Comments on: What is value? Help settle an argument http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2007/07/06/what-is-value-help-settle-an-argument/ We lose money so you don't have to! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:41:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: joe http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2007/07/06/what-is-value-help-settle-an-argument/comment-page-1/#comment-158 joe Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:40:51 +0000 http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2007/07/06/what-is-value-help-settle-an-argument/#comment-158 My wife loves Free 411. Is it just me, or are those pre-number ads getting longer and longer? My wife loves Free 411. Is it just me, or are those pre-number ads getting longer and longer?

]]> By: joe http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2007/07/06/what-is-value-help-settle-an-argument/comment-page-1/#comment-157 joe Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:40:01 +0000 http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2007/07/06/what-is-value-help-settle-an-argument/#comment-157 Michael: I suppose it's true that there is no <em>truly</em> free information, but that's a level of abstraction that doesn't directly impact my wallet. If I start counting <em>those</em> costs as well as the literal, direct ones, I'll drive myself nuts in short order. Michael: I suppose it’s true that there is no truly free information, but that’s a level of abstraction that doesn’t directly impact my wallet. If I start counting those costs as well as the literal, direct ones, I’ll drive myself nuts in short order.

]]> By: Sabrina http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2007/07/06/what-is-value-help-settle-an-argument/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Sabrina Sun, 08 Jul 2007 21:20:31 +0000 http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2007/07/06/what-is-value-help-settle-an-argument/#comment-153 Free 411 1-800-373-3411 Now you can have it NOW for FREE! That's how we like it ;) Free 411

1-800-373-3411

Now you can have it NOW for FREE! That’s how we like it ;)

]]> By: Michael D. http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2007/07/06/what-is-value-help-settle-an-argument/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Michael D. Sat, 07 Jul 2007 22:12:06 +0000 http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2007/07/06/what-is-value-help-settle-an-argument/#comment-147 Some interesting points made so far, however I surprised no has mentioned that there is no free information. Lets take Joe's example of a 411 call, while we know the cost of the 411 call, there is also a cost to scrolling though the phone book. The white pages may not charge us .99 cents, yet there is a cost in time or what economists would call an opportunity cost. Some interesting points made so far, however I surprised no has mentioned that there is no free information. Lets take Joe’s example of a 411 call, while we know the cost of the 411 call, there is also a cost to scrolling though the phone book. The white pages may not charge us .99 cents, yet there is a cost in time or what economists would call an opportunity cost.

]]> By: Joe http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2007/07/06/what-is-value-help-settle-an-argument/comment-page-1/#comment-146 Joe Sat, 07 Jul 2007 20:51:41 +0000 http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2007/07/06/what-is-value-help-settle-an-argument/#comment-146 I'm agreeing with Sarah and Sabrina. Think of it as a convenience fee. Do you ever call #411 to get a number? Why, when it's freely available elsewhere? Because you're willing to pay for it to have it NOW, without taking the time to look it up. I’m agreeing with Sarah and Sabrina. Think of it as a convenience fee. Do you ever call #411 to get a number? Why, when it’s freely available elsewhere? Because you’re willing to pay for it to have it NOW, without taking the time to look it up.

]]> By: Sarah Lewis http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2007/07/06/what-is-value-help-settle-an-argument/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Sarah Lewis Sat, 07 Jul 2007 20:21:54 +0000 http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2007/07/06/what-is-value-help-settle-an-argument/#comment-145 I don't think of it as paying for information so much as paying for the gathering and compiling of that information. That's what almost all books (traditional and e-books) do, right? And classes, and workshops, and just about any other form of learning. I don't mind paying for someone to gather information and present it in a way that makes previously-unmanageable content accessible. The factor that determines value to me is how <em>well</em> the information is compiled. If it's essentially a Google search with no real value added, yeah, I'm not going to pay for that. On the other hand, if someone compiles information that would have taken me a long time to find, or presents it in a logical, sequential format that makes it easy to digest, I'll gladly pay for that, and potentially continue to pay as long as I need it. I don’t think of it as paying for information so much as paying for the gathering and compiling of that information. That’s what almost all books (traditional and e-books) do, right? And classes, and workshops, and just about any other form of learning.

I don’t mind paying for someone to gather information and present it in a way that makes previously-unmanageable content accessible.

The factor that determines value to me is how well the information is compiled. If it’s essentially a Google search with no real value added, yeah, I’m not going to pay for that.

On the other hand, if someone compiles information that would have taken me a long time to find, or presents it in a logical, sequential format that makes it easy to digest, I’ll gladly pay for that, and potentially continue to pay as long as I need it.

]]> By: Sabrina http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2007/07/06/what-is-value-help-settle-an-argument/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Sabrina Sat, 07 Jul 2007 18:39:11 +0000 http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2007/07/06/what-is-value-help-settle-an-argument/#comment-144 Well, I won't lie, I've bought cereal at the gas station, a quart of oil or two and paid way more than I should've, and would've saved money if I'd gone to the appropriate place to find that kind of thing. It's the price of convenience, I think I might pay for it if it was worth it to me. Say for a compilation CD, I'd pay twice what I would for a normal cd if the compilation was one that I liked completely. Well, I won’t lie, I’ve bought cereal at the gas station, a quart of oil or two and paid way more than I should’ve, and would’ve saved money if I’d gone to the appropriate place to find that kind of thing.

It’s the price of convenience, I think I might pay for it if it was worth it to me. Say for a compilation CD, I’d pay twice what I would for a normal cd if the compilation was one that I liked completely.

]]> By: TJ http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2007/07/06/what-is-value-help-settle-an-argument/comment-page-1/#comment-141 TJ Sat, 07 Jul 2007 02:03:37 +0000 http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2007/07/06/what-is-value-help-settle-an-argument/#comment-141 I've only bought bottled water when I was in dorms where the sink waster was disgusting. If its filtered, theres no reason to buy bottled water especially when some brands (Dasani) taste horrible. If it has a cool cover? Uhh...save the image to your computer? It seems like a waste of money to buy information thats readily available online. If it was bound in printed materials, then it would make some sense to be charging for free information. I’ve only bought bottled water when I was in dorms where the sink waster was disgusting. If its filtered, theres no reason to buy bottled water especially when some brands (Dasani) taste horrible.

If it has a cool cover? Uhh…save the image to your computer?

It seems like a waste of money to buy information thats readily available online. If it was bound in printed materials, then it would make some sense to be charging for free information.

]]> By: Joe http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2007/07/06/what-is-value-help-settle-an-argument/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Joe Fri, 06 Jul 2007 23:17:56 +0000 http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2007/07/06/what-is-value-help-settle-an-argument/#comment-140 Don't pull any punches, TJ. Tell us what you really think. Have you never bought bottled water? What if the free information has a really cool book cover? Don’t pull any punches, TJ. Tell us what you really think. Have you never bought bottled water? What if the free information has a really cool book cover?

]]> By: TJ http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2007/07/06/what-is-value-help-settle-an-argument/comment-page-1/#comment-139 TJ Fri, 06 Jul 2007 22:58:55 +0000 http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2007/07/06/what-is-value-help-settle-an-argument/#comment-139 Absolutely not. Charging for free information is unethical. It's like those idiots who post flyers on campuses with websites that charge you money for lists of survey sites. Waste of time. Absolutely not. Charging for free information is unethical. It’s like those idiots who post flyers on campuses with websites that charge you money for lists of survey sites. Waste of time.

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