Either they correctly estimated the return on their investment or spent
a lot of time afterwards drinking heavily, (probably on credit), or more
likely it was part of their budget this being an advertising gimmick to
get notoriety rather than direct returns. I've seen a lot of people p*ss
away more money for less.
On the other hand the current video of interest makes the author look
like a complete idiot. I guess any publicity is good publicity...
Unless of course he's actually been sued and is now likely to be sued
again, in which case he doesn't just /seem/ to be a complete idiot.
On 10/26/2017 10:29 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
Ghm...
Given the cost of the windshield replacement, I wonder how much net
profit they've got.
I googled, and while for a regular car the windshield replacement
costs some $100-400, for an exotic car like a Ferrari, the bill seems
to be exceeding $1000 (I saw some $2.5k windshield offering on eBay, and
someone had a blogpost about Aston Martin windshield replacement that
was about $4.5k)
I also see this estimate of an average pay-off for 1 million views:
https://devumi.com/2016/12/1-million-youtube-views-much-youtube-pays-milestone/
between $300 and $2000.
So, even in the best case scenario, the total net profit seems to be
not worth the trouble. Am I making a mistake in my estimates?
Igor
postmaster Wed, 25 Oct 2017 11:42:38 -0700 wrote:
Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]> wrote:
I suspect it is not just "publicity", but direct money earning.
If you were to look at his videos, - he is clearly in the business of
earning "click" money from his Youtube videos.
So, I suspect Mark's hypothesis as well as Ann and Rob's
clarifications are correct.
About a year ago a couple of "bros" posted a YouTube video of them
attempting to do a photo shoot with a Ferrari (or some other exotic
car) in the middle of Manhattan by simply stopping in traffic and
going about the shoot. Then a local guy, fed up with the traffic jam,
shows up with a baseball bat and smashes their windscreen in revenge.
The video spread like wildfire for a couple of days. Then someone
discovered the guy with the baseball bat was in on it and the whole
video was a set-up.
I think this dweeb and his "copyright lawsuit" represent just a
half-assed version of the seme thing.
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