X-Message-Number: 4883
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 08:24:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug Skrecky <>
Subject: cryonics organization prices

 In message 4876 Steve Bridge writes: 
 > I figured we had done our fierce competition thing in July
 > and that this was too soon to do it again.  I guess Bob E. 
 > was feeling more aggressive that day than the rest of us were. 
 > Who says age slows you down? 
    I think CI is sitting on a potential gold mine with possible prices of
 just $10,000 for neuros. Ok, so this doesn't include a top-of-the-line
 $40,000 washout, etc by Mike Darwin. However I am convinced that there is
 a large market out there waiting for the right price in cryonics, since
 many people already have over $10,000 in company sponsored life
 insurance. They are skeptical about cryonics so high prices of even
 $28,000 essentially eliminate it from consideration. With already
 existing insurance in place to cover the $10,000 minimum it is not going
 to take much effort for a religious skeptic to sign over this benefit in
 order to avoid rotting in the cold hard ground. 
     Now there is nothing wrong with being a Bloomingdales and offering
 only top-of-the-line merchandise. However it is the Walmart's and
 McDonalds of the world that become giants. I dare Alcor to take the
 plunge and test market a low end product (brain freezing?) which would
 appeal to the masses, who after all know very well what the alternative
 is. 


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