Unpopular opinions.

[D.A.F.C]

Voting in the SNP was a reaction to how badly the Labour Party had performed and let down scotland.

Scotland will not vote for independence and ultimately this status quo and lack of a alternative or way out will ruin scottish politics further.

Its similar to trump, brexit it was a chance to press a f**k you button without realising what the consequences were. I'm not saying that independence couldn't work but that the snp got there as a protest.

[19QOS19]

Voting in the SNP was a reaction to how badly the Labour Party had performed and let down scotland.
Scotland will not vote for independence and ultimately this status quo and lack of a alternative or way out will ruin scottish politics further.
Its similar to trump, brexit it was a chance to press a f**k you button without realising what the consequences were. I'm not saying that independence couldn't work but that the snp got there as a protest.

[NotThePars]

That's what Google did with search isn't it, crowd out the competition and monetise market share. 
I think that an expectation of future profits is actually quite low on the list for most of the proprietors. They usually just want a big exit or flotation which they can get without ever having got in the black. 
So long as someone can see a way to monetise their tech or market share the actual entrepreneurs don't have to. HP paid £8bn (eight billion pounds-£8,000,000,000) for Autonomy, which had never made profits. 
In many ways that might be quite healthy, in that encourages more blue sky innovation and lets people and firms specialise in different parts of product or company life cycles. In many others (ploughing capital into unproductive investment) it isn't healthy. 

I think a lot of the super wealthy are just stupid and/ or malicious. Look at Silicon Valley people talking about Uber but for scheduled pick ups of multiple people and they’re either unaware buses exist or are trying to make buses but only for rich people.

[Jambomo]

3 hours ago, Bairnardo said:

3 hours ago, NotThePars said:

Aren’t ASOS haemorrhaging money partially because they offer free returns?

f**k knows, but the people want what they want. Someone is always going to offer it. It's going to have to get easier to shop online, not harder. I mean, peoples perception is already that it's out of line to have to pay for returns. That's only going to go one way. Someone will just find a profitable way to facilitate that, whether it's the retailer or some sort of delivery mob. Think how things have moved on already, with collect+ in all the cornershops etc.

It’s not that I think it’s out of line to pay for returns as such, only that it becomes expensive if they are high value items that need sent back special delivery (like £200 walking boots).

I ordered a backpack last year from an online store that turned out to be some kind of franchise, I ordered from the UK site but they only accepted returns to Germany. It cost £35 to return as it turned up broken. 

People don’t have that kind of money to basically chuck away on nothing - it’ll stop people from buying online, which can’t be much use to companies either.

[jimbaxters]

Posting in numerous threads about returning goods bought on the internet needs to be addressed by mods.

[coprolite]

3 hours ago, Shandön Par said:

I tend to just buy a summer wardrobe then a winter wardrobe, in the stores. Watching The Clothes Show as a nipper was good training. 

My winter clothes are my summer clothes plus a coat. A wardrobe is where clothes are kept. 

[Bairnardo]

9 minutes ago, Jambomo said:

It’s not that I think it’s out of line to pay for returns as such, only that it becomes expensive if they are high value items that need sent back special delivery (like £200 walking boots).

I ordered a backpack last year from an online store that turned out to be some kind of franchise, I ordered from the UK site but they only accepted returns to Germany. It cost £35 to return as it turned up broken. 

People don’t have that kind of money to basically chuck away on nothing - it’ll stop people from buying online, which can’t be much use to companies either.

Sample size of 1 here obvs but I preferentially order stuff with the returns policy in mind 

[Jambomo]

33 minutes ago, Bairnardo said:

Sample size of 1 here obvs but I preferentially order stuff with the returns policy in mind 

Yeah, I am not saying i shouldn’t have looked at that better, and I wasn’t complaining about that.

Only that if returns are expensive, you are going to stop using those services so long-term it would be something for businesses to think about. 

[Bairnardo]

14 minutes ago, Jambomo said:

Yeah, I am not saying i shouldn’t have looked at that better, and I wasn’t complaining about that.

Only that if returns are expensive, you are going to stop using those services so long-term it would be something for businesses to think about. 

I thought I was agreeing with you, in that a shite returns policy will cost places business 

[BFTD]

Online retailers have to accept returns for most goods. You aren't required to give a reason.

"Free" returns lose companies a huge amount of money, but the end game is to kill off smaller opposition. Once there are just a handful of retailers left, they'll all start charging for returns directly, or including the price in the original sale, at which point you'll have nowhere else to go.

[BFTD]

As previously mentioned, international returns will probably become more common, as the cost will put people off from making returns.

I recently had to return a dead computer part under warranty, bought in the UK from a company that used to have a UK address for returns. They now insist it's sent to the Czech Republic, which cost me £14.50. Almost wasn't worth the shipping.

[Sergeant Wilson]

7 hours ago, Mr. Alli said:

Brioche rolls are pish. 

I know, who puts sausage in a cake?

[Miguel Sanchez]

2 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said:

I know, who puts sausage in a cake?

I could see you doing it given some of your posts on the Nom Nom Nom thread.

[Sergeant Wilson]

1 minute ago, Miguel Sanchez said:

I could see you doing it given some of your posts on the Nom Nom Nom thread.

I'm not saying they can't be present as courses, but I don't like the sweetness of brioche or croissants as part of a savoury meal. 

[jimbaxters]

41 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said:

I know, who puts sausage in a cake?

Was that not the main joke in American Pie?

[Stellaboz]

Was that not the main joke in American Pie?

Jim?!

[Mark Connolly]

10 hours ago, Mr. Alli said:

There seems to be more and more online retailers not bothering at all with returns slips. You've to go online into your account and just electronically tell them what you're returning and why then print off a postage returns label and hey presto. 

Shite of you've nae printer right enough. 

This is the true cost of wfh/furlough during covid

[tongue_tied_danny]

Harry Palmer could take James Bond in a square go.

 

[Silvio Tattiescone]

People raving about "It's a sin" but I got the boak when one lad got a mouthful of shite when he was eating another lad's arsehole. 

[Bert Raccoon]

36 minutes ago, NewBornBairn said:

People raving about "It's a sin" but I got the boak when one lad got a mouthful of shite when he was eating another lad's arsehole. 

Spoilers please