods? | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 15 Registered: 11-2011 |
were the things he was sending off orders for something? so he had to pay for those goods? no | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 16 Registered: 11-2011 |
Here's a hint... He lost more money than you might think. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2285 Registered: 2-2011 |
was he prosecuted for something? fined? | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 17 Registered: 11-2011 |
was he prosecuted for something? fined? no. he did nothing illegal. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2289 Registered: 2-2011 |
when it cost him a lot of money, was this actually money which he paid out? or was it money which he might have made but didn't? or did he lose something valuable? | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 18 Registered: 11-2011 |
when it cost him a lot of money, was this actually money which he paid out?no or was it money which he might have made but didn't? YESor did he lose something valuable? no | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1783 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did he actually send anything? If yes, relevant what was in the envelope? | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 19 Registered: 11-2011 |
Did he actually send anything? yes, but irrelevant If yes, relevant what was in the envelope? no | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2290 Registered: 2-2011 |
would he have made money by buying the stamps later? or separately? or would he have made money by sending the letters later? was he buying shares? | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 20 Registered: 11-2011 |
would he have made money by buying the stamps later? or separately? or would he have made money by sending the letters later? was he buying shares? no. the money he lost was more than the cost of the stamps. | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 21 Registered: 11-2011 |
Since it's been a week, here's another hint..................... He forgot over time how much a regular stamp cost. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15767 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did he try to send letters with stamps that no longer covered the cost of postage? | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 22 Registered: 11-2011 |
Did he try to send letters with stamps that no longer covered the cost of postage? no | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 32 Registered: 11-2011 |
Hint....................................................................................................He lost more than $10,000. | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 64 Registered: 11-2011 |
if the letter(s) had arrived quicker would he have won/claimed/retained the money? i.e. did they go second class? | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 33 Registered: 11-2011 |
if the letter(s) had arrived quicker irrelevantwould he have won/claimed/retained the money? As to "won", yes.i.e. did they go second class?irrel. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2355 Registered: 2-2011 |
did the letters never arrive? was he bidding for shares? | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 41 Registered: 11-2011 |
did the letters never arrive? no was he bidding for shares?no | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 52 Registered: 11-2011 |
RECAP: He bought forever stamps to save time every time the price went up. He lost more than $10,000, far more than the cost of the stamps. This is money he would have won but didn't. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4640 Registered: 9-2009 |
Won: in a contest? By being customer number X? By buying something? | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 54 Registered: 11-2011 |
Won: in a contest?yesish By being customer number X? By buying something?no | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4667 Registered: 9-2009 |
A contest: he entered knowingly? He entered by doing something else? Did he not enter the contest? Or did he enter, but not win? | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 56 Registered: 11-2011 |
A contest: he entered knowingly?yes He entered by doing something else?yes Did he not enter the contest? Or did he enter, but not win?yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16027 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did he have to mail in his entry? But didn't put on enough postage? | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 57 Registered: 11-2011 |
Did he have to mail in his entry? But didn't put on enough postage? no. this was not a mail-order contest | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2438 Registered: 2-2011 |
did he have to send away for lots of things which would then enable him to enter the contest? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 204 Registered: 11-2011 |
did he buy a lottery ticket? appear on a game show? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 205 Registered: 11-2011 |
to win the money he had to answer a question about the current price of a stamp? (and he didn't know) | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 58 Registered: 11-2011 |
appear on a game show?to win the money he had to answer a question about the current price of a stamp? (and he didn't know)YES! ***************SPOILER*************** In order to avoid the nuisance of buying new stamps every time the price went up, he bought forever stamps. Years later, he appeared on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire." All was well until he faced this question: What is the current price of a US first-class stamp? A: 42 cents B: 43 cents C:44 cents D: 45 cents. He guessed wrong and left with $1000, rather than the $16,000 he would have won for getting the question right. For those of you who want to be on the show, this is the type of question they ask every time it changes. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16034 Registered: 4-2010 |
They're going to be upping it again, so he'd better brush up! | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 63 Registered: 11-2011 |
Too late for him. Contestants should know things that change every year, like the current American Idol, the champs of every important sports league, and the winning word of the National Spelling Bee (you normally don't have to spell the word, but you have to know what it means.) |
