Subj : Y2K again..? was: Note f To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Thu Apr 02 2020 12:17:00 Hi Nancy! BM>>>> Vaguely recalling I knew ahead of time the software was no longer BM>>>> registerable; at least by the attempt to register I was showing BM>>>> appreciation. NB>>>> Yup. And another way to show appreciation is to keep using it... NB>>>> although, admittedly, often there'd be no way that anyone would NB>>>> necessarily know that you were... BM>>> Right: I don't think 'Sedit' shows up anyplace on my source taglines. NB>>> Not that I've seen... MultiMail gets credit, though... :) BM>> Last one gets the credit! NB>> Yup, generally so, as there is only one line available for that sort NB>> of credit... although, I think I vaguely remember seeing some messages NB>> with multiple lines of that sort.... probably something that someone NB>> set up on their own.... BM> There are always ways to modify and expand; it's a matter of others to BM> use this new 'standard'. NB> I was thinking more of an individual thing... not something to NB> become a new standard.... and besides, old software wouldn't know NB> about any new standards, so wouldn't/couldn't be using them... :) You're right: most old software does use the old standards! (I'm soooo in trouble for that one!) Generally nicer when the new standard has compatibility with the old - thinking like USB 3 is backwards compatible with USB 2. OTOH sometimes just not possible: digital TV, though there are adapters for the analog sets. NB>>>> From what Richard says, the price spreads on EBay can be totally NB>>>> ridiculous... one really does have to have a clue what something is NB>>>> worth before thinking of buying it there... but by the same token, NB>>>> one can also get some really good deals there.... :) BM>>> Agree! Though just like shopping at brick-and-mortar stores one site BM>>> will have a super-low price while another rather high. If don't BM>>> know/look around may not be getting a decent deal. NB>>> Less likely to have that sort of price spread at brick-and-mortar, NB>>> though... BM>> A lot of times competitors will be shopped to check pricing. Or used BM>> to be -- probably now do the same thing we do at home is check various BM>> web sites. NB>> B&M probably do do at least some of the price-checking in person, NB>> locally... of course, there are almost always some "wicked deal" or NB>> loss leader sales, but generally they do stay rather close to each NB>> other... or boast about how they've got the lowest prices in town... BM> ,,,By one cent! Also have to watch sizes/capacities/fabrics, etc.: BM> Store A may have a 10 oz. bottle while Store B has 11 oz. NB> Wegmans is pretty good about comparing equivalents.... of course, NB> they probably pick items where they do have the price NB> advantage... ;) A poster with all the available items would be NB> too big, so they only list a dozen or so... ;) Probably would pick just the ones advantageous to them! OTOH _occasionally_ could do something where a competitor had a lower price, red-X through the higher Wegman's price and show the new lower price. BM> Know with BM> Large Applances at the store the various competitors (and my store) BM> got around price matching for the same model as wasn't quite the same BM> model: got a different model number because something was changed. NB> And manufacturers would likely make minor changes from one chain NB> to another anyway... call it something for one store and another NB> sub-brand name for another.... :) So of course the model number NB> would have to be different... :) Right, though I'm remembering one specific incident a few years before I retired with a national brand sold by us and another store up the Mall. IIRC the only difference was a blue interior light instead of white -- that different model numbers (of course), and so could not be price- matched which (irritated) the salesman to a high degree as the competitor was lower in price and he was loosing sales (and so commission). BM> And I think I wrote a while back where I paid a dollar more for the BM> same item (may have been the same seller) and got the better deal BM> because that one had free shipping. Actually saved money by paying BM> more. NB> You probably did mention that before... and yes, the buyer needs NB> to take all sorts of things into consideration to be sure that it NB> is the best deal... ;) On-line I will look around a bit for best or at least better deals: spending an hour on-line to save a penny isn't my way of shopping. Brick-and-mortar shopping -- how much I price compare depends on the price and item: I usualy start off knowing such-and-such store has decent prices, so if I like the item it gets purchased - done! OTOH a thousand-dollar refrigerator, we're spending time to get a good price plus the features we want! BM>>> ...Trying to sell an item at $100 when everyone else is $20 makes no BM>>> sense: too easy to look around. NB>>> But probably enough people don't look around, and do take the NB>>> first price they see, for the sellers to get away with it.... BM>> Ky suggested in another conference (or maybe it was this one) a legal BM>> way to move drug and other not-legally-approved monies. NB>> Probably another conference, as I don't recall the conversation... NB>> but that could also be a factor in some cases.... BM> Also would seem like those selling that way would be an easy target: BM> law enforcement goes on-line, selects 'Pricing: High to Low', does a BM> bit of checking as to why the high price, start searching for the BM> seller. NB> Money laundering could as easily be done with median-priced NB> items, so law enforcement might not be able to spot it all that NB> easily.... True: "hiding in the crowd" seems safer than "out in the open" with you've-got-to-be-kidding prices. BM>>> Some (most!) of the shows have no interest to us. Remember a few BM>>> shows we stopped watching just because 'annoying' - can have a BM>>> bad/mediocre show occasionally but.... NB>>> And that's a large part of my just not bothering with TV at all NB>>> any more... ;) BM>> Every show became annoying! NB>> Pretty much, at some point.... ;) And the ones that probably would NB>> have held my interest, I'd either not know about or would forget about NB>> when it actually showed... or Richard would be watching something NB>> else... And now the only TV in the house isn't exactly easily NB>> accessible for me.... ;) BM> So even less TV! ...Just different forms of entertainment. :) NB> Exactly... there's bbsing, reading... and so forth.... :) And somes times one feels like reading and sometimes not. :) NB> ... "I was breeding that mold. Its name was Albert." - Lister And different molds have different names! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Cake .66 a slice. Upside down cake .99 --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .