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From: Sure,Not on 3 Jun 2010 12:41 > The original article in the NYT said if you were underwater in your mortgage, you should bail so you could stick it to the bank. That's > roughly a quarter of America. > > It had a number of people explaining the best strategies, that you > could count on about a year living rent-free before being evicted, and > could save up all that money. > > So, that's welching, then stealing. > Hmm. Why not subscribe to the NYT, refuse to pay the bill and let them feel some pain. If they try to collect, you simply say that you never got the paper. Prove that it was delivered.
From: Spehro Pefhany on 3 Jun 2010 14:35 On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 09:41:28 -0700 (PDT), "Sure,Not" <bamberbert(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> The original article in the NYT said if you were underwater in your mortgage, you should bail so you could stick it to the bank. �That's >> roughly a quarter of America. >> >> It had a number of people explaining the best strategies, that you >> could count on about a year living rent-free before being evicted, and >> could save up all that money. >> >> So, that's welching, then stealing. >> > >Hmm. Why not subscribe to the NYT, refuse to pay the bill and let >them feel some pain. If they try to collect, you simply say that you >never got the paper. Prove that it was delivered. Cute, but they make their money from the advertisers, not from subscription fees.
From: Sure,Not on 3 Jun 2010 15:27 On Jun 3, 2:35 pm, Spehro Pefhany <speffS...(a)interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote: > On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 09:41:28 -0700 (PDT), "Sure,Not" > > <bamberb...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> The original article in the NYT said if you were underwater in yourmortgage, you should bail so you could stick it to the bank. That's > >> roughly a quarter of America. > > >> It had a number of people explaining the best strategies, that you > >> could count on about a year living rent-free before being evicted, and > >> could save up all that money. > > >> So, that's welching, then stealing. > > >Hmm. Why not subscribe to the NYT, refuse to pay the bill and let > >them feel some pain. If they try to collect, you simply say that you > >never got the paper. Prove that it was delivered. > > Cute, but they make their money from the advertisers, not from > subscription fees. True to a degree, If that were the case, why charge for the paper in the first place?
From: Spehro Pefhany on 3 Jun 2010 15:49 On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 12:27:42 -0700 (PDT), "Sure,Not" <bamberbert(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On Jun 3, 2:35�pm, Spehro Pefhany <speffS...(a)interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> >wrote: >> On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 09:41:28 -0700 (PDT), "Sure,Not" >> >> <bamberb...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> The original article in the NYT said if you were underwater in yourmortgage, you should bail so you could stick it to the bank. �That's >> >> roughly a quarter of America. >> >> >> It had a number of people explaining the best strategies, that you >> >> could count on about a year living rent-free before being evicted, and >> >> could save up all that money. >> >> >> So, that's welching, then stealing. >> >> >Hmm. �Why not subscribe to the NYT, refuse to pay the bill and let >> >them feel some pain. � If they try to collect, you simply say that you >> >never got the paper. �Prove that it was delivered. >> >> Cute, but they make their money from the advertisers, not from >> subscription fees. > >True to a degree, If that were the case, why charge for the paper in >the first place? Making people pay for it means it goes to people who might actually read it. Lots of papers (including some dailies) are given away for free (often to subway commuters and the like) and, of course, most of the thousands of industrial mags are free ("controlled circulation"). There's also a "perceived value" thing. It's not a bad business model- variable costs are (roughly) covered by the subscriptions, AFAIUI.
From: Michael A. Terrell on 3 Jun 2010 17:11
"Sure,Not" wrote: > > > The original article in the NYT said if you were underwater in your mortgage, you should bail so you could stick it to the bank. That's > > roughly a quarter of America. > > > > It had a number of people explaining the best strategies, that you > > could count on about a year living rent-free before being evicted, and > > could save up all that money. > > > > So, that's welching, then stealing. > > > > Hmm. Why not subscribe to the NYT, refuse to pay the bill and let > them feel some pain. If they try to collect, you simply say that you > never got the paper. Prove that it was delivered. So it's ok to be a thief in the Carolinas? -- Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to have a DD214, and a honorable discharge. |