So the point now is to drive bag for life sales? It's one thing to take them when going shopping, but you expect everyone to carry around at least one at all times in case they go to a shop? If I go over to tesco at lunch and didn't think to bring my bag for life, which doesn't neatly fold up or even scrunch up and fit in my pocket, if I buy more than will fit in my pocket I'm stung for the big bag, which doesn't then get used as a bin liner and complete its cycle. If it was actually the biodegradability of those bags which is really the issue why not change them to a biodegradable material, and how much of the landfill is actually going to degrade in a reasonable amount of time anyway? I hear they used to use paper and that worked quite well until we decided it's better to use oil than trees for that kind of thing. I'd be happy enough to pay the 5p for a plastic bag because they are now making them out of a more expensive but better material but they aren't are they? They are just putting a price on them hoping you'll switch to an even worse option and when that didn't work both my local tesco and sainsburys at least stopped doing them all together. So, they are going to put me out while making me do the work for them so they can save a few quid to add to their profits you're damn right I'm stealing the fucking bags.
I hate Apple but was legitimately interested in the 2% cashback thing, til I read the article and found that it was only 1% with the physical card. Have they said anything about cashback percent when using the card online (say at Amazon, or for a utility bill or local tax payment)?
Interested but 100% not willing to get an iPhone to use with it.
Pretty sure you only use the card when you're somewhere that won't let you tap your phone or whatever. It has none of the bits you need to purchase online on the card and it just links to your apple pay wallet what ever it is thingy.
It would if you were getting a laptop (free $60 back on a $2k laptop). But basically since there is no annual fee the question is why not get one and enjoy the benefits they offer you, along with a true customer focused experience that no other card has?
Or you could just spend $1k on a regular laptop and save yourself 1000 instead of 60. Ok it won't have the apple logo on it but how much are you willing to pay for that?
Yea the interest rates will make or break it. If they come out of the gate with low fixed rates it would be enticing. I suspect if they were amazing rates they would have shown them though.
You just know they are going to have the apple premium.
"Yeah the apr is 99% but don't look at that, look how sexy it is, and you'd never let the balance run over, you're too awesome for that! Now how about buying this $1500 ishiny with it and we'll give you like a buck fiddy back."
Only I don't pay any yearly/monthly fee for using it.
There are plenty of rewards cards for which there no no annual fees. I have several of them.
USAA Rewards Visa Signature® Card - no annual fee
USAA Rewards American Express® Card - no annual fee
Costco Anywhere Visa® Card by Citi - no annual fee (Costco membership required)
Amazon Prime Rewards Visa® Signature Card - no annual fee (Prime membership required)
I'm sure there are many others.
And the interest rates on those are? Yeah yeah pay off your balance before the end of the month but let's just say you don't for one of any of a whole bunch of reasons. How much does your cashback cost you then? On the flipside let's say literally everyone pays off their balances before the end of the month, how long will the system stand up then? It's a scam pure and simple and the measly 'rewards' aren't worth getting trapped in.
Self checkout isn't too bad. Free bags at least, if they want me to do their work then I ain't paying for the bags and they really gave a shit instead of charging for bags they'd just make them out of something else that is biodegradable. Oh, we only do 50p bags for life now. Yeah? How's that going help the problem?
Now maybe they will finally start letting us watch 4K movies that we paid for on our 4k monitors which we also paid for. I am NOT buying what is essentially a $200 dongle to watch 4K movies. Now that the cat is out of the bag, maybe they can stop being so precious.
That's all so well and so good but why can't you just stick the tv end of the hdmi (or whatever) into something that just records rathers than displays? By the time the signal gets to the screen it has to be out in the open, right? It's not like tvs do any decrypting or any real signal processing anything.
Germany thanks the USA by going Communist.
Having universal health care does not make you communist, moron.
No, but claiming that it is better than the insurance-based healthcare the US has, tend to make you appear dumb.
If you dig deeper you'll see that it is horribly expensive and the prime target for 'cost reductions', making it sub-standard at best in real life.
At least that is how it works here in Denmark - long waits for non-emergency treatment, severely understaffed, way too early release after treatment... and a tendency to host lingering department-wide infections due to rushed daily routines and sub-standard cleaning.
It is better. Your particular example might not be the most efficient but would you rather blow through your life savings because you broke an arm and picked up an infection?
And another oh-so-superior Europe supremacist jumps in the conversation to crap all over Americans and remind them just how stupid and culturally backwards we are. We know, we've heard it a million times. If anyone wonders why NATO failed, just refer to this comment. Have fun with your new buddies in Communist China. Bet they won't pay for your defense or let you rip them off for $150 billion a year in unfair trade agreements. Good riddance.
You seem quite upset to no longer be getting as shafted as you imply you were.
I think he enjoys hearing himself talk. If he actually silenced the media who would mention his name every day? He loves the attention, regardless of what he writes.
That's true. I think he'd probably rather people complaining about him than saying nothing at all.
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So the point now is to drive bag for life sales? It's one thing to take them when going shopping, but you expect everyone to carry around at least one at all times in case they go to a shop? If I go over to tesco at lunch and didn't think to bring my bag for life, which doesn't neatly fold up or even scrunch up and fit in my pocket, if I buy more than will fit in my pocket I'm stung for the big bag, which doesn't then get used as a bin liner and complete its cycle. If it was actually the biodegradability of those bags which is really the issue why not change them to a biodegradable material, and how much of the landfill is actually going to degrade in a reasonable amount of time anyway? I hear they used to use paper and that worked quite well until we decided it's better to use oil than trees for that kind of thing. I'd be happy enough to pay the 5p for a plastic bag because they are now making them out of a more expensive but better material but they aren't are they? They are just putting a price on them hoping you'll switch to an even worse option and when that didn't work both my local tesco and sainsburys at least stopped doing them all together. So, they are going to put me out while making me do the work for them so they can save a few quid to add to their profits you're damn right I'm stealing the fucking bags.
But It really is way, way better than most other credit cards,
The fact it's tied to an iphone/apple account makes it inherently worse before you even get started.
I hate Apple but was legitimately interested in the 2% cashback thing, til I read the article and found that it was only 1% with the physical card. Have they said anything about cashback percent when using the card online (say at Amazon, or for a utility bill or local tax payment)?
Interested but 100% not willing to get an iPhone to use with it.
Pretty sure you only use the card when you're somewhere that won't let you tap your phone or whatever. It has none of the bits you need to purchase online on the card and it just links to your apple pay wallet what ever it is thingy.
It would if you were getting a laptop (free $60 back on a $2k laptop). But basically since there is no annual fee the question is why not get one and enjoy the benefits they offer you, along with a true customer focused experience that no other card has?
Or you could just spend $1k on a regular laptop and save yourself 1000 instead of 60. Ok it won't have the apple logo on it but how much are you willing to pay for that?
Yea the interest rates will make or break it. If they come out of the gate with low fixed rates it would be enticing. I suspect if they were amazing rates they would have shown them though.
You just know they are going to have the apple premium.
"Yeah the apr is 99% but don't look at that, look how sexy it is, and you'd never let the balance run over, you're too awesome for that! Now how about buying this $1500 ishiny with it and we'll give you like a buck fiddy back."
Only I don't pay any yearly/monthly fee for using it.
There are plenty of rewards cards for which there no no annual fees. I have several of them.
USAA Rewards Visa Signature® Card - no annual fee
USAA Rewards American Express® Card - no annual fee
Costco Anywhere Visa® Card by Citi - no annual fee (Costco membership required)
Amazon Prime Rewards Visa® Signature Card - no annual fee (Prime membership required)
I'm sure there are many others.
And the interest rates on those are? Yeah yeah pay off your balance before the end of the month but let's just say you don't for one of any of a whole bunch of reasons. How much does your cashback cost you then? On the flipside let's say literally everyone pays off their balances before the end of the month, how long will the system stand up then? It's a scam pure and simple and the measly 'rewards' aren't worth getting trapped in.
What's threatening about one automaton?
I'm guessing it's a really big one.
Self checkout isn't too bad. Free bags at least, if they want me to do their work then I ain't paying for the bags and they really gave a shit instead of charging for bags they'd just make them out of something else that is biodegradable. Oh, we only do 50p bags for life now. Yeah? How's that going help the problem?
Closing your eyes isn't the same as being asleep.
People who bought a burger usually also bought fries and a drink. These are the kinds of insights really worth the big bucks.
Taking a page out of the Hollywood play book it seems.
It's not even going yet and already reached peak bandwagon when walmart are trying to jump on.
Surely optional extras should be comfort or bling things. Extra comfy pilot seats, chromed interior and all that shit not fucking safety features.
This plane cost loads and loads of money but if you want it not to crash it's going to cost you a bit more.
Being forced against your will to participate in pornography is sexual assault.
Is this only the people having actual sex in those rooms or are you counting everyone?
Now maybe they will finally start letting us watch 4K movies that we paid for on our 4k monitors which we also paid for. I am NOT buying what is essentially a $200 dongle to watch 4K movies. Now that the cat is out of the bag, maybe they can stop being so precious.
There probably will be a charge for it somehow.
That's all so well and so good but why can't you just stick the tv end of the hdmi (or whatever) into something that just records rathers than displays? By the time the signal gets to the screen it has to be out in the open, right? It's not like tvs do any decrypting or any real signal processing anything.
Hey, they could make a BOND movie where James Bond has to save the world from movie piracy. How meta would that be?
They could try making one that doesn't suck. That would be a start.
Most Aussies I've met are nice folks, but appear to have the mentality of middle school dropouts.
That's probably because of the drop bears.
Besides, once pot becomes legal, people will forget all about tobacco based products.
Well, you still need cigs to roll your joints.
That sounds like a shitty device, that's a benefit of android though. There are plenty of others to pick from.
Germany thanks the USA by going Communist. Having universal health care does not make you communist, moron.
No, but claiming that it is better than the insurance-based healthcare the US has, tend to make you appear dumb.
If you dig deeper you'll see that it is horribly expensive and the prime target for 'cost reductions', making it sub-standard at best in real life. At least that is how it works here in Denmark - long waits for non-emergency treatment, severely understaffed, way too early release after treatment... and a tendency to host lingering department-wide infections due to rushed daily routines and sub-standard cleaning.
It is better. Your particular example might not be the most efficient but would you rather blow through your life savings because you broke an arm and picked up an infection?
And another oh-so-superior Europe supremacist jumps in the conversation to crap all over Americans and remind them just how stupid and culturally backwards we are. We know, we've heard it a million times. If anyone wonders why NATO failed, just refer to this comment. Have fun with your new buddies in Communist China. Bet they won't pay for your defense or let you rip them off for $150 billion a year in unfair trade agreements. Good riddance.
You seem quite upset to no longer be getting as shafted as you imply you were.
The GCHQ needs US support globally and US support in Ireland.
Ummm, what?
you can be sure Apple is gonna do everything possible to brick phones at the first sign of an illicit repair..
If those people then buy another iphone they deserve everything they get.
I think he enjoys hearing himself talk. If he actually silenced the media who would mention his name every day? He loves the attention, regardless of what he writes.
That's true. I think he'd probably rather people complaining about him than saying nothing at all.