Comment "Hi Jack! (Score 1) 145
Try saying that.
Submission + - New Lawsuit Against Amazon: 'Subscribe and Save' Program Actually Costs You More (msn.com)
destinyland writes: A married couple claims in a new lawsuit that Amazon duped them — and leagues of other U.S. customers — into signing up for its popular "Subscribe & Save" program under the guise that they'd save money on automatically recurring purchases... In some cases, the lawsuit claims that customers were paying more for the exact same items through the Subscribe & Save program than they would be if they bought the items from other sellers on the site. That was true even when the up to 15% discount that the subscription program offers was calculated into the final purchase price, according to the suit. The Seattle law firm that filed the May 15 lawsuit says that Amazon’s business practices amount to “deceptive,” “misleading” and “bait and switch tactics.” The firm is seeking class-action status in U.S. District Court for western Washington, a move that could potentially draw tens of millions of Amazon customers from across the U.S. into the litigation...
[The suit says the plaintiffs' first order of espresso coffee grounds was $16.60.] When their order auto-renewed a few months later, the price had gone up to $17.04. A few months later, it rose to $21.25. Then in October 2024, the price increased to $28.69 — about $12 more than the Hermans had paid at the beginning of their subscription, according to the lawsuit. [The discount can be as little as 5% or up to 15%, Amazon told Oregon Live in a statement, noting customers do receive an email showing "applicable savings" before the orders ship. But...] The suit says Amazon gave the Hermans little notice to cancel the order or to shop around because it notified them of the latest price increase in an email at 8:54 p.m. — the same night it processed their order and charged them.
The suit says if the Hermans had been given the time to shop around for a better price, they would have found that another Amazon seller was charging $25.90 — or $2.79 less — for the identical item. Amazon’s “Subscribe & Save Terms & Conditions” page tells customers that it “may change the price for a Subscribe & Save subscription at any time for any reason....”
The analytical group Consumer Intelligence Research Partners says about 25% of U.S. Amazon customers are enrolled in the Subscribe & Save program.
[The suit says the plaintiffs' first order of espresso coffee grounds was $16.60.] When their order auto-renewed a few months later, the price had gone up to $17.04. A few months later, it rose to $21.25. Then in October 2024, the price increased to $28.69 — about $12 more than the Hermans had paid at the beginning of their subscription, according to the lawsuit. [The discount can be as little as 5% or up to 15%, Amazon told Oregon Live in a statement, noting customers do receive an email showing "applicable savings" before the orders ship. But...] The suit says Amazon gave the Hermans little notice to cancel the order or to shop around because it notified them of the latest price increase in an email at 8:54 p.m. — the same night it processed their order and charged them.
The suit says if the Hermans had been given the time to shop around for a better price, they would have found that another Amazon seller was charging $25.90 — or $2.79 less — for the identical item. Amazon’s “Subscribe & Save Terms & Conditions” page tells customers that it “may change the price for a Subscribe & Save subscription at any time for any reason....”
The analytical group Consumer Intelligence Research Partners says about 25% of U.S. Amazon customers are enrolled in the Subscribe & Save program.
Comment Marcia Lucas Finally Speaks Out | Icons Unearthed (Score 1) 21
Nacelle Company posted this four months ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Comment Re: When The Replacements, aren't. (Score 2) 44
Is Twitter operating just as well?
The gutted moderation lead to a lot less advertisers bidding on views.
The unreliability of the service during the transition to being so far reduced dramatically reduced the number of daily users.
The company isn't public, so we don't know if it's making more/losing less money than it was. But we can be pretty certain that the operations are not the same (reduced users less money per user).
Comment Re: small amount produced? (Score 1) 59
They probably didn't want to do a large build if it's 30% price increase on a years old device.
Comment Re: I use mine all the time. (Score 1) 59
You need to dock it to do work.
But a sub $50 dongle on a desk with a monitor, mouse, and keyboard you're good to go.
In that sense it's sort of less portable than a laptop (need the work desk reserved for it), but in other ways it's more portable (smaller and lighter). The same device can dock at a TV and be a console, or dock at a desk and be an office PC. It's pretty convenient if you have multiple use spaces that are fixed. It's very inconvenient to take to the cafe and work.
Comment Re: Guess the economy is doing fine (Score 1) 59
and yet the only photo is clearly not a steam deck.
Seems as likely planted misinformation as real.
Comment Re:The CIA really loves this kind of recruit (Score 1) 143
^^ Probably the most on-the-nose comment here. There are lots of exceptional people working at high level from unusual backgrounds. Unfortunately he got burn-noticed because he crossed the wrong person/s and was tipped off to local authorities, probably.
Comment Re: I'd buy one (Score 1) 59
I doubt the price will come back down.
It'll stay this price until the deck 2 comes out, and the deck 2 will release at this price (Valve has basically said they were shocked to learn that people wanted to spend more on more powerful devices than the steam deck, but people did).
Comment Re:Always surprised that facebook still exists. (Score 1) 52
Lots of people still use it.
Comment Seems a little early for this? (Score 1) 151
Pope jumping in on the AI policy debate about a decade before it's going to become relevant. I'm pretty skeptical whatever is written in there will be super applicable in 10 or even 30 years, but it's now part of the historical record for all time.
Comment Re: No. (Score 1) 141
You can definitely see it in stores though.
When it gets dark at 5ish people seem to go home and then stay home.
When it gets dark at 8 or 9ish people seem to go home and then maybe go do a chore or go to a bar or something.
I'm skeptical for it leading to extra retail shopping though (rather than time shifting away from the weekends). You can definitely see the difference in restaurants/bars though.
It tends to be the weeks where people come home to light or just dusk and it quickly gets dark most impacted (early spring/late fall).
Comment Re: So it was slave labor? (Score 1) 65
$100k gives a lot of space to pay people for 2 weeks.
Comment Re: The future of film making (Score 1) 65
Is google really that much better of a gatekeeper?
Somebody's gonna gatekeep what of the 1000x more content you see.
Comment Re: The movie looks pretty bad (Score 1) 65
I really like how they summed it up at the end though "that was terrible". At least they were self aware. I feel sorry for anyone that needs to watch 90 minutes of it.
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