[Avid-L2] OTish: Really cheap file encoding?

Just got this email for tape capturing to file.  $23.00/hr is the promotional price, how can they do that so cheap?  I don't see how depending on the format they can afford to offer this even if it is a promo.  I guess volume, volume volume?  Here's part of the email I received:

By popular demand, the Special Promotion has been extended to March 15th!For
jobs from 10 hours to 1,000 hours, DMS will digitize your tapes for $23
per hour to most formats (call for more details). Each additional
format is $10 per hour. Please contact Joan at (818) 842-8652 for more
details.

John Moore

Barking Trout Productions

Studio City, CA

bigfish@pacbell.net

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