They are taking a chapter right out of banks' playbooks, who have been ratcheting up ATM fees. First we had the ATM transaction fee, then we could pay a monthly fee instead of transaction fees, and now we have the worst of all worlds -- both! After we all paid the banks to build their ATM networks, they then sold access to them to third-party companies, ripped (most) of their bank-branded ATMs out of service and now we're stuck with having to pay to get our money.
These email fees are just the same kind of approach. I can just hear it now... "If you want our system to talk to their system, you'll have to pay to get your message through." "If you want your email to get through our... AHEM... I mean THEIR spam filters, you'll have to pay to get your message through." "Convenience costs you know, we have hefty CEO salaries... AHEM... I mean infrastructure maintenance and other overhead costs to pay."
You can start drafting the blank check now people.
My understanding is that there are no anti-virus or anti-spyware programs which treat the Sony CD-installed "anti-piracy" software as viruses or spyware. My McAfee software certainly didn't notice it at all. Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong.
I am either slower than the average/.'er or my caffeine tank is running low (probably both), but it took me 52 milliseconds. Do I need to see somebody about this? Please, help me here people!
Good thing that they sent you an actual letter on paper, because God knows that, in this day in age, there is no other effective way that they could have communicated this important information to you...
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They are taking a chapter right out of banks' playbooks, who have been ratcheting up ATM fees. First we had the ATM transaction fee, then we could pay a monthly fee instead of transaction fees, and now we have the worst of all worlds -- both! After we all paid the banks to build their ATM networks, they then sold access to them to third-party companies, ripped (most) of their bank-branded ATMs out of service and now we're stuck with having to pay to get our money. These email fees are just the same kind of approach. I can just hear it now... "If you want our system to talk to their system, you'll have to pay to get your message through." "If you want your email to get through our... AHEM... I mean THEIR spam filters, you'll have to pay to get your message through." "Convenience costs you know, we have hefty CEO salaries... AHEM... I mean infrastructure maintenance and other overhead costs to pay." You can start drafting the blank check now people.
My understanding is that there are no anti-virus or anti-spyware programs which treat the Sony CD-installed "anti-piracy" software as viruses or spyware. My McAfee software certainly didn't notice it at all. Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong.
I am either slower than the average /.'er or my caffeine tank is running low (probably both), but it took me 52 milliseconds. Do I need to see somebody about this? Please, help me here people!
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Good thing that they sent you an actual letter on paper, because God knows that, in this day in age, there is no other effective way that they could have communicated this important information to you...