http://www.nnseek.com/e/alt.snailmail/ Posts for alt.snailmail Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:23:05 PDT http://www.nnseek.com/ http://www.nnseek.com/img/64.png 64 64 NNSeek http://www.nnseek.com/e/alt.snailmail/ot_comcast_to_withdraw_usenet_132550916t.html http://www.nnseek.com/e/alt.snailmail/ot_comcast_to_withdraw_usenet_132550916t.html http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/
http://help.comcast.net/content/faq/Does_Comcast_offer_a_newsgroups_service

Since I've been a Comcast subscriber, Comcast offered Usenet outsourced
to Giganews. This was discontinued effective September 16th, although
it won't be discontinued for existing users until October 25.

If you're a Comcast subscriber, please complain. I called customer
retention (the sales group you get when you call their customer service
number asking to disconnect service) and told them that Usenet was worth
$5 a month to me and they gave me a credit for each of the next 12
months. It's unlikely to change anything but it's more likely they'll
notice if a customer requests a credit.

For binary Usenet, http://giganews.com/ or another premium service

For text Usenet only, http://individual.net/ is the best there is.

Also http://aioe.org/ http://www.motzarella.org/

There are alternatives. Don't use Google Groups. Don't lose access to
the most important newsgroup on Usenet.

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problems. Ebay's tentative policy, effective October 1, 2008 calls for
Paypal only, that is no money order (postal or store), checks including
(bank or credit union issued cashiers checks), or other types of online
payments (BidPay), nor cash (registered mail). However, what ebay is not
informing sellers and read this very carefully, "IT IS UP TO THE
DISCRETION OF THE SELLER to accept money orders, checks, cash or various
other payment forms that have worked for both the seller or the buyer."

Some sellers are being swindled by putting in their listings the
disclaimer "effective October 1, 2008 ebay calls for Paypal only" this
is not true nor binding. The seller cannot explicitly state in their
listings that they "accept money orders, checks and cash." However the
seller can state something to the effect of "I will accept other forms
of payment at my discretion", or "please email me first for payment
terms","alternative payments will be considered" and so forth.
The point even though ebay allows seller discretion -- don't be dupped
into signing up for a Paypal account. Why?

First sellers and especially buyers should not be forced into Paypal. I
am not a fan of Paypal because when you sign up you give Paypal by proxy
the power to freeze and conduct transactions with your primary bank
account -- this is extremely dangerous There are also serious privacy
issues giving ebay clandestine power to sell your listing information
and buying habits to data mining operatives (think cookies, their new
format) and data clearinghouses. The horror stories
are abound with the small potatoes seller conducting business unbeknowst
to the no fees options of accepting alternative payment forms only to
have their bank accounts frozen as a result of a malicious transaction.

Sellers and buyers can mitigate this proxy factor by

1.) Creating a separate bank account exclusively for Paypal or internet
payment transactions.

2.) Close your current Paypal account after all transactions have been
completed then -- create a separate bank account exclusively for Paypal
or internet transactions.

3.) Banks and Credit Unions need to implement an internet transaction
plan that is separate from the primary bank account (check and debit)
but allows the holder of account to transfer funds - to a created
"suffixed" account (linked perhaps to a credit card). Simply put, create
a separate suffix exclusively for Paypal or other online payment
transactions exclusively not linked to the primary bank account, hence
preventing Paypal from freezing a ebay users primary bank account.
This is the only logical solution..

Despite the change it is my money and my preference are the products of
the U.S. Postal Service, domestic and international money orders (which
can be traced), Postal insurance and delivery confirmation. Finally,
postal clerks should casually protect the interests of the U.S. Postal
service by informing their astute ebay customers of "ebay's
discretionary" policy. Ebay is seriously slitting its wrists (like
Amazon's new policy) by implementing a Paypal only policy.

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Long, you still boycotting the newsgroup or did you find yourself a real
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I presume this means I go silent on the 24th. The epidemic continues:

As a Verizon Newsgroup service user, we wanted to let you know about some
important changes that we will soon be making to our Newsgroup service.

On June 24, 2008, we will be modifying our Newsgroup offerings to only offer
groups in the Big-8 Newsgroup hierarchies, which are listed below. The
0.verizon.* newsgroup hierarchy will also continue to be available. Users
will not be able to post or download from any other newsgroups using our
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comp.*
humanities.*
misc.*
news.*
rec.*
sci.*
soc.*
talk.*

More details regarding the Big 8 newsgroup hierarchies is available at:
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We appreciate your business and look forward to continuing to serve you in
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]]> Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:25:16 PDT http://www.nnseek.com/e/alt.snailmail/priority_mail_cost_doubled_124950788t.html http://www.nnseek.com/e/alt.snailmail/priority_mail_cost_doubled_124950788t.html did you all know that at the same time, the cost of Priority mail as
much as nearly doubled?

I just mailed two identical packages via Priority mail - one going to
an address here in NYC, and one to Seattle. The NYC one cost $4.80,
and the Seattle one cost $8.25! Holy cow. Also, the receipt said NYC
was Zone 0, and Seattle is Zone 8.

So they've added some damned zoning system and increased the cost
depending on how far it's going. That's a major change from how they
used to do it, where it was the same cost no matter how far it was
going. If they had lowered the cost somewhat for packages that were
travelling a shorter distance it would be easier to swallow., but of
course they wouldn't do that. As usual, it's just a way to increase
revenue as much as possible, not more accurately reflect actual costs.

Damn, I think they kept this change pretty hush-hush. What it means is
that from now on I'm going to remember to mail early and just use
regular First class. (I still maintain that when they began the
Priority Mail service they slowed down the First class service, but
that's another conversation.) I hope they haven't done this for 1st
class postage too. The clerk did say they've also done it for Express
Mail. That blows.

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