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| Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 5834 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes  Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh | Message 41 of 47 25 November 2011 at 2:43pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
In many parts of the world, you can now get a "prepaid credit card". Setting aside that this is an oxymoron, it's designed for exactly your situation -- people who can't get credit cards due to financial problems but who still want to take advantage of cheap online prices (after all, if you can't get a credit card, you'll likely be looking to save money). If they're not available yet in Sweden, get a group of people together to start demanding them from the banks. Campaign for them. After all, the banks won't give up the opportunity to make more profit once they know there's a genuine demand. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| mrwarper Diglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Spain forum_posts.asp?TID=Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5049 days ago 1493 posts - 2500 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2 Studies: German, Russian, Japanese | Message 42 of 47 26 November 2011 at 9:47pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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@Cainntear: good point about the oxymoronically-named cards, they're sure a boon for 'paupers'.
@Juan It always makes me sad to see how brilliant people like you can be so pessimistic sometimes. This reminds me a lot the thread crippling effect of technology, and I'm afraid I'll repeat myself a bit over here. I think you must have had a bad day that somehow made you overlook the true nature of things. If Amazon doesn't convince you, don't buy from them. But as far as I can see, they're not stopping me from getting books. It's not like because of Amazon, I can no longer do <whatevere>. So they're not "evil", just stupid, because they're missing on my money. Good digital readers open the door to getting new books in new ways. Almost anything I may want to read I already have on paper, and I certainly have more than I'll be able to read in my entire lifetime. Reading on a 10" e-ink screen is almost as good as reading on paper, and much better many times; you can fit an entire library in a small suitcase. All of my digital documents are in 'open' formats that ensure their readability through my lifetime. And no one can prevent me (even legally) from scanning my books and putting them in my reader for portability. It's always the same story with technology. You can always do more things, and some of the ones you did before you can do faster, and cheaper, so technology is your friend. The only problem is that technology is an unfaithful lover, or everybody's friend :) Technology won't magically take us to the best possible world, because the stupid and selfish guys who work against it use technology for their advantage too. So, don't blame technology, or bad technological choices when you should blame regulators, protectionists, and modern-day highwaymen; use technology to fight them back, or they'll use it to get you. And if some day you're not clear on who's winning, just have faith and keep fighting. As some wise men said, neither freedom nor change roll are inevitable, but come only through continuous struggle. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
 newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6202 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 43 of 47 27 November 2011 at 1:32am | IP Logged | ||||||||
This is an amazingly arrogant and naive thing to write. 9 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Ketutar Triglot Newbie Sweden Joined 4606 days ago 20 posts - 31 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English, Swedish Studies: French, Italian, Maltese | Message 44 of 47 28 November 2011 at 2:24pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
And it is as possible that the relations of USA and Colombia get warmer and Amazon.com starts accepting your money; that you find an internet bookstore that can provide you with the material you need etc.etc. Anything can happen. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Ketutar Triglot Newbie Sweden Joined 4606 days ago 20 posts - 31 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English, Swedish Studies: French, Italian, Maltese | Message 45 of 47 28 November 2011 at 2:31pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
I think there is, but I'm not only poor, I also have bad credit... and in Sweden that is a serious obstacle. I'm hoping enough people will request Amazon.com to accept Paypal instead :-D Anyway, it's not a problem. If I can't get what I want, I'll find something else instead or be without. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 5834 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh | Message 46 of 47 28 November 2011 at 4:37pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Your credit record shouldn't be relevant to a prepaid card, as you can't get into debt, seeing as you've got to put money on the card before you spend it.... 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Juаn Senior Member Colombia Joined 5168 days ago 727 posts - 1830 votes Speaks: Spanish* | Message 47 of 47 28 November 2011 at 4:39pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
This is an unexpected post. In all honesty I have no clue what you (or the people that voted for your post) are objecting to. What is so "arrogant" about referencing the prospect of increasing one's income and making money enough to purchase such basic goods as books, and comparing this development, one that routinely takes place for myriads of people around the world, to a future where these -books- are not even for sale to you because of your geographical location regardless of what you do or how much money you have and are willing to pay? There is an obvious difference between a personal situation subject to change and one that is utterly beyond your influence. Not that it matters either, but my own pecuniary means are in all probability more modest than those of the OP's, - yet I manage. Your unwarranted response is the excuse I needed to stop wasting valuable time online and devote it instead to more consistent study. Have a good day. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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