Murph1908 commented on Walgreens Thanks Nurse For Rescuing Comatose Diabetic By Sending Her Glucometer Bill,
at 1:59 PM on May 8
Option 1:
Demand payment for items used to save the life of a customer and look like a greedy tool.
Option 2:
Take an $18 dollar hit to your bottom line, give the woman a free low-end glucometer, and act like a real human being.
I'll take the option 1, please, with a side of public shame and humiliation.
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Murph1908 commented on AT&T And Others Make You Pay For The Privilege Of Paying Your Bill,
at 9:08 AM on Apr 25
Ok, I'll open myself up.
To staff a payment center to accept cash payments costs money.
To staff a call center to accept payments costs money.
An automated system to collect your payments costs money too, but not as much as staffing a human.
If the people who use these services don't pay for them directly, we all would pay for them indirectly through higher rates.
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Murph1908 commented on Walgreens Thanks Nurse For Rescuing Comatose Diabetic By Sending Her Glucometer Bill, at 1:59 PM on May 8
Option 1:
Demand payment for items used to save the life of a customer and look like a greedy tool.
Option 2:
Take an $18 dollar hit to your bottom line, give the woman a free low-end glucometer, and act like a real human being.
I'll take the option 1, please, with a side of public shame and humiliation.
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@goldfarb:
My favorite shuttle disaster jokes require some background.
That was the year the Bears won the Superbowl.
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I am a morning cola drinker.
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@zentex:
Postage has risen at a rate slower than inflation.
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Odd.
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Murph1908 commented on AT&T And Others Make You Pay For The Privilege Of Paying Your Bill, at 2:28 PM on Apr 25
@BigElectricCat:
It was the poster I was responding to that compared my apple (personal travel) to an orange (business travel).
I agree.
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Murph1908 commented on AT&T And Others Make You Pay For The Privilege Of Paying Your Bill, at 11:38 AM on Apr 25
@BigElectricCat:
In this case, air travel is a luxury for your company.
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Murph1908 commented on AT&T And Others Make You Pay For The Privilege Of Paying Your Bill, at 10:39 AM on Apr 25
@Scuba Steve:
I disagree.
AT&T wants to keep rates low, so they charge these fees to those who use the additional services.
Exactly the way airlines are doing it with luggage.
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Murph1908 commented on AT&T And Others Make You Pay For The Privilege Of Paying Your Bill, at 9:35 AM on Apr 25
@jamar0303:
Sure.
You don't NEED to cross the ocean.
And as far as cell phones, just because something become ubiquitous and is owned by a majority, doesn't take it off the 'luxury' list.
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Murph1908 commented on AT&T And Others Make You Pay For The Privilege Of Paying Your Bill, at 9:08 AM on Apr 25
Ok, I'll open myself up.
To staff a payment center to accept cash payments costs money.
To staff a call center to accept payments costs money.
An automated system to collect your payments costs money too, but not as much as staffing a human.
If the people who use these services don't pay for them directly, we all would pay for them indirectly through higher rates.
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@Buran:
No.
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For fear of litigation, many companies are averse to admitting any fault.
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