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A good pair of men's dress shoes or boots should last for several years. Hell, a good pair of boots should last decades for most people. Low to mid range female shoes won't last more than a few months. It definitely makes good sense to focus on selling low to mid range female shoes when your primary concern is volume.
In the email he sent announcing this ticketing system, Louis CK explained that he's making what he considers plenty of money, so he wants tickets to be inexpensive for his fans. They also have their system set up so that if they can tell that someone is scalping their tickets, they will refund the money and revoke the tickets. I agree with you in general, but Louis CK doesn't give a shit that he's leaving money on the table. He wants it to be easy for his fans to get to his shows.
If the insurance writer did their due diligence and realized the big single customer was MegaUpload (and what a large portion of MU's users were doing with the service), they would've been insane to write an insurance policy. I really don't think MU going down in an investigation falls under the category of "unforseeable." It was always a question of when, not if IMHO.