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Re:Conditions of ACME's Unconditional Guarantee by cgb223 on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @07:49PM (#24561391)
> I slightly guarantee your Klein Bottle for THREE MONTHS against any cracks or breakage, whether due to earthquakes, clumsy undergrads, or greasy fingers. Just mail us a fragment and $10, and we will send a replacement.

What a perfect solution to the fake defective / return problem!

Re:Conditions of ACME's Unconditional Guarantee by x1798DE on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @08:30PM (#24561622)
I assume you send a fragment and the receipt or something, otherwise you can smash your klein bottle into many fragments and the return policy becomes a bulk discount.

(Though this particular business seems low volume enough that you can probably easily deal with that problem so long as you don't have to scale it.)

Re:Conditions of ACME's Unconditional Guarantee by CliffStoll on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @08:42PM (#24561704)
To my surprise, I haven't found anyone breaking their bottle on purpose. (or on a porpose). One of the nicest things about running this micro-business is that, sooner or later, I'll meet most of the people who own a Klein bottle. The math & physics community is a wonderful place...
Re:Conditions of ACME's Unconditional Guarantee by tnorthcutt on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @08:51PM (#24561769)
I’m not really part of the math and physics community, but I just wanted to say I’ve been delighted by everything I’ve ever seen that you’ve done. You make the world a more interesting and fun place.
Re:Conditions of ACME's Unconditional Guarantee by CliffStoll on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @08:55PM (#24561797)
Thank you, oh North Cutt!

It's both an honor and a joy to find myself a member of several impressive communities ... old-style hackers, math & physics jocks, people with solder-burns on their fingers, and left-coast techies.

Re:Conditions of ACME's Unconditional Guarantee by jimktrains2 on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @08:58PM (#24561828)
I bought 2 to act as vases for the sweetheart table at our wedding years ago. Thank you!
Re:Conditions of ACME's Unconditional Guarantee by jeffrallen on Thursday September 24, 2020 @05:38PM (#24583992)
How on earth did you get two porpoises onto a table?
Re:Conditions of ACME's Unconditional Guarantee by CliffStoll on Friday September 25, 2020 @07:34PM (#24595116)
Clearly, it wasn't on earth, as porpoises are native in the water. Perhaps he had the porpoises on a water table?
Re:Conditions of ACME's Unconditional Guarantee by bigiain on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @10:33PM (#24562367)
BRB: going to find a porpose...
Re:Conditions of ACME's Unconditional Guarantee by hnaln on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @08:29PM (#24561610)
> intentionally break klein bottle

> send it back piece by piece for more bottles

> repeat with new bottles for infinite bottles

Not a perfect solution haha