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Podcasting Deux
We're at Borders this afternoon, logged on with yet another T-Mobile HotSpot free trial. I must say that just about everything here is superior to Barnes & Noble - less crowded, better coffee (with free refills!), more comfortable and available seating. Of course, my B&N employee discount card doesn't do much good here...
posted by Brad at 4/23/2005 03:25:00 PM | permalink |
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I'm truly not juding, but I feel like as a certified grown-up, you should quit cheating the system and just pay for your hot spot use. I feel like this is part of being a fully employed, house and car owning adult - you start paying for things you're supposed to. Do you still steal soda from the grocery store by hiding it in the undercarriage? I'd think no?
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In response to Laura's comment on paying for the hot spot---I will have to disagree, especially under the conditions of the before mentioned hotspot. Unlike stealing soda by having it underneath the cart in which a product is take taken from the retailer (at cost to the retailer mind you), the internet connection is already at there---the retailer is not losing anything by users actually using the product (in this case, the internet connection). Furthermore, the said user (Brad) is purchasing other items (coffee) that he would not normally stop at Borders to purchase unless he had the free internet connection. So instead of Borders losing money as one could infer from Laura’s posting, Borders is actually making money by allowing Brad to use their connection (a sunk cost) and gaining from his purchase on coffee, which has a consumer markup anywhere from 70-90%. Moreover, Mr. Johnson is actually giving Borders a new model for doing business, one in which could give them an edge over the competition.
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