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Just like the guy that take his stuff from the back of a van, Best Buy can't compete with him too! It's crazy. It's crazy how much better you can offer a servic

by dwild 6y ago

Just like the guy that take his stuff from the back of a van, Best Buy can't compete with him too! It's crazy. It's crazy how much better you can offer a service by not paying for what you offer. The thing is, someone has to pay for that content to exist... if that's not the pirate that pay for it... who does? Oh yeah, me by paying for that uncompetitive service.

parliament32 6y ago
But that market exists, we can all hop online and buy counterfeit goods today. The difference between the van and Best Buy is customer service -- with BB I can return the item in a week if I don't like it, claim warranty, etc., and with the van I can't. Meanwhile, I've gotten better service from private tracker staff than any streaming service.
- dwild 6y ago
  > counterfeit goods today. counterfeit != stolen At least counterfeited come with some kind of effort to produce the product in some similar manners. That come with it's own issues, the quality of the product is a big one. > with BB I can return the item in a week if I don't like it, claim warranty, etc. Yeah, never got theses issues over media files luckily. You could argue that a rebate high enough justify not being able to return an item. I'm sure plenty of van guy could allow you to return it too ;). I bought a 1060 on Kijiji and the guy told me that he would replace the item if it wasn't working. He got just as much incentive to do this than the van guy ;) hell maybe he even stole them, who knows. > Meanwhile, I've gotten better service from private tracker staff than any streaming service. Sure, when that's all you pay for, it's easy to offer great service. Believe me, there's a MUCH bigger part from Netflix price that go toward paying for content than from your private tracker. Not by choice... they need to pay for that content, someone has to pay for it.

by dwild 6y ago

parliament32 6y ago

But that market exists, we can all hop online and buy counterfeit goods today. The difference between the van and Best Buy is customer service -- with BB I can return the item in a week if I don't like it, claim warranty, etc., and with the van I can't. Meanwhile, I've gotten better service from private tracker staff than any streaming service.

dwild 6y ago
> counterfeit goods today. counterfeit != stolen At least counterfeited come with some kind of effort to produce the product in some similar manners. That come with it's own issues, the quality of the product is a big one. > with BB I can return the item in a week if I don't like it, claim warranty, etc. Yeah, never got theses issues over media files luckily. You could argue that a rebate high enough justify not being able to return an item. I'm sure plenty of van guy could allow you to return it too ;). I bought a 1060 on Kijiji and the guy told me that he would replace the item if it wasn't working. He got just as much incentive to do this than the van guy ;) hell maybe he even stole them, who knows. > Meanwhile, I've gotten better service from private tracker staff than any streaming service. Sure, when that's all you pay for, it's easy to offer great service. Believe me, there's a MUCH bigger part from Netflix price that go toward paying for content than from your private tracker. Not by choice... they need to pay for that content, someone has to pay for it.