A Black Hole of Happiness - Page 102

Did you just call me Coltrane? · 06-26-2007, 02:03 PM

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Translation: I told them I'm 40.

It's 3:45 for men ages 55-59. You can do that, can't you?

Hank Chinaski · 06-26-2007, 02:06 PM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
It's 3:45 for men ages 55-59. You can do that, can't you?

Do i get to not count potty time?

sebastian_dangerfield · 06-26-2007, 02:10 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
I think he's disgusting. He always looks like he needs a good scrubbing, which probably wouldn't even take.

"That's what I love about these high school girls, man. I get older, they stay the same age."

sebastian_dangerfield · 06-26-2007, 02:14 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I saw parts of Lone Star (which I think is one of the best movies about Texas ever made, runners up Dazed and Confused, Frailty and A Perfect World, two of the three have him in it) over the weekend, and I thought he looked relatively scrubbed down for that.

Frailty was a fuuucked up flick. Great movie.

06-26-2007, 02:50 PM

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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
It smells a lot like a deceptive or unfair business practice under California law, if not fraud, and if you found out that they were deliberately holding onto stuff for a few days to drive people to Amazon Prime in order to induce people to spend more there -- well, I don't think Amazon would want that kind of publicity.

I don't think Amazon is being deceptive at all, even under B&P section 17200. They're very up front about the fact that if you choose Super Saver Shipping, they don't ship right away:

"Super Saver Shipping

FREE on Orders over $25 (some restrictions apply)

How do I take advantage of FREE Super Saver Shipping?

1. Place over $25 of eligible Amazon.com products in your Shopping Cart. (Eligible items will say "eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping" next to their price.)

2. Proceed to checkout.

3. Ship your items to a single U.S. address.

4. Select Super Saver Shipping as your shipping speed. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR ORDER WILL TAKE AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 BUSINESS DAYS TO SHIP.

5. Select "Group my items into as few shipments as possible" as your shipping preference.

6. Place your order, and enjoy the free shipping!"

(Emphasis in original, though in bold, not caps. I'm a hotmeal naif.)

Tyrone Slothrop · 06-26-2007, 02:54 PM

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Originally posted by catrin_darcy
PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR ORDER WILL TAKE AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 BUSINESS DAYS TO SHIP.

Hmm. So they are sitting on your order just to slow it down, but they're disclosing that. I wonder how long they've been doing that. And I wonder how much profit they make on those S&H charges.

SlaveNoMore · 06-26-2007, 02:57 PM

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ThurgreedMarshall
This is the best she's ever looked. And that's a genuine smile. If it takes jail to make her look like a normal human being, I wonder if it will make her act like a normal human being as well.

TM

Concur 110%

Amazing what 2 weeks off the drugs will do to you.

ltl/fb · 06-26-2007, 02:57 PM

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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Hmm. So they are sitting on your order just to slow it down, but they're disclosing that. I wonder how long they've been doing that. And I wonder how much profit they make on those S&H charges.

Oh for the love of christ, if it bothers you that much, don't buy from them.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) · 06-26-2007, 02:57 PM

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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Hmm. So they are sitting on your order just to slow it down, but they're disclosing that. I wonder how long they've been doing that. And I wonder how much profit they make on those S&H charges.

Amazon makes a profit? sue those gluttonous capitalist pigs!!!

ETA: Image of Ty advising his client.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) · 06-26-2007, 02:58 PM

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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Concur 110%

Amazing what 2 weeks off the drugs will do to you.

What makes you think she was off the drugs?

handsome boy model · 06-26-2007, 02:58 PM

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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Concur 110%

Amazing what 2 weeks off the drugs will do to you.

I'd hit that!

yt,

hbm

SlaveNoMore · 06-26-2007, 02:59 PM

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Tyrone Slothrop
Hmm. So they are sitting on your order just to slow it down, but they're disclosing that. I wonder how long they've been doing that. And I wonder how much profit they make on those S&H charges.

Dude, they've been doing this for at least 2 years.

Get off the blog and get some fresh air, will ya'?

Hank Chinaski · 06-26-2007, 03:01 PM

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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Dude, they've been doing this for at least 2 years.

Get off the blog and get some fresh air, will ya'?

Ty's internet blogging life is harming the quality of his internet shopping life? what would bilmore say about that?

Tyrone Slothrop · 06-26-2007, 03:03 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Oh for the love of christ, if it bothers you that much, don't buy from them.

I'm annoyed about my past purchases because I didn't see the language that Catrin posted -- I think you have to click through for details on shipping for that. In the past, I've gotten things so quickly on the free shipping that I saw no point to paying to expedite. Clearly, they figured out that people like me had figured that out, and decided to engage in some price discrimination -- part of what made this country great, right Burger? You can't get people to pay more for faster service if your standard service is fast, so they made it slower.

So for the next birthday, I'll just order earlier.

ltl/fb · 06-26-2007, 03:08 PM

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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I'm annoyed about my past purchases because I didn't see the language that Catrin posted -- I think you have to click through for details on shipping for that. In the past, I've gotten things so quickly on the free shipping that I saw no point to paying to expedite. Clearly, they figured out that people like me had figured that out, and decided to engage in some price discrimination -- part of what made this country great, right Burger? You can't get people to pay more for faster service if your standard service is fast, so they made it slower.

So for the next birthday, I'll just order earlier.

I have always known that the free shipping may, or may not, take longer, and assumed that if you picked the non-free, they'd process those orders first and then use downtime to process the super-saver ones. Because like any retail business, while you can predict to some degree when will be busy and when won't, it's never going to be perfectly steady. If there is both pay shipping and free shipping, the free shipping is going to suck more.

I think they started losing money, or profits had fallen a lot -- read articles? No doubt they cut back on staffing to save money.