the rabbit hole » kinkos http://bugssite.org where you feel a little closer to home Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:04:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1-alpha FedEx and Kinkos: Charge for opening up files? http://bugssite.org/blog/2008/10/25/fedex-kinkos-charge-for-opening-up-files/ http://bugssite.org/blog/2008/10/25/fedex-kinkos-charge-for-opening-up-files/#comments Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:10:40 +0000 Shane http://bugssite.org/?p=269 I was reading my favorite online comic, HiJinks Ensue, and the comic posted on the 22nd of October, explained the potential and fatal flaw within the FedEx Kinko’s model. Charging a customer for each double click of a file to open for printing is to me charging a paying customers to write one line of code even it was just a:


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The best part is if anyone orders the comic from Joel at HiJinks Ensue, he is going to bring it back to the FedEx Kinkos to prove a point to them. I hope he gives them an inexpensive thumbdrive.

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