Doesn't the statistic go that the top selling beer in London is Fosters?
I agree that no Australian in their right mind would drink Fosters. During the Olympics here in Sydney they had a massive marketing blitz - including a vain effort to boost sales - a buy-one-fosters-get-another-free promotion.
They couldn't even give the stuff away...
Still they had a half-decent ad campaign during the olympics.
Another beer urban legend is that CUB introduced Melbourne Bitter into NSW after shifting the brewing of NSW-distro Victoria Bitter to Sydney. Seems everyone noticed the taste change when they stopped using water from the Yarra and used Sydney tap water instead... ie. Melbourne Bitter is the old VB brewed in Melbourne. Anyone confirm?
I've had a similar sitch happen to me. I ordered a new monitor from a company here in AU. Their site said they were in-stock, they confirmed the delivery date/time/loc - then called me to say that they were no longer in stock and wouldn't be restocked for another 3 weeks...
That night my ccard was billed for the invoice total.
I then cancelled my order and waited 5 days before my refund came. Called to complain/get a rocket up 'em - and was told that the finance guy was home sick and that nobody else can could initiate the refund payment. [cue smoke from ears]
I then decided to buy from another company. Ordered and arranged delivery on a Saturday morning. Waited all morning for the courier to arrive - and he didn't. Called the company - the couriers knock off at 12pm (it's now 12:30pm) - "they're not answering their phone and we have no after hours contact telephone number... Could I wait until Monday?"
I rearranged it to be delivered the following Tuesday. Sure enough it turned up on Monday night... And the bloke had the nerve to complain that, while delivering my monitor, he was missing the Olympics...
I won't even mention the story about Network Solutions double charging me for a domain registration.
Still, due to the miserable AUD I might end up making a few bucks out of it...
With the gift of hindsight:
:: Always ring and check that 'in-stock' actually means it's sitting in the warehouse.
:: Online shopping is a myth (in AU anyway) - in all my experiences, the gains to be made by ordering over the internet have been shot to bits by having to phone customer support when things - as they always have for me - go wrong.
Radio Shack is merely one customer for the:CueCat. As mentioned, several magazines are getting on the wagon and inserting barcodes in their advertisements. It's not just Radio Shack getting in on it.
:CueCat have also got this thing that will allow "special broadcast cues to automatically direct your browser directly to where you need to go!"
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Doesn't the statistic go that the top selling beer in London is Fosters?
I agree that no Australian in their right mind would drink Fosters. During the Olympics here in Sydney they had a massive marketing blitz - including a vain effort to boost sales - a buy-one-fosters-get-another-free promotion.
They couldn't even give the stuff away...
Still they had a half-decent ad campaign during the olympics.
Another beer urban legend is that CUB introduced Melbourne Bitter into NSW after shifting the brewing of NSW-distro Victoria Bitter to Sydney. Seems everyone noticed the taste change when they stopped using water from the Yarra and used Sydney tap water instead... ie. Melbourne Bitter is the old VB brewed in Melbourne. Anyone confirm?
Could this be the explaination for this
Seems some IP's mentioned belong to InterNap...
I've had a similar sitch happen to me. I ordered a new monitor from a company here in AU. Their site said they were in-stock, they confirmed the delivery date/time/loc - then called me to say that they were no longer in stock and wouldn't be restocked for another 3 weeks...
That night my ccard was billed for the invoice total.
I then cancelled my order and waited 5 days before my refund came. Called to complain/get a rocket up 'em - and was told that the finance guy was home sick and that nobody else can could initiate the refund payment. [cue smoke from ears]
I then decided to buy from another company. Ordered and arranged delivery on a Saturday morning. Waited all morning for the courier to arrive - and he didn't. Called the company - the couriers knock off at 12pm (it's now 12:30pm) - "they're not answering their phone and we have no after hours contact telephone number... Could I wait until Monday?"
I rearranged it to be delivered the following Tuesday. Sure enough it turned up on Monday night... And the bloke had the nerve to complain that, while delivering my monitor, he was missing the Olympics...
I won't even mention the story about Network Solutions double charging me for a domain registration.
Still, due to the miserable AUD I might end up making a few bucks out of it...
With the gift of hindsight:
:: Always ring and check that 'in-stock' actually means it's sitting in the warehouse.
:: Online shopping is a myth (in AU anyway) - in all my experiences, the gains to be made by ordering over the internet have been shot to bits by having to phone customer support when things - as they always have for me - go wrong.
Buyer beware...
Bah - What's the gee-ohh?
"Sorry! This game won't run on Windows NT"
Since when has Shockwave not worked under WinNT...
No Buddy Lee for me...
While at this stage I'm assuming the auction is real, I can't help but notice the heart 'gift icon' next to the auction number.
From ebay's explaination page:
"The gift icon highlights items that make especially good gifts..."
According their explaination - a heart represents valentines day?
Happy Valentine's Day!
... ROTFL ...
Radio Shack is merely one customer for the :CueCat. As mentioned, several magazines are getting on the wagon and inserting barcodes in their advertisements. It's not just Radio Shack getting in on it.
:CueCat have also got this thing that will allow "special broadcast cues to automatically direct your browser directly to where you need to go!"
No need for a scanner at all.