Comments for bobpage.net http://bobpage.net Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:21:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on iPhone Sales Tax is on the Unsubsidized Price by Bill Jenkins http://bobpage.net/2009/06/09/iphone-sales-tax-is-on-the-unsubsidized-price/comment-page-1/#comment-1029 Bill Jenkins Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:21:12 +0000 http://bobpage.net/?p=264#comment-1029 AT&T are not crooks. THEY do not get this money. Your cruddy states that charge this tax are the ones to blame. Blame California. AT&T are not crooks. THEY do not get this money. Your cruddy states that charge this tax are the ones to blame.

Blame California.

]]> Comment on iPhone Sales Tax is on the Unsubsidized Price by Jay http://bobpage.net/2009/06/09/iphone-sales-tax-is-on-the-unsubsidized-price/comment-page-1/#comment-1028 Jay Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:50:29 +0000 http://bobpage.net/?p=264#comment-1028 This goes for refurb also. They will tax you on the $499 orginal price for a used I-Phone. This goes for refurb also. They will tax you on the $499 orginal price for a used I-Phone.

]]> Comment on iPhone Sales Tax is on the Unsubsidized Price by Robbie http://bobpage.net/2009/06/09/iphone-sales-tax-is-on-the-unsubsidized-price/comment-page-1/#comment-1027 Robbie Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:26:33 +0000 http://bobpage.net/?p=264#comment-1027 Go to Walmart. They'll only tax you on the amount that you've paid. ATT will suck you dry, the're all about number$$$$$$. Greedy bastards!!! Go to Walmart. They’ll only tax you on the amount that you’ve paid. ATT will suck you dry, the’re all about number$$$$$$. Greedy bastards!!!

]]> Comment on iPhone Sales Tax is on the Unsubsidized Price by Dong Kim http://bobpage.net/2009/06/09/iphone-sales-tax-is-on-the-unsubsidized-price/comment-page-1/#comment-1005 Dong Kim Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:43:31 +0000 http://bobpage.net/?p=264#comment-1005 Debbie, it is true that they charge sales tax on the full undiscounted price in at&t store in nevada, but if you buy the iphone in apple stores in nevada they only charge sales tax on discounted purchase price. I am not sure why there is disparity between at&t and apple stores, but I will look into them. Debbie, it is true that they charge sales tax on the full undiscounted price in at&t store in nevada, but if you buy the iphone in apple stores in nevada they only charge sales tax on discounted purchase price. I am not sure why there is disparity between at&t and apple stores, but I will look into them.

]]> Comment on Is This the Future of Web Analytics? by AM http://bobpage.net/2009/01/11/is-this-the-future-of-web-analytics/comment-page-1/#comment-1002 AM Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:44:08 +0000 http://bobpage.net/2009/01/11/is-this-the-future-of-web-analytics/#comment-1002 Bob, I agree with your assessment here that the market needs vertical or job-function based solutions. I remember one of the best solutions that I had seen when I started in the industry back in 2000 was a company that built a B2B centric web analytics solution by merging web data with data collected through InfoUSA and some other data aggregators (sort of like census data for businesses). I personally thought the solution was great, although the company never made it. Of course, they didn't make it because they were a niche market solution while still having the costs associated with a general web analytics provider, so the economics were against them. However, one phenomenon that could help spark this movement again is the fact that entrepreneurs can rely on some very inexpensive (even free) solutions to build such tools. For example, you could use the free data collection and processing by Google Analytics and soon Yahoo Web Analytics to handle much of the leg work. You can then use their APIs to extract the data and use your own presentation layer. I really believe that if Google and Yahoo let this happen, then we could see some major change in the industry. Bob, I agree with your assessment here that the market needs vertical or job-function based solutions.

I remember one of the best solutions that I had seen when I started in the industry back in 2000 was a company that built a B2B centric web analytics solution by merging web data with data collected through InfoUSA and some other data aggregators (sort of like census data for businesses). I personally thought the solution was great, although the company never made it.

Of course, they didn’t make it because they were a niche market solution while still having the costs associated with a general web analytics provider, so the economics were against them.
However, one phenomenon that could help spark this movement again is the fact that entrepreneurs can rely on some very inexpensive (even free) solutions to build such tools. For example, you could use the free data collection and processing by Google Analytics and soon Yahoo Web Analytics to handle much of the leg work. You can then use their APIs to extract the data and use your own presentation layer. I really believe that if Google and Yahoo let this happen, then we could see some major change in the industry.

]]> Comment on iPhone Sales Tax is on the Unsubsidized Price by Debbie http://bobpage.net/2009/06/09/iphone-sales-tax-is-on-the-unsubsidized-price/comment-page-1/#comment-999 Debbie Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:38:30 +0000 http://bobpage.net/?p=264#comment-999 This is true in Nevada also. The local ATT store told me when I went to buy my first i-phone. They told me I would pay tax on $500.00 retail price, not the $100.00 phone price. Guess I will look into blackberry This is true in Nevada also. The local ATT store told me when I went to buy my first i-phone. They told me I would pay tax on $500.00 retail price, not the $100.00 phone price. Guess I will look into blackberry

]]> Comment on Analytics Haiku by Bob Page http://bobpage.net/2009/09/18/analytics-haiku/comment-page-1/#comment-987 Bob Page Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:21:44 +0000 http://bobpage.net/?p=275#comment-987 Another one, inspired by an email exchange with Dylan: Three kinds of people: the ones that know how to count and the ones that don't. Another one, inspired by an email exchange with Dylan:

Three kinds of people:
the ones that know how to count
and the ones that don’t.

]]> Comment on Analytics Haiku by Dylan http://bobpage.net/2009/09/18/analytics-haiku/comment-page-1/#comment-984 Dylan Sat, 19 Sep 2009 06:34:28 +0000 http://bobpage.net/?p=275#comment-984 Bob, Here are my entries - you are inspirational: There must be a next stage to our problem with a core sane solution Staffing for the web Hard Science or Marketing Where to find them all When we are saying Our site is just average We aren't being mean #Measure free or paid No one dies if we mess up Worse off web gets built Dylan Bob,
Here are my entries – you are inspirational:

There must be a next
stage to our problem with a
core sane solution

Staffing for the web
Hard Science or Marketing
Where to find them all

When we are saying
Our site is just average
We aren’t being mean

#Measure free or paid
No one dies if we mess up
Worse off web gets built

Dylan

]]> Comment on iPhone Sales Tax is on the Unsubsidized Price by Robert Altmiller http://bobpage.net/2009/06/09/iphone-sales-tax-is-on-the-unsubsidized-price/comment-page-1/#comment-980 Robert Altmiller Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:13:26 +0000 http://bobpage.net/?p=264#comment-980 This is BS. I was just on the phone with the Premier Website and the person I was talking to could not find anywhere on the Premier Website where it said that you would pay tax on the entire price of the Iphone 3GS. Then he told me to hold on and he had his entire floor look for the documentation on the website which said this and no one could find it. He pawned me off to AT&T customer care who does not even deal with the sale of IPhones so I could see about getting a refund on the extra sales tax I paid. I did not get anything and everyone at ATT totally avoids the issue about not making it apparent that you truely are not paying tax on the $199 or $299 for the Iphone. If you would like to call Premier and do your own investigating into what these crooks are doing here is thier number 866-499-8008. If the Premier people cannot even find on their own stupid website where it says you will pay sales tax on the original price of the cell phone how can they expect the average user to do so!!!??? AT&T and PREMIER are crooks and the STATE GOVERNMENT of CA are crooks as well! -Robert Altmiller This is BS. I was just on the phone with the Premier Website and the person I was talking to could not find anywhere on the Premier Website where it said that you would pay tax on the entire price of the Iphone 3GS. Then he told me to hold on and he had his entire floor look for the documentation on the website which said this and no one could find it. He pawned me off to AT&T customer care who does not even deal with the sale of IPhones so I could see about getting a refund on the extra sales tax I paid. I did not get anything and everyone at ATT totally avoids the issue about not making it apparent that you truely are not paying tax on the $199 or $299 for the Iphone. If you would like to call Premier and do your own investigating into what these crooks are doing here is thier number 866-499-8008. If the Premier people cannot even find on their own stupid website where it says you will pay sales tax on the original price of the cell phone how can they expect the average user to do so!!!???

AT&T and PREMIER are crooks and the STATE GOVERNMENT of CA are crooks as well!

-Robert Altmiller

]]> Comment on iPhone Sales Tax is on the Unsubsidized Price by Don http://bobpage.net/2009/06/09/iphone-sales-tax-is-on-the-unsubsidized-price/comment-page-1/#comment-977 Don Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:56:35 +0000 http://bobpage.net/?p=264#comment-977 Then why, in Massachusetts, does the AT&T store charge sales tax on the $99 upgrade price? Then why, in Massachusetts, does the AT&T store charge sales tax on the $99 upgrade price?

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