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04-13-2011, 02:55 PM | #62 | |
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In the end, though, it comes down to dealing with the world as it is, not as we'd like it to be. Shopping cart scripts sometimes let you click the "buy" button twice. So you check for that, and if that one did, you cancel the spare order. Reasonable people do not demand that their extra gift card (or HDTV, or car, or house) be given to them free because ... well, because of anything. Extra order, oops, cancel, done. It brings to mind the behavior of the people in Japan after the tsunami versus the people in New Orleans after Katrina. All else aside, I suspect the people in Japan, despite the magnitude of the disaster, are probably happier with other people's behavior and less stressed as a result. That requires good behavior by everyone; trying to be the exception leads to the Tragedy of the Commons ... or NOLA. |
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04-14-2011, 12:52 AM | #63 | |
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04-14-2011, 06:46 AM | #64 | |
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04-14-2011, 08:22 AM | #65 | |
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I am not saying the Kobo is bad in anyway, so don't start bashing, oh go ahead |
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04-14-2011, 08:23 AM | #66 | |
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We have people here with just about everything you can read an ebook on (21 types of devices, of which 20 are not Kobos). We have people from all over the world (7 countries that I count). We have people who've been here for years and people who just joined. We have people who buy DRM-locked ebooks without a second thought and people who rail against them (um, like me). By my count we have 26 separate posters who share (roughly) an opinion, something that rarely happens in MobileRead, and that opinion is "no, accidentally double-clicking the "buy" button does not entitle the OP to a free $50 from Kobo." I don't doubt that their customer service sucks. But that still doesn't entitle the OP to a free gift card -- specifically, one she canceled payment on. And it still seems very strange that the OP's mother would insist on it. (mine, being a very polite person, would have said "oh, you spent too much!" on the original, even if it was for $10, and been scandalized if I'd demanded a free one too) |
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04-14-2011, 08:25 AM | #67 |
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LOL! I had never even seen a Kobo in real life until 15 minutes ago!
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04-14-2011, 08:29 AM | #68 |
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04-14-2011, 08:44 AM | #69 |
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04-14-2011, 08:46 AM | #70 |
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I heard the same, but with a little training they can be tamed
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04-14-2011, 09:22 AM | #71 |
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It doesn't work. They all sneak out of their cases when you least expect them, and display books at you ... and you can't help reading them ... and the next thing you know, it's tomorrow and you've had no sleep.
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04-14-2011, 10:05 AM | #72 |
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Ahh so a lot like those Adult Sites then, many teens have been lost to them
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04-15-2011, 08:53 AM | #75 |
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Well reading these posts made for an interesting morning read.
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