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Re: Shadow of Victory missing from the monthly bundle | |
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by oyohan » Sun Aug 28, 2016 6:49 pm | |
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i think what most of us don't like is not that it's taking time but the lack of any transparency.
how difficult would it be to send out an email to all purchasers and explain we just received the book and our complicated process takes 6-7 days? i wouldn't be wondering and checking the baen site every hour. in any other business, this would be unacceptable. too bad there's only one David Weber. imagine if MWW didn't keep this site up? we'd be completely in the dark with our @#$% in our hands. |
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by Relax » Sun Aug 28, 2016 7:57 pm | |
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Lets take a poll:
Q: Is everyone who is whining about the EARC, less than 35 years old and known oly the digital age in their life? No, really, lets take a poll... Just wondering... _________
Tally Ho! Relax |
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by blackjack217 » Sun Aug 28, 2016 8:22 pm | |
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I'm less than 35, but I still think you shouldn't whine about Baen unless you're trying to guilt RFC into giving more snippets.
You know, doing something productive. |
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by Charybdis » Sun Aug 28, 2016 8:55 pm | |
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While the USPS is now a 'quasi governmental agency' (i.e. off the books and trying to break even) this description is even more potent in the US Civil Service! I think I read where the involuntary turnover (discharged) is less than 1% per year! The amount of 'protection' that the Civil Service rules have emplaced means that anyone outside of the probation period has to be caught with pictures! Even then the process takes years, at full pay! -----
What say you, my peers? |
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by Sharp Claw » Sun Aug 28, 2016 10:11 pm | |
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Germany and other European countries have much more humane and worker friendly labor laws than America and yet Germany has a strong and prosperous economy. American companies will cheerfully suck the life out of their employees if it adds a penny or two to their bottom line, then lay them off if they miss wall streets estimates. Gotta keep those executive bonuses after all. In Silicon Valley long hours and at least occasional weekends are par for the job but compensation is high as well but that is not so for all US jobs. |
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by d-eye » Sun Aug 28, 2016 10:46 pm | |
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Then we'd have the bar, like the "old days" |
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by LTArmstrong » Sun Aug 28, 2016 11:21 pm | |
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I have complained about Baen's lack of communications, and I am well over 35 years old. |
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by oyohan » Sun Aug 28, 2016 11:48 pm | |
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I'm 43 and again not complaining about the lack of an eARC. I'm complaining about the lack of communication of a purchased eARC complete with contractual obligations to be delivered. Closely related but different for sure. It would be no different if I was promised a dead tree version as well. This feels like getting scammed on the darknet. Where are my drugs!!! |
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by OrlandoNative » Mon Aug 29, 2016 1:58 am | |
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I'm 61 and complaining about how long it's taking Baen to get back on track after a delay in meeting prior posted commitments.
Just because you change the web page to say "delayed" shouldn't mean you don't hurry to make the content available once it's in your hands. "Yield to temptation, it may not pass your way again."
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by emphy » Mon Aug 29, 2016 2:11 am | |
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I'd also like to think that they do a somewhat thorough check that the received document is okay. Things like: missing chapters, displaced parts of of wrong books, or accidental inclusion of private communications ^_^ |
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