Talk:The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000/@comment-87.54.33.238-20120217135915/@comment-87.54.33.238-20120217151854

"Applejack makes a point. If they agree to a 75-25 split, they'll lose 75 percent potential profit."

Ah, but wait! That's 75 % of the potential profit they'd gain -in partnership- with these (slightly greedy) gents: But if they, in collaboration, can serve -at least six times as many customers- as seen when they start the competition (Notice the Apples manage to produce a measly one barrel in the same time as the Flim-Flam brothers can produce six), the 25 % percent margin is still more earned capital than their current 100 % output. And we have to remember, as well, that the Apples produced this at -full speed-, pouring every ounce into it, while the Flim-Flam brothers lounged about doing nothing ('xept maybe magic).

Lets say that the Apples earn 100 doubloons per day and get the full profit. They partner with the Flim-Flams and the collected profit is potentially 600 doubloons. 75 % of 600 is 450, leaving 25% as in150 doubloons per day for the Apples. Even when the deal sounds terrible, they'd still earn -more- for only 25 % than they do currently. Also, since the Flim Flams are so charitable to actually do the work themselves ("Throw in the magic to power the machine for free" as Flim.. or Flam says himself), this frees up the other Apples to do other things, enabling even more possibility for profit and/or effective work-hours elsewhere.

All the while satisfying customers, like Rainbow Dash.