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Participant[quote=Trojan4Life]Breeze,
If everything OCR did to make his purchase was above board, why would he be worried that someone has information about his identity that could lead to him being sued?
There’s more to this than meets the eye, but the legions of BMIT readers aren’t willing to look further than their nose.[/quote]
Responding to a lawsuit (even a frivolous one) is costly and time consuming and a big hassle.
Implode-o-meter was sued by a mortgage company that lost financing allegedly because of leaks on implode-o-meter about their financial health.
The suit was thrown out but but Aaron Krowne had to spend thousands to defend himself. Then he had to incorporate to protect himself.
OCR has no obligation to post his address or defend his purchase.
I see OCR as someone who chronicles the housing bubble as a pass-time on his blog. Just because he ridicules knife catchers, doesn’t preclude him from being one himself.
His speech is protected speech. If you don’t like it, don’t read it.
One good reason to remain anonymous is if you can’t be served, then you can’t be sued.
Participant[quote=Trojan4Life]Breeze,
If everything OCR did to make his purchase was above board, why would he be worried that someone has information about his identity that could lead to him being sued?
There’s more to this than meets the eye, but the legions of BMIT readers aren’t willing to look further than their nose.[/quote]
Responding to a lawsuit (even a frivolous one) is costly and time consuming and a big hassle.
Implode-o-meter was sued by a mortgage company that lost financing allegedly because of leaks on implode-o-meter about their financial health.
The suit was thrown out but but Aaron Krowne had to spend thousands to defend himself. Then he had to incorporate to protect himself.
OCR has no obligation to post his address or defend his purchase.
I see OCR as someone who chronicles the housing bubble as a pass-time on his blog. Just because he ridicules knife catchers, doesn’t preclude him from being one himself.
His speech is protected speech. If you don’t like it, don’t read it.
One good reason to remain anonymous is if you can’t be served, then you can’t be sued.
Participant[quote=Trojan4Life]Breeze,
If everything OCR did to make his purchase was above board, why would he be worried that someone has information about his identity that could lead to him being sued?
There’s more to this than meets the eye, but the legions of BMIT readers aren’t willing to look further than their nose.[/quote]
Responding to a lawsuit (even a frivolous one) is costly and time consuming and a big hassle.
Implode-o-meter was sued by a mortgage company that lost financing allegedly because of leaks on implode-o-meter about their financial health.
The suit was thrown out but but Aaron Krowne had to spend thousands to defend himself. Then he had to incorporate to protect himself.
OCR has no obligation to post his address or defend his purchase.
I see OCR as someone who chronicles the housing bubble as a pass-time on his blog. Just because he ridicules knife catchers, doesn’t preclude him from being one himself.
His speech is protected speech. If you don’t like it, don’t read it.
One good reason to remain anonymous is if you can’t be served, then you can’t be sued.
Participant[quote=Trojan4Life]Breeze,
If everything OCR did to make his purchase was above board, why would he be worried that someone has information about his identity that could lead to him being sued?
There’s more to this than meets the eye, but the legions of BMIT readers aren’t willing to look further than their nose.[/quote]
Responding to a lawsuit (even a frivolous one) is costly and time consuming and a big hassle.
Implode-o-meter was sued by a mortgage company that lost financing allegedly because of leaks on implode-o-meter about their financial health.
The suit was thrown out but but Aaron Krowne had to spend thousands to defend himself. Then he had to incorporate to protect himself.
OCR has no obligation to post his address or defend his purchase.
I see OCR as someone who chronicles the housing bubble as a pass-time on his blog. Just because he ridicules knife catchers, doesn’t preclude him from being one himself.
His speech is protected speech. If you don’t like it, don’t read it.
One good reason to remain anonymous is if you can’t be served, then you can’t be sued.
Participant[quote=sdduuuude] Seriously, I was gonna post the same comment – that investing in 3G actually costs less and T-Mobile’s lack of it isn’t necessarily a good thing. T-Mobile knew when they built GSM they’d have to convert it eventually. It served them well initially, but now it’s running thin.
[/quote]Sure t-mobile needs to convert. But they can afford to do so slowly at much less cost.
You have to look at the youth market to see where the trend is — texting which requires much less capacity. Young people love to text to each other.
T-Mob does an excellent job at attracting young subscriber and new immigrants (where the growth is) by selling through independent dealers who provide unlocked phones (people from overseas are used to SIM cards and the convenience of changing handsets).
Those same dealers encourage people to sign new contracts every year to get free phones (only 1 year contract with independent dealers). And those dealers will also give cash rebates if customers bring their own phones.
So subscribers will use a spouse or relative’s name to sign up again. The churn at T-Mob is really the same as other carriers.
Talk to the foreign students and new immigrants and will you all see that they use T-Mobile with the GSM phones they brought with them.
I never believed in building the superhighway. I think it’s better to conserve cash and build it only when you need it at a low price. Remember, it’s also possible to lease/rent.
Look at the fiber networks of the 1990s built at top prices. There’s still plenty of capacity there.
Participant[quote=sdduuuude] Seriously, I was gonna post the same comment – that investing in 3G actually costs less and T-Mobile’s lack of it isn’t necessarily a good thing. T-Mobile knew when they built GSM they’d have to convert it eventually. It served them well initially, but now it’s running thin.
[/quote]Sure t-mobile needs to convert. But they can afford to do so slowly at much less cost.
You have to look at the youth market to see where the trend is — texting which requires much less capacity. Young people love to text to each other.
T-Mob does an excellent job at attracting young subscriber and new immigrants (where the growth is) by selling through independent dealers who provide unlocked phones (people from overseas are used to SIM cards and the convenience of changing handsets).
Those same dealers encourage people to sign new contracts every year to get free phones (only 1 year contract with independent dealers). And those dealers will also give cash rebates if customers bring their own phones.
So subscribers will use a spouse or relative’s name to sign up again. The churn at T-Mob is really the same as other carriers.
Talk to the foreign students and new immigrants and will you all see that they use T-Mobile with the GSM phones they brought with them.
I never believed in building the superhighway. I think it’s better to conserve cash and build it only when you need it at a low price. Remember, it’s also possible to lease/rent.
Look at the fiber networks of the 1990s built at top prices. There’s still plenty of capacity there.
Participant[quote=sdduuuude] Seriously, I was gonna post the same comment – that investing in 3G actually costs less and T-Mobile’s lack of it isn’t necessarily a good thing. T-Mobile knew when they built GSM they’d have to convert it eventually. It served them well initially, but now it’s running thin.
[/quote]Sure t-mobile needs to convert. But they can afford to do so slowly at much less cost.
You have to look at the youth market to see where the trend is — texting which requires much less capacity. Young people love to text to each other.
T-Mob does an excellent job at attracting young subscriber and new immigrants (where the growth is) by selling through independent dealers who provide unlocked phones (people from overseas are used to SIM cards and the convenience of changing handsets).
Those same dealers encourage people to sign new contracts every year to get free phones (only 1 year contract with independent dealers). And those dealers will also give cash rebates if customers bring their own phones.
So subscribers will use a spouse or relative’s name to sign up again. The churn at T-Mob is really the same as other carriers.
Talk to the foreign students and new immigrants and will you all see that they use T-Mobile with the GSM phones they brought with them.
I never believed in building the superhighway. I think it’s better to conserve cash and build it only when you need it at a low price. Remember, it’s also possible to lease/rent.
Look at the fiber networks of the 1990s built at top prices. There’s still plenty of capacity there.
Participant[quote=sdduuuude] Seriously, I was gonna post the same comment – that investing in 3G actually costs less and T-Mobile’s lack of it isn’t necessarily a good thing. T-Mobile knew when they built GSM they’d have to convert it eventually. It served them well initially, but now it’s running thin.
[/quote]Sure t-mobile needs to convert. But they can afford to do so slowly at much less cost.
You have to look at the youth market to see where the trend is — texting which requires much less capacity. Young people love to text to each other.
T-Mob does an excellent job at attracting young subscriber and new immigrants (where the growth is) by selling through independent dealers who provide unlocked phones (people from overseas are used to SIM cards and the convenience of changing handsets).
Those same dealers encourage people to sign new contracts every year to get free phones (only 1 year contract with independent dealers). And those dealers will also give cash rebates if customers bring their own phones.
So subscribers will use a spouse or relative’s name to sign up again. The churn at T-Mob is really the same as other carriers.
Talk to the foreign students and new immigrants and will you all see that they use T-Mobile with the GSM phones they brought with them.
I never believed in building the superhighway. I think it’s better to conserve cash and build it only when you need it at a low price. Remember, it’s also possible to lease/rent.
Look at the fiber networks of the 1990s built at top prices. There’s still plenty of capacity there.
Participant[quote=sdduuuude] Seriously, I was gonna post the same comment – that investing in 3G actually costs less and T-Mobile’s lack of it isn’t necessarily a good thing. T-Mobile knew when they built GSM they’d have to convert it eventually. It served them well initially, but now it’s running thin.
[/quote]Sure t-mobile needs to convert. But they can afford to do so slowly at much less cost.
You have to look at the youth market to see where the trend is — texting which requires much less capacity. Young people love to text to each other.
T-Mob does an excellent job at attracting young subscriber and new immigrants (where the growth is) by selling through independent dealers who provide unlocked phones (people from overseas are used to SIM cards and the convenience of changing handsets).
Those same dealers encourage people to sign new contracts every year to get free phones (only 1 year contract with independent dealers). And those dealers will also give cash rebates if customers bring their own phones.
So subscribers will use a spouse or relative’s name to sign up again. The churn at T-Mob is really the same as other carriers.
Talk to the foreign students and new immigrants and will you all see that they use T-Mobile with the GSM phones they brought with them.
I never believed in building the superhighway. I think it’s better to conserve cash and build it only when you need it at a low price. Remember, it’s also possible to lease/rent.
Look at the fiber networks of the 1990s built at top prices. There’s still plenty of capacity there.
Participant[quote=SD Realtor] I think there is a difference though in simply stating facts without speculation verses presenting factual data in a biased manner.
You are correct that it is simply more of a golden rule approach and that does make alot of sense. [/quote]
Some questions and comments:
– Do realty insiders ever discuss facts without speculation?
– Didn’t Realtors tell their buyers that they think that prices would increase x%? Buy now or you never be able to buy again. This neighborhood is gentrifying. Interest rates are low, buy now, it’s a lifetime opportunity. Obama will stabilize home prices. The Fed will ignite inflation.
– What’s wrong with speculating that prices will drop? Or that gang activity in a neighborhood will increase?
– What’s wrong with speculating that a buyer can’t afford the house or that he bought or obtained shaky financing to buy it? What’s wrong with speculating about a possible foreclosure or bankruptcy soon to come? People have been doing that for age in their own forums (at home, on the town square, at the water cooler, at the country club, etc…).
Blogs are social networks. They are like private journals that the writer chooses to share with other readers.
Don’t worry, people can continue to speculate that a person is pregnant, or had an affair with the neighbor, or is about to lose the house in foreclosure without fear of lawsuits.
I remember a realtor posting that he looks in the closet to see if a spouse might have moved out. Isn’t that speculation?
Participant[quote=SD Realtor] I think there is a difference though in simply stating facts without speculation verses presenting factual data in a biased manner.
You are correct that it is simply more of a golden rule approach and that does make alot of sense. [/quote]
Some questions and comments:
– Do realty insiders ever discuss facts without speculation?
– Didn’t Realtors tell their buyers that they think that prices would increase x%? Buy now or you never be able to buy again. This neighborhood is gentrifying. Interest rates are low, buy now, it’s a lifetime opportunity. Obama will stabilize home prices. The Fed will ignite inflation.
– What’s wrong with speculating that prices will drop? Or that gang activity in a neighborhood will increase?
– What’s wrong with speculating that a buyer can’t afford the house or that he bought or obtained shaky financing to buy it? What’s wrong with speculating about a possible foreclosure or bankruptcy soon to come? People have been doing that for age in their own forums (at home, on the town square, at the water cooler, at the country club, etc…).
Blogs are social networks. They are like private journals that the writer chooses to share with other readers.
Don’t worry, people can continue to speculate that a person is pregnant, or had an affair with the neighbor, or is about to lose the house in foreclosure without fear of lawsuits.
I remember a realtor posting that he looks in the closet to see if a spouse might have moved out. Isn’t that speculation?
Participant[quote=SD Realtor] I think there is a difference though in simply stating facts without speculation verses presenting factual data in a biased manner.
You are correct that it is simply more of a golden rule approach and that does make alot of sense. [/quote]
Some questions and comments:
– Do realty insiders ever discuss facts without speculation?
– Didn’t Realtors tell their buyers that they think that prices would increase x%? Buy now or you never be able to buy again. This neighborhood is gentrifying. Interest rates are low, buy now, it’s a lifetime opportunity. Obama will stabilize home prices. The Fed will ignite inflation.
– What’s wrong with speculating that prices will drop? Or that gang activity in a neighborhood will increase?
– What’s wrong with speculating that a buyer can’t afford the house or that he bought or obtained shaky financing to buy it? What’s wrong with speculating about a possible foreclosure or bankruptcy soon to come? People have been doing that for age in their own forums (at home, on the town square, at the water cooler, at the country club, etc…).
Blogs are social networks. They are like private journals that the writer chooses to share with other readers.
Don’t worry, people can continue to speculate that a person is pregnant, or had an affair with the neighbor, or is about to lose the house in foreclosure without fear of lawsuits.
I remember a realtor posting that he looks in the closet to see if a spouse might have moved out. Isn’t that speculation?
Participant[quote=SD Realtor] I think there is a difference though in simply stating facts without speculation verses presenting factual data in a biased manner.
You are correct that it is simply more of a golden rule approach and that does make alot of sense. [/quote]
Some questions and comments:
– Do realty insiders ever discuss facts without speculation?
– Didn’t Realtors tell their buyers that they think that prices would increase x%? Buy now or you never be able to buy again. This neighborhood is gentrifying. Interest rates are low, buy now, it’s a lifetime opportunity. Obama will stabilize home prices. The Fed will ignite inflation.
– What’s wrong with speculating that prices will drop? Or that gang activity in a neighborhood will increase?
– What’s wrong with speculating that a buyer can’t afford the house or that he bought or obtained shaky financing to buy it? What’s wrong with speculating about a possible foreclosure or bankruptcy soon to come? People have been doing that for age in their own forums (at home, on the town square, at the water cooler, at the country club, etc…).
Blogs are social networks. They are like private journals that the writer chooses to share with other readers.
Don’t worry, people can continue to speculate that a person is pregnant, or had an affair with the neighbor, or is about to lose the house in foreclosure without fear of lawsuits.
I remember a realtor posting that he looks in the closet to see if a spouse might have moved out. Isn’t that speculation?
Participant[quote=SD Realtor] I think there is a difference though in simply stating facts without speculation verses presenting factual data in a biased manner.
You are correct that it is simply more of a golden rule approach and that does make alot of sense. [/quote]
Some questions and comments:
– Do realty insiders ever discuss facts without speculation?
– Didn’t Realtors tell their buyers that they think that prices would increase x%? Buy now or you never be able to buy again. This neighborhood is gentrifying. Interest rates are low, buy now, it’s a lifetime opportunity. Obama will stabilize home prices. The Fed will ignite inflation.
– What’s wrong with speculating that prices will drop? Or that gang activity in a neighborhood will increase?
– What’s wrong with speculating that a buyer can’t afford the house or that he bought or obtained shaky financing to buy it? What’s wrong with speculating about a possible foreclosure or bankruptcy soon to come? People have been doing that for age in their own forums (at home, on the town square, at the water cooler, at the country club, etc…).
Blogs are social networks. They are like private journals that the writer chooses to share with other readers.
Don’t worry, people can continue to speculate that a person is pregnant, or had an affair with the neighbor, or is about to lose the house in foreclosure without fear of lawsuits.
I remember a realtor posting that he looks in the closet to see if a spouse might have moved out. Isn’t that speculation?
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