Alexa Is in Households–and Amazon Is Losing Billions

Re:Alexa Is in Households–and Amazon Is Losing Billions by sebastiennight on Wednesday July 24, 2024 @08:20PM (#41063592)

I tried to book a small-group (~12 people) conference room at a US hotel and when I asked for a flipchart, they added "resort fees" and a $200 staff "service fee" to bring the flipchart into the room.

This was on top of renting me the flipchart for $107 for 6 hours.

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Re:Alexa Is in Households–and Amazon Is Losing Billions by throwaway2037 on Thursday July 25, 2024 @02:58AM (#41065541)

    > renting me the flipchart for $107 for 6 hours

Next time, just ship it from Walmart or Amazon and throw it away when done with it.

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Re:Alexa Is in Households–and Amazon Is Losing Billions by bombcar on Thursday July 25, 2024 @08:31AM (#41067874)

This is just how hotels make money. The key is to be very nice to the person who actually brings out the flipchart and asked for it on site. Then it’s on them to actually record that they did it and you know what people are lazy enough and failed to record it.

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Re:Alexa Is in Households–and Amazon Is Losing Billions by sebastiennight on Thursday July 25, 2024 @08:14PM (#41074781)

Thanks for the tip, I'll try it next time! I mean even if I had to tip a $20 I'd still be saving a few hundred

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