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  • On the post: Verizon Wireless Fined $25 Million For Bogus Fees… But May Have Still Made Out Profitably

    TimK ( profile ), 29 Oct, 2010 @ 06:37am

    Flawed math

    I found several of these charges on my wife's phone. They did not occur every month repeatedly....maybe 2-3 times over the course of a year. I called and had the account credited, as I am sure thousands of other customers did as well. I'm not defending VZW in the least as the charges were TOTAL BS, but its pretty simple to see that Techdirt's math is flawed by leaving out all of the credits issued to customers like myself who called to dispute the charges. The forthcoming credits are undoubtedly just to cover the millions of customers who never noticed these charges.

  • On the post: Philadelphia Demanding Business License For Bloggers Who Bring In A Bit Of Cash

    TimK ( profile ), 24 Aug, 2010 @ 01:31pm

    Tip of the iceberg

    A tax on bloggers here is just the tip of the problem with Philly's government. The revenue tax is not new, they are only seeking new "businesses" to hit with it. The city taxes ANY business....be that large or small, based on REVENUE. That's right....you could lose money, but if you generate ANY revenue you are taxed on it. What a wonderful way to encourage new businesses, particularly start-ups, considering that most new businesses lose money to begin with. And people here wonder where all the jobs are and why all the business is in the suburbs and surrounding states. Philly deserves what it gets. The icing on the cake is that they call it a "Business Privilege License"....what a privilege it is.

    -Philadelphia born, raised and disgusted.

  • On the post: Warner Bros. Gets Netflix To Delay Movies; You Don't Save Your Business By Pissing Off Your Customers

    TimK ( profile ), 08 Jan, 2010 @ 06:46am

    Who will notice...besides Warner's accountants?

    I don't care. It won't affect me...or probably anyone. Maybe I am wrong, but it seems like Warner has no clue how real people actually operate. For the most part, I think there are a few types of consumers of DVDs.

    Type A - ONLY rent.
    Type B - mostly rent (or stream) and occasionally buy a favorite DVD.
    Type C - Buy everything.

    I think 99% of people fall into type A or B. Those in TYPE A who never, or almost never BUY a DVD aren't going to start buying simply because they have to wait 28 days to rent. Type B people are only going to buy their faves anyway, so it won't matter to them, they aren't going to buy more movies. Type C people are buying movies anyway so nothing changes for them.

    I just don't see how this makes ANY more money for Warner at all.

    Besides, most Netflix users put things in their queue and when they show up in the mail they watch them. Release dates are so random anyway that most people wouldn't know the difference if a film was delayed 28 days. I know I wouldn't.