Letters to the Editor
blunderdog
Published Letters: 509 Editor's Choice: 10
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Yes, Yes!
[Read the article: Countrywide hits an iceberg]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Sure, less paper waste, good for the environment, etc etc. But also, greater chance that the customer will forget, since the only notification one gets is via email. And then, late fees, maybe even defaults, ya never know." --Rich Miles
Don't forget that the customer no longer has those nice paper RECORDS of the transactions. We should be conscious of this considering how many stories we've heard of major corporations "losing" huge amounts of confidential data.
I'm a total sucker for this, but I rationalize it because of the fact that I'm so terrible at keeping files myself. But I think it says a lot to our consumer culture that so little of our financial data are recorded in a non-volatile format for the benefit of the person who is spending the money. I realized a long while back during a financial meltdown that there would be absolutely no way for me to provide paper documentation of how I'd spent my salary (which had been sizable) for several years. And I wasn't even buying any coke!
But paper documentation is exactly what you're expected to have if your finances get FUBARed and you're talking to the Feds.
IRS Agent: "Well, if you were spending that kind of money on your food/entertainment budget [in Soho], just show us the receipts."
Ugh.
@ Scorpio69er, I laughed 5 times at the "loaf of bread" post. Bravo!
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Is there a Switch?
[Read the article: A wireless touch-screen iPod. A video Nano. And a much cheaper iPhone]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"When you go into the store your iPod is instantly trading information with that particular store. If it knows what song is playing it is a snap for it to also know what items are on the menu as well."
Part of that is appealing, but...
As a paranoiac sort, I won't buy anything with a WiFi transmitter that I don't personally have the ability to turn on and off.
For uh...better battery life. You know.
Do the new iPods do that?
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Almost Getting It...
[Read the article: Please stop whining, iPhone early adopters]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"What it really means is that either Apple overcharged for their phone initially, or they weren't making their targetst..."
There's no either/or here. Apple overcharged for their phone initially. Technology companies overcharge for their products when first offered.
Let's reinforce this truth a bit: Technology companies overcharge for their products when first offered.
They do. Simple as that. They overcharge by as much as they think they can get away with.
You've now learned this fact, so you'll factor it into future decisions. If you didn't know this before, it's because you're new to this technology thing, or because you somehow managed to prevent yourself from acknowledging reality.
There may be a few folks who don't know things 'cause they're stupid, too.
(If you're excited about the $100, remember that you're also committing to give it to Apple. I think Apple played things brilliantly. Again.)