Comments on: Two Troubling Techniques This Time http://blog.dreamhost.com/2008/02/01/two-troubling-techniques-this-time/ Tales From the Inside! Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:34:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Elliot http://blog.dreamhost.com/2008/02/01/two-troubling-techniques-this-time/#comment-94557 Elliot Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:13:42 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2008/02/01/two-troubling-techniques-this-time/#comment-94557 The thing about stupidity is, the more stupid your product is, the more competitive it is in the market place. To a point. As long as you don't go past that point, you're sitting pretty. Case in point... holding a package to prevent delivering it a day early. If you delivered X% of your packages a day early, this modifies the market place's perception of the service and skews the perceived value of the different shipping options. It is to your benefit to maximize the number of customers who will choose the more expensive (quicker) shipping option. Some companies do stupid stuff like this because they're smart. Some do it because they're stupid. Whatever the reason, there is an optimum level of stupidity for a product that will make it most competitive in the marketplace. Just to give you another random example: The so-called 'modern' automobile. 'nuff said. As for shipping - I'll take FedEx stupid over UPS stupid any day of my lifetime... The thing about stupidity is, the more stupid your product is, the more competitive it is in the market place. To a point. As long as you don’t go past that point, you’re sitting pretty. Case in point… holding a package to prevent delivering it a day early. If you delivered X% of your packages a day early, this modifies the market place’s perception of the service and skews the perceived value of the different shipping options. It is to your benefit to maximize the number of customers who will choose the more expensive (quicker) shipping option. Some companies do stupid stuff like this because they’re smart. Some do it because they’re stupid. Whatever the reason, there is an optimum level of stupidity for a product that will make it most competitive in the marketplace. Just to give you another random example: The so-called ‘modern’ automobile. ’nuff said.
As for shipping - I’ll take FedEx stupid over UPS stupid any day of my lifetime…

]]> By: Leo F. Swiontek http://blog.dreamhost.com/2008/02/01/two-troubling-techniques-this-time/#comment-94335 Leo F. Swiontek Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:12:58 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2008/02/01/two-troubling-techniques-this-time/#comment-94335 Thats truely said. Leo F. Swiontek Thats truely said.
Leo F. Swiontek

]]> By: frank rizzo http://blog.dreamhost.com/2008/02/01/two-troubling-techniques-this-time/#comment-94289 frank rizzo Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:25:31 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2008/02/01/two-troubling-techniques-this-time/#comment-94289 I worked Fedex during college at an airport where the freight goes through it final sort before leaving. All Envelopes, First Overnight and hazardious materials go to Memphis no matter what. Believe it or not they do truck overnight stuff though. We usually had 5 to 7 truck delivering overnight freight to destination usually if it's within a few hours of driving. It's how they sort stuff. Allot of 2nd day air actually is shipped to the destination overnight too. But sits in que or under some instances held for higher priority freight. I worked Fedex during college at an airport where the freight goes through it final sort before leaving. All Envelopes, First Overnight and hazardious materials go to Memphis no matter what. Believe it or not they do truck overnight stuff though. We usually had 5 to 7 truck delivering overnight freight to destination usually if it’s within a few hours of driving. It’s how they sort stuff.

Allot of 2nd day air actually is shipped to the destination overnight too. But sits in que or under some instances held for higher priority freight.

]]> By: Tab http://blog.dreamhost.com/2008/02/01/two-troubling-techniques-this-time/#comment-93445 Tab Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:12:37 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2008/02/01/two-troubling-techniques-this-time/#comment-93445 That Fed Ex bit is so stupid it hurts my head. That Fed Ex bit is so stupid it hurts my head.

]]> By: Flolly http://blog.dreamhost.com/2008/02/01/two-troubling-techniques-this-time/#comment-93418 Flolly Sat, 09 Feb 2008 14:28:15 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2008/02/01/two-troubling-techniques-this-time/#comment-93418 LOL Fedex - no matter what everything goes through Memphis. We had a sites a 1 hour drive from each other shipping packages that were being routed through Memphis. Their solution to that craziness was to just send someone back and forth in a car with the package instead. And yes, if the delivery date on the package is 2 days from now they will hold it at the location before delivering it a day early. LOL Fedex - no matter what everything goes through Memphis. We had a sites a 1 hour drive from each other shipping packages that were being routed through Memphis. Their solution to that craziness was to just send someone back and forth in a car with the package instead. And yes, if the delivery date on the package is 2 days from now they will hold it at the location before delivering it a day early.

]]> By: Cian Mac Mahon http://blog.dreamhost.com/2008/02/01/two-troubling-techniques-this-time/#comment-93322 Cian Mac Mahon Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:20:17 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2008/02/01/two-troubling-techniques-this-time/#comment-93322 Yup, fedex can be a bit strange. I ordered a Macbook, had it sent from Cork, Ireland, to Dublin, Ireland (about the width of California) and for some utter unknown reason, EVEN to the fedex people, it went to memphis, LA and NY before even getting back to where it started. It took 5 days, which is sort of impressive i suppose, considering how far it went. Yup, fedex can be a bit strange. I ordered a Macbook, had it sent from Cork, Ireland, to Dublin, Ireland (about the width of California) and for some utter unknown reason, EVEN to the fedex people, it went to memphis, LA and NY before even getting back to where it started.

It took 5 days, which is sort of impressive i suppose, considering how far it went.

]]> By: Daniel M. Clark http://blog.dreamhost.com/2008/02/01/two-troubling-techniques-this-time/#comment-93306 Daniel M. Clark Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:48:15 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2008/02/01/two-troubling-techniques-this-time/#comment-93306 A month ago I posted a few entries at one of my blogs about FedEx. It took them three weeks to get a package from Dallas to Albuquerque - they went from Dallas to L.A. to Denver to Albuquerque. I've never seen such incompetence in a shipping company. http://www.modestopinions.com has the full story. A month ago I posted a few entries at one of my blogs about FedEx. It took them three weeks to get a package from Dallas to Albuquerque - they went from Dallas to L.A. to Denver to Albuquerque. I’ve never seen such incompetence in a shipping company. http://www.modestopinions.com has the full story.

]]> By: Jeremy http://blog.dreamhost.com/2008/02/01/two-troubling-techniques-this-time/#comment-93297 Jeremy Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:14:09 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2008/02/01/two-troubling-techniques-this-time/#comment-93297 I live in Memphis, so I get the other benefit. I can choose the cheapest air shipping through FedEx and it's almost always the quickest because all their air cargo travels through here. I live in Memphis, so I get the other benefit. I can choose the cheapest air shipping through FedEx and it’s almost always the quickest because all their air cargo travels through here.

]]> By: Koen http://blog.dreamhost.com/2008/02/01/two-troubling-techniques-this-time/#comment-93294 Koen Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:52:44 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2008/02/01/two-troubling-techniques-this-time/#comment-93294 So if I get this right, ICANN now requires a fee for adding domains including during the AGP (Add Grace Period). This would stop the business of cancelling and then renewing a domain during the AGP (as it now costs money to do so and it's no longer profitable). However, domain tasting is still possible, right? (The business of registering a domain when it's being tested by a client.) So if I get this right, ICANN now requires a fee for adding domains including during the AGP (Add Grace Period).
This would stop the business of cancelling and then renewing a domain during the AGP (as it now costs money to do so and it’s no longer profitable).

However, domain tasting is still possible, right? (The business of registering a domain when it’s being tested by a client.)

]]> By: jim http://blog.dreamhost.com/2008/02/01/two-troubling-techniques-this-time/#comment-93288 jim Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:49:25 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2008/02/01/two-troubling-techniques-this-time/#comment-93288 if all you want is a domain name: http://dreamhost.com/domains.html if all you want is a domain name:

http://dreamhost.com/domains.html

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