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| ▲ | efskap 7 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| It worked for Amazon.com in 1995! > Bezos: We got an order from somebody in Bulgaria, and this person sent us cash through the mail to pay for their order. And they sent us two crisp $100 bills. And they put these two $100 bills inside a floppy disk. And then they put a note on the cover of the floppy disk, and they mailed this whole thing to us. And the note on the cover of the floppy disk said, "The money is inside the floppy disk. The customs inspectors steal the money, but they don't read English." That shows you the effort to which people will go to be able to buy things. |
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| ▲ | TulliusCicero 6 days ago | parent [-] | | > That shows you the effort to which people will go to be able to buy things. It shows you the effort that some people will go to be able to buy things if they also don't have good alternatives. But if we're talking about a hypothetical Steam competitor, then Steam still exists and takes credit cards. |
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| ▲ | TimorousBestie 7 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| You can’t realistically target anyone inside the US with it either. USPS is allowed to seize cash in packages if it believes it’s being used for illegal purposes. |
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| ▲ | BlueTemplar 4 days ago | parent [-] | | We are discussing legal purchases though, not illegal ones. At least I hope that USPS is forbidden from not (eventually) delivering legal packages ? |
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| ▲ | veeti 7 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Back in the days we used to mail cash in an envelope all the way to Britain just for some RuneScape membership time. |
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| ▲ | TulliusCicero 7 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| You can't even realistically target people inside the US with this. How many people are gonna mail cash to buy digital games? Gimme a fucking break. Yes, a small business in the 90s may have been able to make it work, but it's not the 90s anymore. |
