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> "There are no pizza places in this town".

"...but there is one in the town 80 miles away, so your pizza will be $95".

"Would you like to go ahead with that order?"



Meh, if you're going with that argument, then their service covers the globe.

Not to mention that while the service might be Magic, pizza bags aren't, and a pizza that takes over an hour to get to you isn't going to be hot. I don't think "here's a ridiculously expensive, late, cold pizza" answers the spirit of "I'd like a pizza".


> I don't think "here's a ridiculously expensive, late, cold pizza" answers the spirit of "I'd like a pizza".

It does for someone in a town that doesn't have pizza.


No, it answers the letter of the request, not the spirit of it.

And if you think that's good enough (consumers won't), then just change the request to "I'd like a hot pizza in the next hour, because I'm hungry now and have an appointment".


You're really not getting it are you?

Magic will do the best they can for whatever price they can. If the consumer doesn't like it, they won't order the thing. No big deal. If it turns out that the vast majority of people are not satisfied with what Magic offers, then Magic won't be a success - just like the other ten million business out there trying to get a foot hold. In all honesty we know the very vast majority of people live in places where (for a fee) Magic will be able to do some neat stuff. Who cares about the people that live in towns with no pizza.

> And if you think that's good enough (consumers won't)

A consumer in a town that doesn't have pizza is going to be disappointed they asked a service to deliver pizza and that service said "We can do that" ?

> "I'd like a hot pizza in the next hour, because I'm hungry now and have an appointment".

And Magic will say, "Sorry, no can do".

Consumers can't get everything they want now for the price they want. Stores turn people away all the time for requests that are impossible. Magic won't be doing anything new with regard to that.


Welcome back to your own starting point: What examples of requests can you think of that can't be served anywhere in the US?

Don't talk down to me when you eventually end up answering your own question the same way I did.




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