You missed the key word: RETAIL. Tesla isn't a retail store. Tesla is a vertical market
"Retail" only means the products are sold to the end user rather than a reseller.
Tesla is most certainly a retailer of cars, because you can go buy one from them right now.
JC Penney doesn't make their own clothes, they sell other people's clothes for more money than they spent on acquiring them
JC Penney most certainly makes their own clothes. In fact, they started by making their own clothes in 1914 and today they're betting their future on their own house brands.
It may have been an existing service, but one of the reason why it became known as the "Obamaphone" is because it was under the Obama administration that they started paying money to TV and cable channels for commercials to advertise how easy it is to get one
That's not true. They have become known as the "Obamaphone" because after the Republicans gave it that name, the Obama Administration just went ahead and embraced it (just like "Obamacare"). So when it turns out the program is successful and popular, Obama gets all the credit because the GOP gave it to him.
This is the reason Obama's been able to run circles around Republicans for eight years. As horrible as he is, he's about 10 times as clever as Republicans.
Tesla marketing starts with some sort of vague "cost" of a car after various "savings + incentives".
But those "savings and incentives" don't come from Tesla. They're not saying, "If you buy a car today, we'll give you a $1000 cash-back incentive". They're saying, "If you buy our car, you'll save money on gasoline, etc etc.
You must be able to see the difference.
Generally these companies are niche and don't have to rely on tricking or motivating a customer to switch
At least you admit that coupons are "tricking" customers.
. So they sell them at a loss (or just break even) for a few weeks, get people hooked on them so you're never at a bbq without one, and THEN they yell out "Time to pay the piper, faggots!"
It's Friday, and that means they're fumigating 8chan. That's why they come here.
J.C. Penney tried this. It's become a textbook case study in retail management as to how not to run a retail store. Unfortunately, the "feeling of getting a bargain" is a powerful psychological motivator to purchase; treating customers like rational people is not.
That's why Tesla is failing so badly. They treat customers like rational human beings and don't give "incentives" and "cash back" and "0% financing".
And I guess that means that before coupons were invented, every company simply failed.
How about just stopping this manipulative fiction of "coupons".
1. Charge a fair price for your product. 2. Stop using "loyalty memberships" and coupons to track your customers. 3. Make your customer the customer and not some company that wants to buy data about your customers' buying habits. 4. Be competitive instead of predatory. 5. Charge a fair price for your product. 6. If you can offer me "cash back" on my purchase, then you can goddamn well lower the price. 7. Charge a fair price for your product.
End the ridiculous All-American practice of "coupons" and "customer loyalty" and the problem with fake coupons just disappears.
Just for the record, the "Obamaphone" program has a name. It's called the "Lifeline Assistance Program" and was started in the 1980s by...Ronald Reagan. It has nothing to do with Obama.
When people talk about "we haven't returned to the moon" [bfy.tw], it refers to the end of the Apollo program.
So, the trips we've made to the moon SINCE the Apollo program (the most recent was in 2013), just don't count? Why is that?
Further, you apparently posted that "Let Me Google That For You" link without looking at any of the search results that Google provided you. The first link is to a Quora discussion about manned space travel, the second is a CNN article about whether we still need to have men on the moon.
So are you suggesting that only manned missions count as space exploration?
But then... your somewhat hastily provided Google resultsreally start to get interesting:
We get a YouTube video about extraterristrials, two pages from "Above Top Secret" and a website that suggests, "NASA is hiding a very dark secret from us" and that's why we haven't been to the moon. Then there's a link to a young adult Transformers novel on Google books and then a site called "Educating Humanity" which tells us the reason we haven't sent men to the moon is...aliens.
The next time you think to post a "Let Me Google That For You" page, you might want to actually check the links it provides to make sure they don't make you look like a complete schmuck.
I reallize the a person is going to take what the market will pay them, but it is seriously difficult to imagine that they are worth that much.
Then you really won't want to read about David M. Zaslav, from the Discovery Network and The Learning Channel (former home of the Duggar family and Honey Boo Boo) who's total compensation in 2014 was...$156 million!
The fact that we went to the moon in "fucking 1969" is exactly the problem: it was a colossal waste of money. And the reason we haven't returned is the same reason: it still would be a colossal waste of money.
Um, we DID return, and multiple times.
Do you have any of your facts straight or do you just type with the seat of your pants?
First, you believed Columbus' voyages were "privately financed" and then you think we only went to the moon once. Give us a reason why anything else you say should be taken seriously if you can't get basic facts right.
For example, Columbus' Voyage was privately financed
And where do you think Queen Isabella got that money? She wasn't a tech billionaire. The funding came from the Spanish Royal Treasury. That means Spanish peasants paid for it and spoils of war paid for it and outright theft paid for it.
You think that solid gold throne Queen Elizabeth sits on when she's wearing her Imperial Crown that contains 2,868 diamonds, 273 pearls, 17 sapphires, 11 emeralds, and 5 rubies was paid for by the money that the House of Windsor made through honest labor?
danger is that the US government is going to interfere with private space exploration through ridiculous regulations and restrictions.
That US government you speak of derisively got us to the moon and back in fucking 1969. While the mighty private sector is barely replicating what the Mercury Program did over half a century ago. It appears John Galt is not only unoriginal, but he's kind of a fuck-up too.
I have an interesting story about him that I probably should not share
Since you seem to be a pretty forthcoming fella, let me ask you a question about your part of the country.
My wife's been offered a position at UVM in Brunswick, VT. You have any opinion about quality of life there? I'm a little worried about New England winters, but I can't imagine it's much nastier than Chicago. It looks beautiful and the wife's an avid skiier. We're probably pretty close in age to you, maybe 3 or 4 years younger. I'm semi-retired and teach Chinese martial arts now. I'd hope to do the same up there, even if just casually.
The reason why "global business leaders" don't know about technology is that they are completely divorced from the daily life that normal humans live. They don't have to know shit, so they don't know shit.
And Carly Fiorina, who Portfolio Magazine named as one of the 20 worst American CEOs in history, now wants to be President of the United States.
Slashdot Mirror
You really believe you're getting a "free" meal?
I guess it's true there's one born every minute.
The Chinese have a term for people like you: schnorrer.
"Retail" only means the products are sold to the end user rather than a reseller.
Tesla is most certainly a retailer of cars, because you can go buy one from them right now.
JC Penney most certainly makes their own clothes. In fact, they started by making their own clothes in 1914 and today they're betting their future on their own house brands.
https://fortune.com/2014/12/22...
I know, right? That Elon Musk has no business sense at all.
That's not true. They have become known as the "Obamaphone" because after the Republicans gave it that name, the Obama Administration just went ahead and embraced it (just like "Obamacare"). So when it turns out the program is successful and popular, Obama gets all the credit because the GOP gave it to him.
This is the reason Obama's been able to run circles around Republicans for eight years. As horrible as he is, he's about 10 times as clever as Republicans.
But those "savings and incentives" don't come from Tesla. They're not saying, "If you buy a car today, we'll give you a $1000 cash-back incentive". They're saying, "If you buy our car, you'll save money on gasoline, etc etc.
You must be able to see the difference.
At least you admit that coupons are "tricking" customers.
Invented in the USA, perfected in the USA. Before you make a statement, do you even think to check whether or not it's true?
http://couponing.about.com/od/...
It's Friday, and that means they're fumigating 8chan. That's why they come here.
That's why Tesla is failing so badly. They treat customers like rational human beings and don't give "incentives" and "cash back" and "0% financing".
And I guess that means that before coupons were invented, every company simply failed.
"Game-ification" is marketing-speak for "how we fuck our customers, but good".
No, I'm saying that "marketing" makes us less rational than we are.
For the first time, I agree with you on something.
You stupid cocksucker. You just had to ruin the moment with your ugly hatred of women.
How about just stopping this manipulative fiction of "coupons".
1. Charge a fair price for your product.
2. Stop using "loyalty memberships" and coupons to track your customers.
3. Make your customer the customer and not some company that wants to buy data about your customers' buying habits.
4. Be competitive instead of predatory.
5. Charge a fair price for your product.
6. If you can offer me "cash back" on my purchase, then you can goddamn well lower the price.
7. Charge a fair price for your product.
End the ridiculous All-American practice of "coupons" and "customer loyalty" and the problem with fake coupons just disappears.
In other words, perfect preparation for your working life.
Just for the record, the "Obamaphone" program has a name. It's called the "Lifeline Assistance Program" and was started in the 1980s by...Ronald Reagan. It has nothing to do with Obama.
https://www.fcc.gov/guides/lif...
http://www.snopes.com/politics...
http://gawker.com/5947133/the-...
Yeah, but the trick is figuring out a way to get the Duggars to wear them.
So, the trips we've made to the moon SINCE the Apollo program (the most recent was in 2013), just don't count? Why is that?
Further, you apparently posted that "Let Me Google That For You" link without looking at any of the search results that Google provided you. The first link is to a Quora discussion about manned space travel, the second is a CNN article about whether we still need to have men on the moon.
So are you suggesting that only manned missions count as space exploration?
But then... your somewhat hastily provided Google resultsreally start to get interesting:
We get a YouTube video about extraterristrials, two pages from "Above Top Secret" and a website that suggests, "NASA is hiding a very dark secret from us" and that's why we haven't been to the moon. Then there's a link to a young adult Transformers novel on Google books and then a site called "Educating Humanity" which tells us the reason we haven't sent men to the moon is...aliens.
The next time you think to post a "Let Me Google That For You" page, you might want to actually check the links it provides to make sure they don't make you look like a complete schmuck.
Then you really won't want to read about David M. Zaslav, from the Discovery Network and The Learning Channel (former home of the Duggar family and Honey Boo Boo) who's total compensation in 2014 was...$156 million!
http://www.cnbc.com/id/1026872...
It is good to be an oligarch.
Um, we DID return, and multiple times.
Do you have any of your facts straight or do you just type with the seat of your pants?
First, you believed Columbus' voyages were "privately financed" and then you think we only went to the moon once. Give us a reason why anything else you say should be taken seriously if you can't get basic facts right.
And where do you think Queen Isabella got that money? She wasn't a tech billionaire. The funding came from the Spanish Royal Treasury. That means Spanish peasants paid for it and spoils of war paid for it and outright theft paid for it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
You think that solid gold throne Queen Elizabeth sits on when she's wearing her Imperial Crown that contains 2,868 diamonds, 273 pearls, 17 sapphires, 11 emeralds, and 5 rubies was paid for by the money that the House of Windsor made through honest labor?
That US government you speak of derisively got us to the moon and back in fucking 1969. While the mighty private sector is barely replicating what the Mercury Program did over half a century ago. It appears John Galt is not only unoriginal, but he's kind of a fuck-up too.
Having dealt with the Chicago "limousine liberal", I think I know what to expect.
It doesn't really worry me. I can find decent people anywhere. Thanks for the heads up.
I'm contractually obliged to use this every time I can:
Mujo: "I saw a guy with a wooden leg!"
Haso: "That's nothing. I've got an aunt with a cedar chest."
Since you seem to be a pretty forthcoming fella, let me ask you a question about your part of the country.
My wife's been offered a position at UVM in Brunswick, VT. You have any opinion about quality of life there? I'm a little worried about New England winters, but I can't imagine it's much nastier than Chicago. It looks beautiful and the wife's an avid skiier. We're probably pretty close in age to you, maybe 3 or 4 years younger. I'm semi-retired and teach Chinese martial arts now. I'd hope to do the same up there, even if just casually.
And Carly Fiorina, who Portfolio Magazine named as one of the 20 worst American CEOs in history, now wants to be President of the United States.
http://economictimes.indiatime...
Yeah, but it appears that Capitalism is really demanding that executives be more highly compensated.
http://www.eveningsun.com/opin...
Pay for the top 200 executives has gone up 21%. The average in 2014 was $17.6 million.
I say we have them compete in the Octagon. Cage match. Two executives enter, one executive leaves.
My PhD thesis defense was delayed for three years, but for a different reason:
https://youtu.be/WeYsTmIzjkw