Well, I know quite a few people who would get DSL without the phone service. And I'm one of them.
We all use our cell phones to make all our calls, local and long-distance. We don't need a land line anymore. Yet we're forced to pay for one because of our DSL. Sure, there's cable, but I (we) don't want to pay $40+ a month for cable internet when we can get SBC DSL for $15 a month.
It's because you don't own the product. You are merely paying for the license and the priviledge of watching it. And that license is under their terms only. Well, that's what the **AA will tell you anyways.
"IMHO, the best way for stores to slow down these type of scams is to impose a restocking charge on all returns (esp those over a minimal amount, say $10). The customers will hate it, but it would take some of the profit out of the scam. And profit is what the scam is all about."
And how is that suppose to stop or slow down people from stealing or scamming the company? Let's say that I stole a $100 item and then decided to return it. Assuming a 10% restocking fee, I'd still profit $90 in store credit (returned without a receipt) or cash (returned with faked receipt). So, how did the restocking fee hurt me? It didn't. It only hurts the honest consumer who mistakenly bought the wrong item. Why should they be penalized? They didn't do anything wrong.
I mean, haven't you ever had to return something because it was the wrong item or it didn't do what it or the ads claimed it would do? Are you telling us that you wouldn't mind paying the restocking fee for it?
1. We'll pour huge amounts of money into hiring more mercenary forces to augment our armed forces; 2. We'll reinstate the draft in one form or another; 3. We'll claim victory, pull our troops out, and hope that the Iraqis can sort it out themselves; 4. We'll claim victory, ensconce a substantial number of troops in hardened, remotely-located permanent bases, and hope that the Iraqis can sort it out themselves; 5. We'll get a massive surge in recruitment and will be able to meet our military needs with a full-strength volunteer service. 6. The insurgency will die and a stable Iraqi government will take hold.
Exactly his/her point. How would the computer get "automatic upgrades, spyware, or worms" without the user turning the computer on, connecting it to the internet, etc., especially after it had previously been *fixed*?
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Reminds me of /.
here
Eh. Nothing exciting here.
Now, if it were giant squids with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads...
Well, I know quite a few people who would get DSL without the phone service. And I'm one of them.
We all use our cell phones to make all our calls, local and long-distance. We don't need a land line anymore. Yet we're forced to pay for one because of our DSL. Sure, there's cable, but I (we) don't want to pay $40+ a month for cable internet when we can get SBC DSL for $15 a month.
Funny how Google et al were able to accomplish what the U.S. government couldn't...
It's because you don't own the product. You are merely paying for the license and the priviledge of watching it. And that license is under their terms only. Well, that's what the **AA will tell you anyways.
http://www.apple.com/ca/ipodnano/
A week?
You don't seem to have much faith in us...
And how is that suppose to stop or slow down people from stealing or scamming the company? Let's say that I stole a $100 item and then decided to return it. Assuming a 10% restocking fee, I'd still profit $90 in store credit (returned without a receipt) or cash (returned with faked receipt). So, how did the restocking fee hurt me? It didn't. It only hurts the honest consumer who mistakenly bought the wrong item. Why should they be penalized? They didn't do anything wrong.
I mean, haven't you ever had to return something because it was the wrong item or it didn't do what it or the ads claimed it would do? Are you telling us that you wouldn't mind paying the restocking fee for it?
Have you tried Adium? It's compatible with AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo, and more.
You must be new here.
Never EXpected to Take this long.
For Beowulf clusters, what else?
Oh wait, you mean this Mac.
I thought you only make money from AdSense when someone clicks on an actual ad?
Killer Instinct probably thought that since no one really bothers to RTFA anyways, that s/he'd be safe. Guess not.
Looks like General Sherman to me.
Disturbing your lack of faith is
here come all the posts about how Microsoft are copying Apple again...
1. We'll pour huge amounts of money into hiring more mercenary forces to augment our armed forces;
2. We'll reinstate the draft in one form or another;
3. We'll claim victory, pull our troops out, and hope that the Iraqis can sort it out themselves;
4. We'll claim victory, ensconce a substantial number of troops in hardened, remotely-located permanent bases, and hope that the Iraqis can sort it out themselves;
5. We'll get a massive surge in recruitment and will be able to meet our military needs with a full-strength volunteer service.
6. The insurgency will die and a stable Iraqi government will take hold.
You forgot
7. Profit!!!
Just because *you* wouldn't use it doesn't mean that someone else won't.
TBFKAF (The Browser Formerly Known As Firefox)
Exactly his/her point. How would the computer get "automatic upgrades, spyware, or worms" without the user turning the computer on, connecting it to the internet, etc., especially after it had previously been *fixed*?
Chuck E. Cheese
Here's your answer.