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Posting Date: July 13, 2003
 

Starved for cash on my ATM diet -- "You say, So what? ATMs are convenient! But in the first week of my ATM diet I realized that these seemingly insignificant withdrawals -- $20 here, $40 there -- take quite a bite out of your budget. The “extra” cash gives you license to spend -- a fallacy which becomes abundantly clear when you’re working with a finite amount." (Comments: Interesting perspective on convenience. The logic seems to flow like this: (1) ATMs are convenient, (2) Things that are convenient can be evil, (3) ATMs are convenient, ergo, ATMs can be evil. The trick is to fight the evil side of convenience.)

 

  

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I think this is true of mobility and value added services. These can be served up as convenient, but can sting you in the long run as they add up. I am certainly finding this with www.applemusic.com - all too easy to download albumns and songs. Convenience at the right price can also be deadly.

Posted by: daniel szuc on July 14, 2003 05:39 AM


 

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