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It's a 5 year program at a 4 year college, they have it so that you an graduate with your masters degree.
That is a bit irritating that they didn't teach painting technique if it would be required in the field.
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That is a bit irritating that they didn't teach painting technique if it would be required in the field.
Jeff Bezos net worth reaches $180B and Amazon at $1.5T, making him near close to one of the richest humans in human history. Had he did not lose his shares to his ex-wife he would be near $240B. I am bothered that one many has so much money and one company has so much of it. Power corrupts.
Ironically usually people get so rich by having some sort of a monopoly but in Amazon case everything they offer can be, and is, sold by many other vendors worldwide including their AWS web hosting so their money is clean and hard earned.
One thing I don't understand is that this company is valued at $1.5T but their profit is only $11B and assets at $240B. How is it worth more than companies that has more assets and much more profits?!
Ironically usually people get so rich by having some sort of a monopoly but in Amazon case everything they offer can be, and is, sold by many other vendors worldwide including their AWS web hosting so their money is clean and hard earned.
One thing I don't understand is that this company is valued at $1.5T but their profit is only $11B and assets at $240B. How is it worth more than companies that has more assets and much more profits?!
Amazon's great value lies in its ability to offer a wide spectrum of items, and to deliver those items in a prompt fashion, which particularly now in this time of COVID-19, is most appreciated by those who cannot or choose not to go out and spend time wandering through shops looking for something in particular. It's so easy to go online to Amazon, find the desired object (which may or may not actually be available locally anyway) and click the button to buy it, and a couple of days later or sometimes even the very next day it's on the doorstep. Can't beat that for convenience....
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Thinking about the word "scofflaw".
Apparently a contest generated invented word:
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Apparently a contest generated invented word:
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The profit they declare (and are taxed on) will have every legal way of being offset against stock and other assets.
They are a horrible company. We sell through them at work and they make sure they make more out of things than you do.
But you have no option to sell through them as they have become to powerful in the market.
And yes I am a hypocrite as I do buy from them, but not often.
Kudos for admitting that. With a bit of effort and resolve and fortitude you can reduce not often to never and feel better about it
Well confession is good for the sole! Trouble is for some things there just are no options! By not very often I think I’ve ordered maybe twice this year.Kudos for admitting that. With a bit of effort and resolve and fortitude you can reduce not often to never and feel better about it
I buy a lot less than I used to, from Amazon; if at all possible, I try to give my custom (not always easy, nor even often, nor occasionally easy, in these Covid days) to bricks-and-mortar stores.
I have always been a firm advocate for purchasing locally as much as possible, to support local merchants. In this area we've lost a lot of brick-and-mortar camera stores and other types of businesses because people would go into the store, look at particular merchandise and discuss it with sales personnel, and then go home and order from an online retailer. This was especially prevalent back at a time when if a retailer did not have a physical presence in a particular state they did not need to add state sales tax to the cost of the item(s). Things have changed now and I think all online merchants, regardless of whether or not they have a local physical presence, need to charge sales tax. Some merchants have found a way or two around this, though.
In any event, my practice is to determine whether or not a local store has the item in which I am interested, and if they do, great, I go to the store and buy it there. It is easy these days to check the inventories of most major retailers and their stores online so a trip to the store isn't wasted. The customer knows before leaving home that, yes, the store will have the item on Aisle Number 10 or whatever. If they don't have the item for purchase in the local area, then I go to the Amazon website and check availability there. Some items simply are not available locally so Amazon is the first place I check.
I also tend to use Amazon to read customer reviews of items, too, so that when I'm interesting in purchasing, say, a new microwave oven, I'll look over the reviews at Amazon, make a decision about the brand and model in which I'm interested, and then check the local stores to see if the microwave is in stock there. Saves time and there is a reasonable degree of comfort in feeling that I will be pleased and satisfied with the item.
All that said, yes, it seems as though this past year I have bought more from Amazon than in the past.....
In any event, my practice is to determine whether or not a local store has the item in which I am interested, and if they do, great, I go to the store and buy it there. It is easy these days to check the inventories of most major retailers and their stores online so a trip to the store isn't wasted. The customer knows before leaving home that, yes, the store will have the item on Aisle Number 10 or whatever. If they don't have the item for purchase in the local area, then I go to the Amazon website and check availability there. Some items simply are not available locally so Amazon is the first place I check.
I also tend to use Amazon to read customer reviews of items, too, so that when I'm interesting in purchasing, say, a new microwave oven, I'll look over the reviews at Amazon, make a decision about the brand and model in which I'm interested, and then check the local stores to see if the microwave is in stock there. Saves time and there is a reasonable degree of comfort in feeling that I will be pleased and satisfied with the item.
All that said, yes, it seems as though this past year I have bought more from Amazon than in the past.....
And they can actually deliver timely. Order from another company and it's 1-2 WEEKS instead of days. And ever since they went to delivering themselves, it's been way better. Nearly every time they give it to UPS or USPS something gets messed up. Something was supposed to come today. They had it to USPS by 0620, but they never delivered it. Amazon should just do it 100% themselves and keep the crappy third parties out.
Well the other company doesn't have the luxury of having someone else pay for all their distribution costs so its hard for them to compete. Where as Amazon push all the delivery costs (and return costs by the way!) to the suppliers.
That really isn't right that Amazon pushes all the delivery costs and return costs to the suppliers! I suppose that with regard to returns, Amazon's rationale is that they are not the ones who manufactured the presumably unsatisfactory item so why should they cover the costs of the customer returning it. IMHO distribution and delivery should be paid for on a equal basis between the supplier and Amazon. That is, XYZ Widget Company pays to ship the merchandise to Amazon's warehouses but then after that Amazon handles all the charges for distribution within its system and delivery to the customer. Amazon does pay its warehouse workers and its delivery people, but there still would be additional costs beyond those two factors.
Amazon service is superior and I am a happy customer, but you do not want to create your own monster either...
competition is good, and distribution of power is good.
You all here on MR crossed my mind. Hope you all are well. I may be getting a third surgery due to extreme pain. I know I had to have the hysterectomy but it's been a nightmare ever since.
Hope the surgery goes well and that you'll have some friends or family to help post-surgery.
Sorry to hear that. Hope the surgery gives you a full recovery this time. Hang in there.
@Septembersrain hope the third surgery goes well and that your pain has subsided.
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My Magic Mouse 2 playing dead...
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I hope everyone is okay.
What’s on my mind?
My Magic Mouse 2 playing dead...
🥴🙄🥴
I hope everyone is okay.
The design where you can’t use it bothers me. But not as much as my work one which eats AA batteries as it’s the V1.
Gosh, you've really had a rough time with all of this! I hope that the third surgery does the trick (as the saying goes, "third time is the charm!") and that you will be feeling much, much better when you've recovered from the operation. Hang in there!
That design bothered me at first, too, but now I'm used to it -- actually, I solved the problem by simply getting a second Magic Mouse 2 and when the one being used is ready to be charged up again, I simply swap out and use the other one which has been charged while the first one is getting its dose of juice again.
My 2013 iMac’s Bluetooth starts crying when I try to add a second magic mouse.
That design is hilarious. What is even sillier, I tried to open the back plate to change the batteries and then remembered I can no longer do that.🙄
@Apple fanboy Been there...
My keyboards guzzled batteries faster than the mouse, which is why I began using wired keyboards again.
I think that’s exactly the reason Apple designed it that way!
The newer keyboard is fine as it’s rechargeable. But the good thing is you can charge it up whilst using it.
Hang in there, get a good surgeon!