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OT: Holiday Shopping... Madness!!!

Eldre

OT: Holiday Shopping... Madness!!!

by Eldre » Wed, 03 Dec 2003 03:04:02

I figured he meant *each*.  The LCD alone is probably worth $250...<g>

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OT: Holiday Shopping... Madness!!!

by Larr » Wed, 03 Dec 2003 12:23:19

This wasn't busy.  I EXPECTED busy.  I expected a line at the checkout.
This was beyond anything I've experienced in my 44 years.

I did NOT expect 200-300 souls standing in line, wrapped around the entire
interior perimiter of the store.

-Larry




> >> I'm disgusted.  Time to do some racing and forget all of this for the
rest
> >> of the day :)

> >Gee, what did you expect!!  :>)

> That's what gets me.  People KNOW it's the busiest shopping day in the
year,
> it's hyped for all of November.  It gets worse every year.  Yet they
insist on
> going, then act surprised that so many people are out, and have a
miserable
> experience.
> Hell, even if a store was giving away the Seal-A-Meal for *free*, I
wouldn't
> stand in line for 4 hours to get it...

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OT: Holiday Shopping... Madness!!!

by Larr » Wed, 03 Dec 2003 12:26:07

As best I can tell, any sort of applicability under the DMCA is not needed
for companies to use the DMCA.

Just look at some of the incredibly stupid lawsuits that have been filed.

This has to be one of the most abused laws of all time.

-Larry




> DMCA?  I hadn't heard about that being used.  What's that got to do with a
> sale?

jon

OT: Holiday Shopping... Madness!!!

by jon » Thu, 04 Dec 2003 00:16:17


I don't like situations like that. My earliest childhood memories involve
bad airline disaster, and earthquake movies from the 70's, and then my ***
years were shook up by bad scare movies from the eighties of the cold war
variety.

I would have probly started rippin my clothes off and screamin I GOTTA GET
OUTTA HERE !!! I CANT BREATH !!! AIIIIGGGIIIIUUGGGG !!!!

Eldre

OT: Holiday Shopping... Madness!!!

by Eldre » Thu, 04 Dec 2003 13:56:14



>I don't like situations like that. My earliest childhood memories involve
>bad airline disaster, and earthquake movies from the 70's, and then my ***
>years were shook up by bad scare movies from the eighties of the cold war
>variety.

Hey, I saw the Towering Inferno and Earthquake on the same DAY...<g>

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OT: Holiday Shopping... Madness!!!

by Eldre » Thu, 04 Dec 2003 13:56:14


>This wasn't busy.  I EXPECTED busy.  I expected a line at the checkout.
>This was beyond anything I've experienced in my 44 years.

>I did NOT expect 200-300 souls standing in line, wrapped around the entire
>interior perimiter of the store.

Hehe...  One of my co-workers went to the Best Buy as well.  Same thing, line
around the store...
I find it hard to deal with just *30* people in line.  If I'd seen 10 times
that many I would have turned right back around and walked out, sales be
damned...

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OT: Holiday Shopping... Madness!!!

by Eldre » Thu, 04 Dec 2003 13:56:14



>Yep, many retailers that place ads on Thursday used the DMCA to shutdown
>websites hosting the ads.  The DMCA is a crock.  I can't wait until it is
>removed from the law books.

You know what just struck me about that?  Lessee, the retailers place ads *to
get people to come to the store*.  If a website posted it, then more people
know about it, so more people come to the store.  So now the retailer gets
pissed because people showed up?!?  Wasn't that the point of placing the ad in
the FIRST place?

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OT: Holiday Shopping... Madness!!!

by TDRacin » Fri, 05 Dec 2003 07:35:32

hehe    You would think so, but businesses make no sense sometimes.




> >Yep, many retailers that place ads on Thursday used the DMCA to shutdown
> >websites hosting the ads.  The DMCA is a crock.  I can't wait until it is
> >removed from the law books.

> You know what just struck me about that?  Lessee, the retailers place ads
*to
> get people to come to the store*.  If a website posted it, then more
people
> know about it, so more people come to the store.  So now the retailer gets
> pissed because people showed up?!?  Wasn't that the point of placing the
ad in
> the FIRST place?

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