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RealNetworks’ “Free Trial” Charges Result in $2.4 Million Washington AG Settlement

This is an interesting article and will affect a number of people who use the pre-checked buttons at checkout time as well as the free-to-pay conversions orders where the terms are not clearly disclosed. This settlement is limited to the state of Washington, but the FTC has been very proactive in this area as well. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On May 24, Seattle-based RealNetworks, an internet media company that provides streaming content, agreed [...]

By Dieter Ammann|2012-05-31T16:06:17+00:00May 31st, 2012|Categories: Uncategorized|0 Comments

iPad – 3rd Generation

My new 3rd generation iPad arrived on Friday the 16th and I immediately restored the backed up information from my iPad 2 to the new iPad (3) through iCloud. It didn't take long to restore before it became functional but then it took quite a few more hours to restore all my apps, data, pictures, music and videos. This is a 64gb version, as was my iPad 2.There are several things [...]

By Dieter Ammann|2012-03-23T15:08:47+00:00March 23rd, 2012|Categories: Electronics|0 Comments

Severe Weather in Europe

Freezing weather in Europe has closed airports, blocked roads and caused trains to come to a stop. Transportation centers in Central and Eastern Europe have been forced to close amid the biggest freeze in decades. Many flights were delayed at Amsterdam's airport and London's Heathrow has reportedly cancelled 30% of its flights. Rome, the capital of Italy saw its heaviest snowfall in more than 25 years, which brought transportation to a [...]

By Dieter Ammann|2012-02-06T16:40:12+00:00February 6th, 2012|Categories: Weather|0 Comments

Consumer Electronic Show

Last week I had the pleasure of spending a couple of days at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas and I felt like a kid in a candy store. Lots of new big screen TV's with some great resolution like 4K (4 times the number of pixels), as well as a new breed of Smart TV's. I had my eye on some of the new 80" TV's, I [...]

By Dieter Ammann|2012-01-16T15:10:59+00:00January 16th, 2012|Categories: Conventions|0 Comments

USPS Proposes Sweeping Changes

Many of you have heard by now that the United States Postal Service has announced price increases which will take effect January 22nd, 2012. The price increase, which averages 4.6 percent across all of its services, will see the cost of a stamp rising to $0.45 while the cost of Priority Mail packages will rise 3.1 percent overall. These price increases, however, are just the first of many changes [...]

By Joshua Farrell|2011-12-05T15:42:26+00:00December 5th, 2011|Categories: Opinion, Shipping|0 Comments

Overnight Delivery Service

For many years we have been using either FedEx or UPS Next Day Service, ignoring the US Postal Service Express Mail. Recently we took another look at Express Mail and we were surprised at the competitive rates offered, typically less than either UPS or FedEx. Express Mails strong point is that there is no Fuel Surcharge and no Dimension Weight rating. The fuel surcharge for both FedEx and UPS change [...]

By Dieter Ammann|2011-07-27T12:13:48+00:00July 27th, 2011|Categories: Fulfillment Services, Shipping|0 Comments

Canada Postal workers back on the job

Back-To-Work Legislation was passed by the Canadian Government late Sunday night. Canadian Postal employees will be back on the job beginning Monday June 27, 2011, at 8:30 p.m. Canadian Postal deliveries will probably be slow for a few days because of the large volume of mail that had been held due to the strike.

By Dieter Ammann|2011-06-27T08:10:19+00:00June 27th, 2011|Categories: Fulfillment Services, Shipping|0 Comments

Canadian Postal Strike Continues

Looks like the Canadian Parliament is set to to intervene in the strike / lockout. Look for this to be resolved by the end of June or shortly thereafter.

By Dieter Ammann|2011-06-23T18:13:04+00:00June 23rd, 2011|Categories: Fulfillment Services, Shipping|0 Comments

Canada Post Lockout

With the Canada Post lockout and without mail service in Canada, it looks like the Canadian government is going to step in. It could take the Canadian legislature about a week to pass new legislation to end the Canadian postal dispute.

By Dieter Ammann|2011-06-15T15:05:40+00:00June 15th, 2011|Categories: Fulfillment Services, Shipping|0 Comments

Rotating Postal Strike in Canada

I'm getting weary of writing about the Canadian Postal Service but it is affecting companies in the US, so we have to keep an eye on it. The Canadian Postal workers union is now doing rotating strikes, where workers strike for 24 hours at a time rotating from city to city. The problem for the postal workers is that Canadians have cut back in using the postal service and now [...]

By Dieter Ammann|2011-06-08T15:16:24+00:00June 8th, 2011|Categories: Fulfillment Services, Shipping|0 Comments

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