Your iPhone will be out of date in two weeks when they put out a new one for $600 that makes one minor alteration. :lol:
It's already out of date. :lol: Normally I'm not a "jump on the bandwagon" kind of girl, but the iPhone seemed to offer more than the Droid phones did, plus there was so much more that you could do with it, more cases, etc. So instead of buying the 5 for several hundred dollars, I got the 4s for free from Verizon. So it's already older, and the bad thing is, once the 5 came out, all the cool cases and accessories for 4 stopped being stocked in the store. *groan*
I'll basically avoid any local store that insists on a minimum spending fee before I can use my card. Not content with fleecing customers, they demand extra for the privilege of paying at all? That they 'can't compete with larger businesses who buy in bulk' is not my problem. I won't abet their greed. Also, HMV. What they charged for CDs and DVDs was criminal. I laughed when they went into receivership.
Just so you know
The reason stores will have a minimum charge is to allow the store to make money on the transaction. They have to pay a fee to the card company for every transaction, Small purchases that are bought using cards most likely are loss makers on the store
And how much do the banks charge per transaction?
Looking at the list you'll see, for example, that the transaction fee charged a merchant when a customer uses a regular MasterCard is 1.75 percent, but if a customer uses a MasterCard Premium High Spend card, the transaction fee is 2.71 percent. Some MasterCards in the World/World Elite category carry even higher transaction fees.
To a small business that processed $100,000 worth of credit card transactions each month, the .96 percentage difference charged for premium card transactions would cost an additional $960 a month, an extra $11,520 per year.
I'm so anti-immigration, I won't even eat Taco Bell.
My heart bleeds for them. Because they didn't make enough profit on the goods I already bought. They had to **** me in the ass too.Just so you know
The reason stores will have a minimum charge is to allow the store to make money on the transaction. They have to pay a fee to the card company for every transaction, Small purchases that are bought using cards most likely are loss makers on the store
I like Chick Fil a. They had the balls to stand up for their beliefs. Rare in todays PC world. Same with Hobby Lobby.Dont eat at Chick-Filla because of Gay rights. Dont shop at hobby lobby over gay rights issues. Dont shop at Walmart for obvious reasons. Dont buy nikes because of sweat shop labor.
Two or three cents on the dollar is not going to equal a loss on a transaction. That's what the stores want you to believe though.
I sure see a lot of lemmings in this thread.
I like Chick Fil a. They had the balls to stand up for their beliefs. Rare in todays PC world. Same with Hobby Lobby.
My heart bleeds for them. Because they didn't make enough profit on the goods I already bought. They had to **** me in the ass too.
Funny...It might help to cut back on the hallucinogens, then.
I thought I saw prairie dogs in a thread about gun control the other day, but it was just some lingering effects from the window pane.
I get what you're saying and competition is the lifeblood. I just think the extras they do charge are often more than what you'd expect to pay, even taking into account their need to recoup losses. Hopefully they've already done that on what they charged for the items you already bought. Small businesses really push the envelope of customer tolerance.Generally the places that do that are small private owned businesses. We have a sub shop lunch place near where I work that does that.
But they have to compete with a resturant accross the street and a few more sub shops down the road including a Subway.
They make superior sandwiches and at a decent price.
So if they demand cash for under 10 dollar sales. Cash it what I will pay with.
Yes because anything you dont argee with must be disgusting and bigoted. Thank you for reminding me why I am so anti gay agenda.They have every right to "stand up" for their disgusting bigoted beliefs.
I would rather have a sandwich made by a person who is employing people in the community, bettering the city and striving for a better life. Then some pimple faced punk following the serving directions set up by some corporation to maximize profits to pay NFLers to hawk their food.I get what you're saying and competition is the lifeblood. I just think the extras they do charge are often more than what you'd expect to pay, even taking into account their need to recoup losses. Hopefully they've already done that on what they charged for the items you already bought. Small businesses really push the envelope of customer tolerance.
If Chick-fil-A's food is orgasmic, I'll be eating lunch there today.Do you boycott particular businesses? If so, which ones and why?
I general do not boycott over social issues. For example, many friends of mine boycott Chick-fil-A over their religious stances. I do not (though I don't think their food is orgasmic like many others seem to think). I figure that if I look hard enough that I can fine something in every business that offends me, then I'd be left with no place to go.
I general DO boycott over repeated instances of shoddy customer service and/or crappy policies. If you treat ME like crap, I'm going to stop going there. For example, I liked the merchandise and prices at Burlington Coat Factory, but hated their return policies. I rarely return anything, but still want the option when necessary, and don't like the feeling of that I'm somehow being unfair. You either stand behind your merchandise, or you don't. Hence, I stopped shopping there.
Isn't the difference between the 4 and 5 that they moved the headphone jack from the bottom to the top? :lol:
You should be able to find the cases on ebay still.
Quality is a a factor, obviously. Personally, I don't give a **** who's serving me as long as it's decent stuff and the price is right.I would rather have a sandwich made by a person who is employing people in the community, bettering the city and striving for a better life. Then some pimple faced punk following the serving directions set up by some corporation to maximize profits to pay NFLers to hawk their food.
Do you boycott particular businesses? If so, which ones and why?
I general do not boycott over social issues. For example, many friends of mine boycott Chick-fil-A over their religious stances. I do not (though I don't think their food is orgasmic like many others seem to think). I figure that if I look hard enough that I can fine something in every business that offends me, then I'd be left with no place to go.
I general DO boycott over repeated instances of shoddy customer service and/or crappy policies. If you treat ME like crap, I'm going to stop going there. For example, I liked the merchandise and prices at Burlington Coat Factory, but hated their return policies. I rarely return anything, but still want the option when necessary, and don't like the feeling of that I'm somehow being unfair. You either stand behind your merchandise, or you don't. Hence, I stopped shopping there.
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