To: WSFAlist at keithlynch.net
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 09:02:38 -0400
Subject: [WSFA] Re: going to Worldcon
From: ronkean at juno.com
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

On Sat, 10 Aug 2002 20:29:08 -0700 (PDT) N Lynch <sfbookfan at yahoo.com>
writes:

I could never see the
> point of buying Sunday's paper on Saturday, but I
> guess some people do.

If the paper were bought just for the news, there would be little reason
to buy Sunday's paper on Saturday, since the Sunday paper costs more than
Saturday's, but Saturday's 'Sunday' paper has news no more recent than
Saturday's paper.  The people who buy Sunday's paper on Saturday are
probably primarily interested in other parts of the paper - classifieds,
op-eds, feature articles, insert magazines, insert ads for weekly sales,
etc.  For example, a house hunter who gets Sunday's paper on Saturday can
better plan visits to Sunday open houses.  Someone looking to buy a car
from a private seller might want to see Sunday's classified ads on
Saturday.

Ron Kean

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