Paypal is great for convenience, but terrible for selling in conjunction with Ebay. I've had several unfounded claims laid against me, and despite winning all of them, they locked funds out of my account for over a month to resolve each dispute. Any Paypal user who bought and paid something through Ebay & Paypal respectively can file an unfounded dispute and potentially get their money back, plus keep the product.
I had a buyer purchase something from me, and they demanded a full refund, but refused to send the product back. So what did they do? They filed a dispute, and the same day the funds were withdrawn from my account to be placed on hold. Great. I ended up winning the dispute (thankfully) after a month of deliberations, but I spoke with several Paypal represenatives, and all expressed the simple fact: as a seller, you have no securities unless you purchase protection policies. For buyers, they can get their money back without purchasing any policies. Unfair, yes, but just something you learn the hard way...
Otherwise, Paypal has been a great system for me. Could be better, could be worse, but it's not much different than a typical financial institution in that respect.
It's pretty clear from this analysis as to which company is ahead of the game.
Sure, it's pretty clear if you ignore the authors final words on which company comes out on top ("So who wins"), where it clearly states that Yahoo has the upper-hand, though being a smaller company.
When I first read Slashdot's summation of the article, I thought of it as just another propaganda rambling supporting Google. But the fact that the article suggests that Yahoo is the better company makes me question whether the Slashdot editors even read the whole article, or simply searched for "Google" and "innovative" in the same sentence, and pieced the article's conclusion together from there.
I don't recall Yahoo! making anything innovative recently, but correct me if I'm wrong. Google, on the other hand, is creating useful services left and right. It's already dominated search, and its webmail system is vastly popular and not even out of beta. Google Scholar needs some work, but Google news and Google maps are making good headway. Google isn't going to hit a wall as long as it keeps encouraging its innovative employees.
I'm confused how you can associate innovation with Webmail, Search, and Maps. Perhaps Yahoo hasn't rolled-out any refined technologies in the past while, but Google has. Since when has a Webmail application been deemed innovative?
On the flip side, do you expect Ford parts to work in your Acura? No, because they won't. You are basically binded to the product you purchased (Ford) unless you sell it. But do you see anyone crying about Ford making their vehicles unsupportive of aftermarket and/or other company's parts? No.
I don't see how this is any different from Lexmark printers, and as such, I cannot find all this concern and uproar warranted.
I play team FPS games for the interaction with my teammates, the dedication, dependencies, communication, and so forth. I've been playing several games now with the same group of guys for almost 4 years. Independent of the game(s) we play, the best fun I have is competing in their company against other teams. It's the spirit of competition which keeps me coming back, not innovation.
Let's face it: the luxury of playing an innovative game will wear off quicker than the lettering on your keyboard. The nature of gaming is that the more you play it, the more the novelty of how good it is wears off and the stimulus that made it innovative are now stimulus which don't draw any larger effect than shooting a gun in an FPS.
I can understand the need for innovation, but at least for FPS games, the innovation is in the strategies you employ and the techniques you use to become good at the game.
I'd like to see more games that emphasize the need for relationship-building, not games where you can collect gold on your own and ignore all others.
Most cars are only 'shit' if you treat them poorly. Otherwise, the average car can last upwards of 400,000KM's with proper care.
I find it funny when other people call certain types of car's shitty, when the reality is that that person had no idea how to properly care for it. It's obvious then how that person came to that conclusion.
urging the Japanese to replace their older appliances and buy hybrid vehicles
Anyone else read this as a deal to exchange older appliances in exchange for cash towards a new hybrid? Well, maybe just me...:)
In any event, I'm not sure how this is news: the Canadian government long ago introduced the 1-tonne challenge, and apparantely we receive tax breaks for buying a hybrid.
Other than the facts provided in the article, how is this 'promotion' any different from what many other countries are doing already?
The same has been done with cigarettes (at least in Canada), but the question is, has it really worked? People will reject the costs, but slowly begin to accomodate it. The costs of $9 a pack (or whatever it is) will seem cheap in two years, when the prices are $11.
The same principle applies to gas prices; prices rise to 90cents a litre, and people will revolt the increase in cost, but will inevitably pay the cost to get to work the next morning. Six months down the road the prices are 98cents a litre, and suddenly 90cents seemed so cheap. And I don't think the increases in gas prices over the past couple years has slowed consumption at all.
I think your suggestion is good, but would never work.
Slashdot Mirror
Boardwalk.
The speak volumes.
And on the flip side, with 140 million potential buyers, businesses have every marketing reason to stick with Ebay.
I had a buyer purchase something from me, and they demanded a full refund, but refused to send the product back. So what did they do? They filed a dispute, and the same day the funds were withdrawn from my account to be placed on hold. Great. I ended up winning the dispute (thankfully) after a month of deliberations, but I spoke with several Paypal represenatives, and all expressed the simple fact: as a seller, you have no securities unless you purchase protection policies. For buyers, they can get their money back without purchasing any policies. Unfair, yes, but just something you learn the hard way...
Otherwise, Paypal has been a great system for me. Could be better, could be worse, but it's not much different than a typical financial institution in that respect.
Sure, it's pretty clear if you ignore the authors final words on which company comes out on top ("So who wins"), where it clearly states that Yahoo has the upper-hand, though being a smaller company.
When I first read Slashdot's summation of the article, I thought of it as just another propaganda rambling supporting Google. But the fact that the article suggests that Yahoo is the better company makes me question whether the Slashdot editors even read the whole article, or simply searched for "Google" and "innovative" in the same sentence, and pieced the article's conclusion together from there.
I think you misspelt a tidal wave of profit :)
I'm confused how you can associate innovation with Webmail, Search, and Maps. Perhaps Yahoo hasn't rolled-out any refined technologies in the past while, but Google has. Since when has a Webmail application been deemed innovative?
The in-between being advertising for free on Slashdot :)
So then, who is the world's largest nerd?
It's world's best post ever.
But multiply those twelve clicks by millions of people over the course of x years, and you've got plenty clicks that have led to sales.
I think all Internet advertising should be done the same way television advertising is: pay to show, not pay to show and click / visit.
As long as he gives great helmet.
Otherwise, I'd wholly agree with you.
I didn't realize that playing the Devil's Advocate was renamed to playing the Slashdot Troll...
I don't see how this is any different from Lexmark printers, and as such, I cannot find all this concern and uproar warranted.
Now there's no more excuses for the lack of underwater blowjob's.
Let's face it: the luxury of playing an innovative game will wear off quicker than the lettering on your keyboard. The nature of gaming is that the more you play it, the more the novelty of how good it is wears off and the stimulus that made it innovative are now stimulus which don't draw any larger effect than shooting a gun in an FPS.
I can understand the need for innovation, but at least for FPS games, the innovation is in the strategies you employ and the techniques you use to become good at the game.
I'd like to see more games that emphasize the need for relationship-building, not games where you can collect gold on your own and ignore all others.
I find it funny when other people call certain types of car's shitty, when the reality is that that person had no idea how to properly care for it. It's obvious then how that person came to that conclusion.
Anyone else read this as a deal to exchange older appliances in exchange for cash towards a new hybrid? Well, maybe just me... :)
In any event, I'm not sure how this is news: the Canadian government long ago introduced the 1-tonne challenge, and apparantely we receive tax breaks for buying a hybrid.
Other than the facts provided in the article, how is this 'promotion' any different from what many other countries are doing already?
The same principle applies to gas prices; prices rise to 90cents a litre, and people will revolt the increase in cost, but will inevitably pay the cost to get to work the next morning. Six months down the road the prices are 98cents a litre, and suddenly 90cents seemed so cheap. And I don't think the increases in gas prices over the past couple years has slowed consumption at all.
I think your suggestion is good, but would never work.
Because that's primarily what their good for: protesting.
Full-time protestors are a bitch.
Nevertheless, interesting story!
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Nevertheless, if it hasn't already surpassed the movie industry, it will very soon I'm sure.