Re:A cautionary tale about subscription services and how not...
by FunCaptcha_Jim on Sunday December 07, 2014 @10:40PM
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Great article, shame it happened. I'm really curious as to how this idea didn't really succeed - seemed like a slam dunk service. Anyone know more?
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Re:A cautionary tale about subscription services and how not...
by sgarman on Sunday December 07, 2014 @11:21PM
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If anything these X box a month services pop up so frequently I'm surprised there is not a startup to help people make their own x box a month companies.
Re:A cautionary tale about subscription services and how not...
by nols on Sunday December 07, 2014 @11:44PM
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You shouldn't be surprised, it does exist.
Re:A cautionary tale about subscription services and how not...
by jeremymcanally on Sunday December 07, 2014 @11:43PM
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There is actually, and it's nice! http://cratejoy.com
Re:A cautionary tale about subscription services and how not...
by username223 on Monday December 08, 2014 @12:47AM
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Hook that into http://bride.ru and you've got a winner!
More seriously, automating the process of harvesting credit card numbers and signing them up for monthly billing, then taking a cut, is evil genius.
Even more seriously, the sex-trade people were way ahead on this, by happily offering canceling customers refund checks with mind-blowingly dirty names on them to discourage deposit.
Re:A cautionary tale about subscription services and how not...
by jqm on Sunday December 07, 2014 @10:56PM
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Funny, I was thinking exactly the opposite about the idea...
Re:A cautionary tale about subscription services and how not...
by username223 on Sunday December 07, 2014 @11:00PM
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Same here. It's like Ikea sending you a random box of do-it-yourself furniture every month. The "maker" mumbo-jumbo is about building things you actually want, not assembling stuff someone throws at you.