I seem to be reading that I could not physically use the copy as long as the original is viable. As I know that to be absurd it seems to me you must be saying that making a copy and putting the original in a safe place, and then using the copy is illegal... and not fair use???
that backup couldn't be used instead of the original so long as the original was viable.
I initially came across this article when no one had posted anything. It's a good thing I didn't waste my time reading it and just came back for the good stuff. The article is probably boring but I agree that the the flame war could should at least be interesting.
If you make it believable, sure. They know they are cheating people and probably sick of people telling going to them so many times a day. I bet that if there is a discreptancy and you say that you printed it out because of what they did to you before... So is anyone is willing to be as dishonest as they are? I think its only fair to scam them only when they are trying to scam you.
The issue is they are still advertising the lower price before and after you attempt to purchase it for the advertised price. The story is savvy people are still calling them on it. Essentially what they are still doing is pulling people to store with low advertised prices on the web but refuse to honor them when they get there. They where called on it before and they are still doing it.
Ah... the sweet benefits of free trade and globalization. I am in favor of this article and, thank you slashdot for again running this reminder of how the internet, global market ebay competition benefit us directly(if we have a spine). To compete online companies have to do so at lower prices as the cost of a good is the formula: min(price at any location + arbitrage). I wish just to point out the lower prices that would not be available without the internet as a significant direct example when in future a discussion on globalization and free trade may come up.
Ah to hell with it allow me some latitude I promise to stay on topic and make a point. We see music and videos being sold at different prices though drm as a tool for companies to take the maximum out of our pockets. They calculate price on what is the most that people in some specific country can afford to pay. Its the same with what best buy is doing. They calculate at what price they can make the most money for something sold online and it is different for what the good can be sold at store. The biggest problem is when they are being dishonest and as well cheating customers, making them doubt the offer they saw. Anyhow what I am saying is please support free trade and call people on unfair and shady practices. As well please fight measures people are circumventing free trade. Alternatively we just let the store ask us, "how much have you got?", as a big consideration when we ask a store for the price. If anyone wants to look at a alternative to free market we can live in any of the successful places where the economy is based on haggling. I think having to haggle in best buy to lower the price really turns me off them.
I like the hands on approach of reading thought what the update is about, what it fixes and installing it at my own pace. I have done this with windows linux, and anything else I have used. Basically people are willing to abdicate control of their personal computers. Some are stupid and give control to anyone just to download a song, file-sharing software etc. Some give it to the companies they hope will protect them. I would say think of the problems we would have to put up with if those companies where not around. A lot of users are willing to install just about anything on their computers and if not for software warning them and restraining them albeit slightly we all would have a worse time of it. And so long as people install just anything (god help us) it does not matter what Operating system they are running.
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I initially came across this article when no one had posted anything. It's a good thing I didn't waste my time reading it and just came back for the good stuff. The article is probably boring but I agree that the the flame war could should at least be interesting.
1)Scam People who scam consumers
2)Profit
The issue is they are still advertising the lower price before and after you attempt to purchase it for the advertised price. The story is savvy people are still calling them on it. Essentially what they are still doing is pulling people to store with low advertised prices on the web but refuse to honor them when they get there. They where called on it before and they are still doing it. Ah... the sweet benefits of free trade and globalization. I am in favor of this article and, thank you slashdot for again running this reminder of how the internet, global market ebay competition benefit us directly(if we have a spine). To compete online companies have to do so at lower prices as the cost of a good is the formula: min(price at any location + arbitrage). I wish just to point out the lower prices that would not be available without the internet as a significant direct example when in future a discussion on globalization and free trade may come up. Ah to hell with it allow me some latitude I promise to stay on topic and make a point. We see music and videos being sold at different prices though drm as a tool for companies to take the maximum out of our pockets. They calculate price on what is the most that people in some specific country can afford to pay. Its the same with what best buy is doing. They calculate at what price they can make the most money for something sold online and it is different for what the good can be sold at store. The biggest problem is when they are being dishonest and as well cheating customers, making them doubt the offer they saw. Anyhow what I am saying is please support free trade and call people on unfair and shady practices. As well please fight measures people are circumventing free trade. Alternatively we just let the store ask us, "how much have you got?", as a big consideration when we ask a store for the price. If anyone wants to look at a alternative to free market we can live in any of the successful places where the economy is based on haggling. I think having to haggle in best buy to lower the price really turns me off them.
I like the hands on approach of reading thought what the update is about, what it fixes and installing it at my own pace. I have done this with windows linux, and anything else I have used. Basically people are willing to abdicate control of their personal computers. Some are stupid and give control to anyone just to download a song, file-sharing software etc. Some give it to the companies they hope will protect them. I would say think of the problems we would have to put up with if those companies where not around. A lot of users are willing to install just about anything on their computers and if not for software warning them and restraining them albeit slightly we all would have a worse time of it. And so long as people install just anything (god help us) it does not matter what Operating system they are running.