mercator_rejection

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Does it really take 100 staffers to do what a video chat can accomplish?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why would they have to go to the CS desk? the cashier can just change it right there. It happens occasionally where they scan too many items and have to void some out, it's really not a big deal.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I understand, but the comment I replied to was implying that rent should somehow be less than mortgage plus insurance. My point is that under those circumstances, it doesn't make sense.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I am not sure why you think it should be any way else with our current systems, though. Asking less means the home owner is effectively paying for maintenance and upkeep entirely out of pocket, and entirely net loss for them. That said, I also don't think that means they need to price gouge and trying to make huge profits.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

For similar reasons, I stopped ordering with any alterations at all. I used to customize order a little and they always messed it up. It's pretty rare that I go at all, but I figure that way it's the standard meal and they can just go in autopilot making it. Less disappointment when things go wrong

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Use any flavor you like, there aren't any rules

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Around here we just have little stickers on the produce with a code number on it. Most produce is just stacked with no packaging. You collect as many as you want in a bag. At the check out, the little code number can be used tell what the exact variety is.

This seems a lot simpler than lazer etching to me, but idk, maybe that is really cheap and easy too?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Try audiobooks. It got me out of that kid of block. Can listen during showers, commutes, doing chores. It's great!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (18 children)

I feel like that requirement comes from mortgage lenders, not the government.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Honestly, looks ghastly. In the pursuit of being generic, they made something simple and straightforward into something unusable.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Thing is that it has been shown that the cost doesn't add up. Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2 are both games you only pay the cost of the box, no on going subscriptions and they are able to continue running the servers and infrastructure just fine. 15$/mo just doesn't make sense.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

I went through this a couple years ago. Decided Jeff Bezos does not need any more money, cancelled prime. Funny this was that most things ship the same as always, get them in like 2 or 3 days.

In fact, most other online retailers offer similar free 2 day shipping to stay competitive and I usually find stuff of Amazon first.

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