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Sounds like a pyramid scheme to me.
If it was that easy to obtain high value gods for peanuts I think people would be selling the goods on ebay rather than the link to the site.
Well you don't get the phone for peanuts.. If you look, 40 people need to buy the product from the company..
So 45 x £20 = £900
So the company makes £900, and buys you an XDA II from it, and keeps the rest. Seems possible to do. Actually, it's quite a good idea. I was careful however. I used my credit card do to the transaction, so if its anything dodgy - and they try and screw me over, I always have the option of a charge back.
Not sure how long it will take to fill the list, but I'll keep you updated if it works out (or if it doesn't!) ;-)
Well, if they are offering EVERYONE on the list a phone, then I dont see how they can do this...
J
not to mention that I got 2 boosters from ebay for $1!! and with free shipping
but NO they dont work its just a sticker with golden patern printed on it.
This is foolishness. Such a system cannot possibly sustain itself long enough to fulfill the measure of its promise. Mind that you aren't required to wait longer than the charge dispute deadline for your credit card to receive your "gift", eh?
Actually, since your transaction was for a signal booster, if you actually get a signal booster you may not have a valid claim in the eyes of your bank should you dispute on the grounds that you didn't receive the gift.
If it SOUNDS too good to be true…
-nerrdo
I think you didn't understand the nature of the way it works...
It's not EVERYONE on the list that gets the XDA II...
There is one person at the top... Then once the list fills up, they get the XDA II... Then the person who second in the list, moves up in to first place... Once the list fills up again, they get the XDA... etc etc...
It was only £20... So I don't really care if it has the chance of getting me a sim free XDA II in a few months time
This is really a pyramid scheme. If the list fills up, there are 3 possibilities i see happening at that point:
1) Everone except #1 is out of luck. A new list is started for people that have not purchased anything...
2) #1 gets the gift, and everyone moves up a spot. That then leaves 1 spot open for the 'new guy' when he makes a purchase. Once that happens, everyone moves up again. 1 spot opens, and a new guy gets in the list. So, each time they give a phone away, they are only getting 1 new purchase. THIS CANNOT WORK!
3) #1 gets the gift, and everyone else moves up... But you have to create 40 lists now, so that they (the sellers) can get the new people in there (by making a purchase)... If you are 2nd, you get to be first on a new list, and you need to find 39 people to make a purchase-Filling the list. Well, what about #3 on the list. What happens to him? He moves to #2 on SOME list, it cannot be the same list that you are on, can it? If it is, then we are back to option 2 above. So, whenever a phone is given away, there must be 39 new lists created, in some manner, that moves everyone up a spot, but still leaves all the 'open spots' for the people that are putting money into the system.
Without these new purchases, the system fails...
In re-reading your explanation, it sounds like the 'list' is a list of lists, and you are always at the 'top' of your list, even though your list is maybe 2nd or 3rd or so in the 'list of lists'. So, once it is your turn at the #1 spot, your list gets filled, Woo hoo!...
BUT, each time someone gets their list filled, it is creating a new 'list of lists'. So, when do those lists get filled??? After yours, I would hope!
Goodness. There is some math wiz out there that can figure out how long it will take to get your free phone (and how much money the system is generating in that same timeframe.)
This is a pyramid scheme. Good luck. Maybe you will get your phone, I hope so. Let us know!
J
Ross said:
Well you don't get the phone for peanuts.. If you look, 40 people need to buy the product from the company..
So 45 x £20 = £900
So the company makes £900, and buys you an XDA II from it, and keeps the rest.
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are you stupid?? that £900 there is for him to buy himself a mobile you are one of his 45 people needed for him to get this phone!!!
you will still need to get about 44more people so that you move to the top of the pyramid!
gawd by the time you get that many peeps xda 3 will be out gawd some people always fall for these scams
yes it is possible for you to get it but its also a scam at the same time.
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I was about to get this thing, I had been waiting quite some time in front of my comp for this sale. I noticed a little lag, figured it was just because of my Macbook's recent permissions issues. So then the sale price hits, and eBay slows to a crawl. now, that might have been foreseeable years ago, but it's almost 2012 and large online businesses should know by now to prepare for bandwidth issues during sales around Christmas.
so anyway, the sale hits, and I hit add to cart, and nothing happens. crawl, crawl, crawl. so then I finally get the cart to open after about 15 mins or so, with the 16 GB version in it, and I click again for the 6th or 7th time on the 32 GB for me, to add it. after another few minutes, the cart opens, with both touchpads in it, and tells me that they are both UNAVAILABLE. despite the fact that I had had them in the cart and was signed in, eBay's sytem sold them anyway.
now, if I was at a Best Buy, and put something in my cart on my way to the counter, but then got delayed by someone walking slowly through the aisle, do you think a Best buy employee would take an item out of my cart and sell it to someone else? unlikely, unless they wanted to get fired.
this was all on my school's T1 connection btw. just tested at 75 down, 40 up. every other site is running flawlessly but failBay.
They had like only 2400 ish of the 16gb and 2500ish of the 32. Sad... Couldn't process payment either.
Took me almost an hour and many, many failed attempts but I was able to snag 32 GB honey. Now anybody know where I can find the accessory kit that was supposed to be available with the touchstone charger and keyboard? It's not in HP's store or elsewhere on eBay that I can find.
I was able to get a 16 in my cart, but when I went to check out I got the error it wasn't available. That was at 6 past the hour.
So much for employees only today and public sale tomorrow.
All this demand and excitement should show HP there is room for another pony in the tablet race. Hopefully when they make their next webOS tablet they do it right, and do something crazy like market it and advertise that it exists.
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I got a 32 gb model which is what I was aiming for.
When I hit Buy It Now it wouldn't go through so I manually changed the address bar to ebay.co.uk instead of ebay.com and it went through with no problem and I got my payment confirm email.
Ebay must have been hammered.
Had to use the Canadian ebay site to get a 32gb touchpad.
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I tried for both a 16GB and 32GB exactly at 6pm Central Time and no luck ... zip ... nada. I wanted to gift the 32GB and use the 16GB as a back up since I'm tinkering a lot with mine. I heard at another site that the servers crashed and that they might have more in stock. I'm still refreshing the eBay page.
all the sold items are from people in pacific time....hmmm.
via EVO.
How exactly is this eBays fault? This **** always happens whenever there is something a lot of people want. When I purchased a few dozen TouchPads from the HP SMS It was a lot worse and I was double charged a few times.
Its also quite amazing seeing all those pathetic buyers leaving Negative feedback to HP for charging 19 for shipping. As that was what HP was charging on its SMS page.
I spent an hour and a half trying to buy 2 of them, even called up ebay!! And no luck -__- so furious!
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I managed to get myself a 32GB but i got it at the loss of my F5 key. Poor button got worn down to the contacts lol. It took me about 40 + minutes for the whole process.
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I was about to get this thing, I had been waiting quite some time in front of my comp for this sale. I noticed a little lag, figured it was just because of my Macbook's recent permissions issues. So then the sale price hits, and eBay slows to a crawl. now, that might have been foreseeable years ago, but it's almost 2012 and large online businesses should know by now to prepare for bandwidth issues during sales around Christmas.
so anyway, the sale hits, and I hit add to cart, and nothing happens. crawl, crawl, crawl. so then I finally get the cart to open after about 15 mins or so, with the 16 GB version in it, and I click again for the 6th or 7th time on the 32 GB for me, to add it. after another few minutes, the cart opens, with both touchpads in it, and tells me that they are both UNAVAILABLE. despite the fact that I had had them in the cart and was signed in, eBay's sytem sold them anyway.
now, if I was at a Best Buy, and put something in my cart on my way to the counter, but then got delayed by someone walking slowly through the aisle, do you think a Best buy employee would take an item out of my cart and sell it to someone else? unlikely, unless they wanted to get fired.
this was all on my school's T1 connection btw. just tested at 75 down, 40 up. every other site is running flawlessly but failBay.
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ok dude..
bit you DO realize, that eBay is an AUCTION plattform?
dunno where you live and what you experienced till now... but they're no regular shopping site like you seem to misunderstood ..
eBay too is first come first served.. and holding them responsible for not guaranteeing you one EVEN THOUGH you had them in your cart... sry .. but srsly? first-time ebayer?
if you followed this whole Touchpad-madness from the beginning you should have known what to expect.. otherwise you were just unprepared ..
as it was only expected to mass-kill servers again..
then again.. you should have completed ONE order at a time.. do you could have had one now instead of nothing maybe?
just for the next time..
oh and congratulations to everyone who joined the club of TouchPad-owners
People probably had the ebay page with everything ready to go when it began
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I managed to get myself a 32GB but i got it at the loss of my F5 key. Poor button got worn down to the contacts lol. It took me about 40 + minutes for the whole process.
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Same here. I was able to snag a 32 after about 45 min of refreshing.
I am not sure why anyone would be surprised that ebay checkout would be dicey on this deal. I considered trying to get in on the action, but went to bed early instead. I snagged a 16gb in the original HP firesale and have been very happy with it.
A few have commented that the demand for these touchpads at $99 and $149 should make HP reconsider the platform. HP cannot make a profit at that price point. Take the Kindle Fire as an example. It is estimated that Amazon is losing money on the Kindle Fire. They intend to make up the profit on the sale of books, movies, and apps. If Amazon is losing money at the $200 price point on a 7" unit with a stripped down feature set, what price would HP need to get to break even on a 10" touchpad? HP would probably need to charge at least $300 just to break even, and maybe $350-400 to make a profit. Add to that the fact that HP is not a media sales company. Apple has itunes and Amazon has its media empire. Apple and Amazon have the infrastructure to make tons of cash on the sale of apps and media. HP has no such outlet. They are purely a hardware manufacturer. Add to that the expense of running and developing your own OS and you have a recipe for failure.
The other hardware manufacturers like Samsung, Asus, etc are using Android and therefore saving a boatload in software development costs. Therefore they can price thier devices a bit lower than HP and make a profit.
Bottom line, the touchpad at $499 was a complete joke. At $299 it may have been viable - but HP would not be able to make a profit on the hardware and they do not have the infrastructure to make a profit on the sale of books, media, and such.
How I scored 2x's 32gb Touchpads, last night...a pay by play.
I'm not trying to troll here, or get flamed for this post, but I don't see Ebay as the bad guy here...or HP.
Ebay's not bad. Neither is HP. Don't be bitter if you didn't get lucky or prepare.
Here are a few thoughts. I'm in south England and was lucky enough to get (not one, but) 2 32gb models. But I expected the sales rush and made proper preparations. I mean, the way this was publicized, even if only 1% of the US population (excluding the rest of the world, mind you) was interested then there were somewhere in the neighborhood of 4 million people trying to get on that auction. Knowing this, like I said, I made some preparations. Maybe these steps helped, maybe I got lucky, maybe I made a deal with the devil...but the moral of the story is that I gave it thought, prepared as much as I could, and got exactly what I was hoping for...here's how it went down. [auction began 12:00AM local time]
1. (9:00PM local time) I powered down my laptop for about 2 hours, to let the processor and mb cool down (I know, probably excessive, but I really wanted a pair of pads)
2. (11:45PM local time) I turned off my wifi adaptor and connected directly to my router with an ethernet cable (my housemate offered me his 20 meter cable, but I opted for my 2 meter cable...again, probably overkill: worrying about signal reduction and loss over an additional 18 meters of ethernet cable)
3. (11:48PM local time) I manually killed any programs and processes running in the background at reboot. If I didn't need it for the browser for this auction, it was terminated. Why waste processing power on ObjectDock or WinAmp?!
4. (11:49PM local time) I deleted my cache, browser history and cleared all data in my browser and killed a few unnecessary browser extensions (again, why did I need them last night?).
5. (11:52PM local time) I logged into ebay, and opened the HP store and the touchpad stores in spare browser tabs about 10 minutes before the auction prices dipped. (This probably didn't increase my chances of being effective, but it made me feel better that I could see the auctions.)
6. (11:54PM local time) Possibly the most effective measure was copying the URL for the auction I wanted to get in on to the clipboard (I assume we all know CTRL-C, here). This was helpful when the REAL traffic hit.
I had absolutely NO problem loading the site, until 1 minute after the price change (12:01AM local time). Then all hell broke loose. I assume there were several servers in the Ebay server bays that literally almost caught on fire last night (ok, maybe a bit of literary hyperbole there). I clicked to add a (first just 1) 32gb pad to my cart. I was taken directly to the pay for my cart-page...but then I decided that my wife would probably appreciate one for her bday in a few months, so I decided to damn the torpedoes and go for broke (12:03AM local time). When I went back however, was when problems started popping up. The servers weren't returning data...basically it was an admin's worst nightmare. There would've been nothing they could do even if they had been watching it happen. Here's where #6 was handy, I popped open a new tab and with CTRL-V pasted my destination URL. Working as frantically as a xmas-elf high on meth on xmas-eve, I had to rinse and repeat this step a few times (now we're up to about 12:05-7 local). I had a strategy for reloading the page, too. I noticed before the prices dropped that the site either loaded in about 1-1.5 seconds or it took up to a minute, and had a tendency of crashing (message: no data returned from server). So after several reload/wait half a second cycles I managed to get 2 of those bad-boys in my cart, and immediately paid for them.
End of story. Sorry that got so long, but I'm long winded...
Anyway, sorry to those who didn't make the preparations or have the luck that I did. Like I said, I dunno which it was...but IMO the prep paid off.
I had three phones two computers both connect to a t1 server and I was unable to buy the 16gb version at all! Ended up just getting the 32gb instead and it took 20 min to order it.
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I friggin had one and stupid payment site kept messing up. By the time I got to confirm payment it deleted the items!!
This was a cluster ****.
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ok dude..
bit you DO realize, that eBay is an AUCTION plattform?
dunno where you live and what you experienced till now... but they're no regular shopping site like you seem to misunderstood ..
eBay too is first come first served.. and holding them responsible for not guaranteeing you one EVEN THOUGH you had them in your cart... sry .. but srsly? first-time ebayer?
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long time ebayer actually. which is why I know that its NOT just an auction platform. the sale last night was, in fact, from the STORE section of the site. i.e, the regular shopping site.
As for the cart thing, yes, they should be guaranteeing people products if the item has been placed in their carts. that's what first come, first served actually means. It means I actually got there first, and got the item, yet ebay then sold it to someone else just because their own site was lagging.
as for the site ag, eBay is indeed responsible for that. it's a business' responsibility to make sure it is prepared for its customers, not the customer's responsibility to redesign the store.
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long time ebayer actually. which is why I know that its NOT just an auction platform. the sale last night was, in fact, from the STORE section of the site. i.e, the regular shopping site.
As for the cart thing, yes, they should be guaranteeing people products if the item has been placed in their carts. that's what first come, first served actually means. It means I actually got there first, and got the item, yet ebay then sold it to someone else just because their own site was lagging.
as for the site ag, eBay is indeed responsible for that. it's a business' responsibility to make sure it is prepared for its customers, not the customer's responsibility to redesign the store.
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Its a calculated business risk. Should Ebay pay to have enough server capability and bandwidth to handle an event (and the traffic that comes with it) that happens maybe once a year?
Then answer is an emphatic no. That would be a colossal waste of money. Will that decision piss some people off? Sure. For the great majority, though, they will either A) get a Touchpad, or B) Understand that these things happen with a popular product (especially since we JUST saw it happen 4 months ago). You seem to be in category C. and Ebay is betting that the lost goodwill from those in category C. will be less than the cost of paying a ****-ton for servers and bandwidth.
A perfect brick and mortar example would be that you are essentially saying that Toys R' Us should buy three buildings for every store. One to house the store as we see it now, and the other two that the open only around christmas to shelve all of the tickle-me-elmos that are demanded at that time. These other two buildings would remain empty and unused the rest of the year. I am sure you would agree that this would be a horrible waste of capital and whoever suggests it should be fired.
Oh and to respond to your best buy analogy, I just want to let you know that there are a TON of reports out there about customers grabbing items out of the carts of other customers on Black Friday, so yes it does happen.
Point is, you are frustrated that you didn't get one, this is understandable. But you got greedy and got burned. Sucks, but there it is.
For instance, check out the following site which boasts the TFP for $320.
http://www.donagsystemonline.com/AS...utm_source=google-shopping&utm_medium=organic
Just look around in the site. You can see several very obvious signs of this being a scam, aside from the ridiculously low prices.
Just want you guys to be aware. That is all.
A quick search showed up at least half a dozen other sites with ridiculously low prices. They all track back to Britain.
The scam goes like this. You order the item and use paypal or credit card or whatever. You immediately receive an email from them telling you that to avoid complications or whatever they have refunded your money and that in order to send you the item immediately they need you to wire them the money via western union or some other company where it is impossible for you to recover your money.
Thanks for the warning.
good lookin out...
Ta for the heads up!!
Wonder why a site that claimed be uk based is priced in dollars!!
Reckon you are quite right about the method used lol
Trouble is that there is one born every day, and somebody is most probably stupid enough to click on buy.
the server is based in the US
Hmmm trying to remember how to report a fraudulent site to google now lol
Thought I'd run a whois on the site:
http://www.whois.net/whois/donagsystemonline.com
Bump.
I've seen several reports of people falling for this scam.
If it looks to good to be true... it usually is. No offense but I don't really understand how people can think such a thing is legit.
Whenever my automated system finds an Android App Review online it sends an email to the developer telling the link to the review.
Each day I get between 5 - 10 thank you mails from both large app companies and indie developers, which I guess is a good indicator that it's a great tool in order to be able to take advantage of the review in their marketing. (I know how hard it is to be seen with a good app)
The question is, how do I monetize that service?
You have to pardon me if I sound desperate, but I actually am desperate and starting to worry about my ability to provide for my family.
Do you have an idea on how I could either monetize the service, or give it away to someone who can actually afford running it?
There are three main problems with it:
- Donations doesn't work (noone evidently donates anyway, so that went down the drain)
- Advertising, might have worked but there are far too few visitors.
- Most dev's have an invalid email address specified for their account at google play, which makes them not receive the notice from the service,
They can however subscribe for reviews of a certain package name, but how the heck could they when they don't even know the service exists?
I feel so stupid for having these great ideas and realize them, just to later find out that the only thing I've gained is more time away from my kids. I am honestly starting to loose all energy for the creation process of apps, web sites and services, just due to the fact that I can't even reach out enough to make anything out of it. And I can't afford advertising the services/apps/whatever crap I've made. Which even might be an indicator that I should stop trying, but I can't really do that either since I struggle to even afford the food for the month, yeah it's gotten that bad, and I hate sounding this pathetic.
Anyway, the link is in my sig called something like 'Android App Reviews' if you wish to have a look in order to give feedback on my question.
Maybe it's just a bad day 'cause I'm not usually this whiny, but even on a good day, the question stands.
Ah.. whatever. You have a good idea, let me know.
Later
very nice idea, perhaps most of your emails mistakenly get weeded out as SPAM. I have an APP published on Google Play with our company gmail address there, but in more than one ocasion we had people trying to contact us and those emails got to the SPAM folder automaticly by mistake and we never saw them.
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very nice idea, perhaps most of your emails mistakenly get weeded out as SPAM. I have an APP published on Google Play with our company gmail address there, but in more than one ocasion we had people trying to contact us and those emails got to the SPAM folder automaticly by mistake and we never saw them.
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Thanks, actually I was very glad myself when I got an email from my own service once, so yeah I think it's a great idea also.
So yes, one problem is, as you mention that most emails probably ends up marked as spam.
The other problem is money, it's running in a very low priced environment and actually doesn't require much juice to run but I can't afford maintaining it if it doesn't generate enough income to even support itself.
I would consider running it for nothing and I could even spend some personal money just for the satisfaction and appreciation, but given the gravity of the current financial situation in my family I can't do that.
So let's just see what happens, and thanks for taking the time to read.
Cheers
have you tried selling it? For about how much would you be willing to sell it? As i said the idea is pretty awesome and you got it pretty much nailed down. Perhaps with a few tweaks to the search algorithm it could be the next Google for Apps!
have you tried selling it? For about how much would you be willing to sell it?
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- Actually, no I haven't tried selling it yet as I don't have any experience selling these kinds of things, and don't really know where to turn.. So I haven't really thought of for how much I should sell it for,
what do you think something like this could be worth?
Thanks again
Actually i have no idea loool
I would buy it if I had the means.
The value of it probably based on how many views does your site has per day, how many apps does it have categorized, how many it crawls per day... idk.
For example i tried searching it and it seems to have few apps catalogued... my app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rtt3ch.suecaonline) isn't there.
EDIT: About how much do you spend on it a month? If it's not much and you're willing to give it away because can't afford it I wouldn't mind getting it lol, i think i can keep it alive.
If you want to generate income from your site, you have to run your site like a business. The ideas you have in your first post are too linear, especially for a small website with limited exposure (i'm sure you'll know ). Websites and youtube channels grow in exposure and size exponentially. Your site is still in the growth state of a business life cycle (the slowest, most challenging phase of business), so it's best to get as much exposure as possible, which means expanding.
- Try to create some sort of quasi-partnerships with other sites by sharing content or linking to each other. I've noticed you have some links on the side of your site, but try to get in contact with 'bigger names' out there
- Create a youtube channel and start reviewing apps like that. That way you have another avenue of traffic to your site
- Reviews of products may also be an idea.
Hope this helps It's what I can remember from business studies classes >.<
sup MetalDroid, any news?
I'd go with what SammiSaysHello said, you need to run it like a business. Personally I'd make the homepage look more like a professional a sales page and introduce a subscription fee if you want to use it for more then one app. Or even a one time fee for more then one app. I end up logging onto my developer console several times a day so I'd gladly pay a couple bucks a month to have the reviews sent straight to my inbox.. Just my two cents
Hey!
Sorry for not posting an update, I've been having the mother of all flues on and off for the past several weeks now!
sup MetalDroid, any news?
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Well, actually yes. The associated twitter account is growing, and the number of web page visitors is also increasing. Very slowly but I'm still positive about it. I've also, shockingly, had a few interesting partnership/business proposals drop down in my mailbox, so I'm gonna have a look to see what is offered there..
If you want to generate income from your site, you have to run your site like a business.
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I'd go with what SammiSaysHello said, you need to run it like a business
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You're right, that seems like a logical next step. I might add a low subscription fee if you wish to use for more than one app,
that seems like a very good suggestion, I'll have to wait a couple of days though to see how things turn out from some of the email proposals
I've had.
If you're interested I'll keep you updated on what happens, and I'm very grateful for your input,
Cheers
The BLEEP!
Just opened my package and noticed the bottom right corner literally a perfect 2x2 square of white/blue pixels.....PISSED!
I turn on the display and they change to red and jump around with each press...-_-
Excuse the photo quality (Taken with Blackberry Classic)
I call Google...and the fool in whatever country is asking me for my "Legal Zip code" ...I have never been asked for my "legal" zip code..............
So annoying.
I had to get belligerent after I asked for a supervisor twice after he tells me what he thinks the supervisor will or will not do, MFér I didn't ask you what the BLEEP you thought.....
She gets on the line and I provide her the same zip code and she "sees" the zip code on my account..aww ok...cool....verify my card info and now I await the "replacement order" - instructions on how to return the phone back etc......ugh I am so irritated.
What a JOKE! Companies and this You’ve ordered a replacement from the Google Store. The replacement order may appear as an authorization (AUTH) on your credit card but you will not be charged for the device, tax, or shipping, under normal circumstances.
ALL purchases are temp auths until the merchant post....so inconveniencing ! Essentially charging excess over $1000 for a faulty device!
Gone are the days of sense. I shouldn't have to charge my device, or be without a device especially when the device itself is damaged upon delivery, ship out the replacement and return the damaged unit. So much for service.....I am beyond pissed right now with FOOGLE. They make things so difficult, I am pretty sure the numbers of people who had frauded or tried to scam are minuscule, why not do a pre auth charge form where if we dont receive device in X amount of days you will be charged THEN not before holding up my money for your business error....pathetic....
this is gold.
Instead of being belligerent with Google customer service, why don't you understand RMA protocol. If you looked around in threads and see other people's experience (including myself) it's flawlessly easy to take care of and not inconvenient at all. All you had to do is give them your zip... or ever easier the order # so they can pull up the order. You're taking this experience way out of proportion.
Anyways it worked out so good for you.
your thread from January 4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/help/huawei-return-policy-t3285583
sounds like some lies mixed w some fish going on in here
Being a **** to some minimum wage worker is not necessary.
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Lol this is going to be fun to follow. Subscribed!
Your getting another device so technically, you will have two. They put a hold on it so if you decide to keep both, they will charge you for it. They can't just go back go a previous charge and put a charge on that. That will be fraud. It's a simple hold. Sounds like OP wants attention.
I wish I can listen to that phone call.
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I don't really see the point of this thread. It's also unclear how this relates to the thread you posted just 4 days ago in the Q&A forum with a similar issue?
Either way, this doesn't belong here.
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Hi everyone,
I have been testing Slidejoy for a month now and I think it deserves to be shared. I know not everyone can stand having ads on their phone, but I really didn't find it intrusive. I tested various other advertisement apps, and this one is my favourite so far.
Here is the concept : The app creates a lockscreen (I deactivated my android lockscreen otherwise I have two) and displays ads on it. You don't have to click or read anything, you just swype to the right and it disappears. By doing that, you gain littles diamonds every day (I made 350 this month) and the next month, they become bankable (100=1$). You can choose to be paid on Paypal but there are others solutions.
Here is a screenshot of the lockscreen (it's in french for me but you can put it in english) :
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I hope some of you like the app, I personally am very satisfied with it. Here is a subscribe link if you want to help me get some diamonds getslidejoy.com/r/EVgg8?id=1 :fingers-crossed:
3,50 $ (less than 3 €) for a whole month watching ads... Well, no.
Zwulf said:
3,50 $ (less than 3 €) for a whole month watching ads... Well, no.
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I totally understand that point of view, but I think you should give it a little bit more perspective. When you are browsing on the internet, even though you might use an adblocker, you still see a hell of a lot of sponsored contents, and you see it for free.
Now I know some people love their lockscreen and they wouldn't change it for some bucks. But considering the amount of advertisement everyone of us sees every day, getting 3,5$ a month (42$ a year, that pays two months of mobile communication for me) sounds like a pretty good deal
Love the concept, but prefer battery life over the money.
kekwowse01 said:
Love the concept, but prefer battery life over the money.
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Well, there's not much to worry about regarding the battery, I did'nt notice any drain and when I check the battery stats, it's never above 3-4%
What could be more annoying is data consumption, and I can't say anything about that because I have a big plan (50Gb LTE), so I never check
McGuigew said:
I totally understand that point of view, but I think you should give it a little bit more perspective. When you are browsing on the internet, even though you might use an adblocker, you still see a hell of a lot of sponsored contents, and you see it for free.
Now I know some people love their lockscreen and they wouldn't change it for some bucks. But considering the amount of advertisement everyone of us sees every day, getting 3,5$ a month (42$ a year, that pays two months of mobile communication for me) sounds like a pretty good deal
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Not for me. I would love to see less advertising... All this trash surrounding me everyday. A city for me is a living space not a surface to place ads. Too much ads disrupting the place we live everywhere I don't get anything for, but have to look at this ugly trash anytime. I won't add those ads to those little spaces where I gladly don't get spammed by ads. For just a few cents. Just no.
Still everyone should do how he/she likes but for me personally I find it kinda scary to see people voluntarily exposing themselves to such stimulus satiation (which is even causing serious mental injuries to not only a few people btw.) everywhere they go and look at. It would be much nicer to see more trees than more ads. Ads just make me sick and I'd love to see not one single ad anywhere... These few bucks aren't worth it (one whole year watching these ads isn't even enough for the weekly shopping at the mall once... and you call this a good deal? Really?). A very low price for invading and disrupting your private spaces.
Still, as already mentioned, everyone is free to do what he/she wants...
Zwulf said:
Not for me. I would love to see less advertising... All this trash surrounding me everyday. A city for me is a living space not a surface to place ads. Too much ads disrupting the place we live everywhere I don't get anything for, but have to look at this ugly trash anytime. I won't add those ads to those little spaces where I gladly don't get spammed by ads. For just a few cents. Just no.
Still everyone should do how he/she likes but for me personally I find it kinda scary to see people voluntarily exposing themselves to such stimulus satiation (which is even causing serious mental injuries to not only a few people btw.) everywhere they go and look at. It would be much nicer to see more trees than more ads. Ads just make me sick and I'd love to see not one single ad anywhere... These few bucks aren't worth it (one whole year watching these ads isn't even enough for the weekly shopping at the mall once... and you call this a good deal? Really?). A very low price for invading and disrupting your private spaces.
Still, as already mentioned, everyone is free to do what he/she wants...
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Waow OK hum I was just here to share the app though LOL
One person signed up (thank you!) so it wasn't useless!
What did u get out of it?
moody5ausage said:
What did u get out of it?
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Really works made $15 in a few months, free money for doing nothing, why not have it installed
McGuigew said:
Hi everyone,
I have been testing Slidejoy for a month now and I think it deserves to be shared. I know not everyone can stand having ads on their phone, but I really didn't find it intrusive. I tested various other advertisement apps, and this one is my favourite so far.
Here is the concept : The app creates a lockscreen (I deactivated my android lockscreen otherwise I have two) and displays ads on it. You don't have to click or read anything, you just swype to the right and it disappears. By doing that, you gain littles diamonds every day (I made 350 this month) and the next month, they become bankable (100=1$). You can choose to be paid on Paypal but there are others solutions.
Here is a screenshot of the lockscreen (it's in french for me but you can put it in english) :
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I hope some of you like the app, I personally am very satisfied with it. Here is a subscribe link if you want to help me get some diamonds getslidejoy.com/r/EVgg8?id=1 :fingers-crossed:
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I will give it a go. Cheers ?
Here is the link for others to sign up:
getslidejoy.com/r/EVgg8?id=1
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It says 1000 diamond is a dollar not 100… . pff…
ok, you told us about 3 euro/month. i could appreciate, but consider:
1)more battery drain, so you have to charge your phone few times more, so much more electricity.
2)spam on you phone
3)other app with permissions installed
4)privacy less than before
markurt30 said:
ok, you told us about 3 euro/month. i could appreciate, but consider:
1)more battery drain, so you have to charge your phone few times more, so much more electricity.
2)spam on you phone
3)other app with permissions installed
4)privacy less than before
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Always a catch too free money!
sisqoboy said:
I will give it a go. Cheers
Here is the link for others to sign up:
getslidejoy.com/r/EVgg8?id=1
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It says 1000 diamond is a dollar not 100… . pff…
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Hey, yeah indeed but you also earn ten times more now
I don't why they decided to change that, but it's just the same x10
markurt30 said:
ok, you told us about 3 euro/month. i could appreciate, but consider:
1)more battery drain, so you have to charge your phone few times more, so much more electricity.
2)spam on you phone
3)other app with permissions installed
4)privacy less than before
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1) The additional drain on your battery should'nt even be noticeable... less than 5%
2) Spam yes, indeed, that' the principle of it all...
3) I did not get shocked with permissions it asked for
4) There's no privacy on an android device ahah
Just a little update regarding the money, I do little surveys sometimes and I happen to make more than 3 euros now, more like 10 per month. I made roughly 50 euros since the beginning of 2016 no regrets!
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1) The additional drain on your battery should'nt even be noticeable... less than 5%
2) Spam yes, indeed, that' the principle of it all...
3) I did not get shocked with permissions it asked for
4) There's no privacy on an android device ahah
Just a little update regarding the money, I do little surveys sometimes and I happen to make more than 3 euros now, more like 10 per month. I made roughly 50 euros since the beginning of 2016 no regrets!
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Nothing wrong with a bit of extra coin I made another $3 this month with zero effort
Possible workaround for this app
So I have also had this app for a while and I see a lot of potential with it. I was wondering if it was possible(via app or some other way) to lock your screen without actually turning off your phone.
Pressing the power button to lock it will turn off or sleep your phone*
So basically if there is a way to press something and go straight to the lockscreen without worrying about it turning off or sleeping.