Comments on: Pilgrim’s Picks for July 16

By: Warenwirtschaft

Warenwirtschaft — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:51:29 +0000

And Microsoft is right. Google threatens to build a strong monopoly, especially together with yahoo. I still wonder why people still dont protest this more.

By: PS3

PS3 — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:40:46 +0000

Andy, we don’t see much on the rebate side, the only exception is really cashback on mobile phone contracts.

One of the coders at gmail obviously has a good sense of humour !!

By: Blog Marketing Journal

Blog Marketing Journal — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:18:24 +0000

Gmail vulnerability --- interesting stuff! Blog Marketing Journal's last blog post..WordPress 2.6 Released Early

By: Ashley

Ashley — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:05:53 +0000

I like this one – Gmail vulnerability.

By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:38:04 +0000

@MB – have rebates made it to the UK yet? Over here, you’ll see “just $49!” but the small print reveals it’s actually $149, with a $100 rebate check, they send you sometime before you die.

By: MB Web Design

MB Web Design — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:25:16 +0000

The worst offender, at least here in the UK, is companies declaring a product’s price is “less than £500!” when it is, of course, £499.99

Literally correct but actually very irritating.

By: Fifty Studio

Fifty Studio — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:32:13 +0000

My favorite is when companies say things like “more than 69.17%” in things like press releases. It happens all the time. What is that supposed to mean?

By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:44:36 +0000

LOL – I guess 70% is just sexier than 69.17%

By: Jordan McCollum

Jordan McCollum — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:34:19 +0000

On CNET and rounding—as my (computer software) engineer dad always says, “Two plus two equals five . . . for sufficiently large values of two.”

And NOW you know where I get it from.