Why Borders Will Go Out Of Business

6pm.com Pricing Mistake

While we’re sure this was a great deal for customers, it was inadvertent, and we took a big loss (over $1.6 million – ouch) selling so many items so far under cost. However, it was our mistake. We will be honoring all purchases that took place on 6pm.com during our mess up.

Just last weekend, Borders screwed up similarly: Borders Does A Price Bait And Switch!

How did they handle that? They wiped out all of the orders and sent everyone a twenty-five dollar gift card!

Now, which of these two companies do you think people will be praising and praising and praising in the weeks to come?

What 6pm.com did cost them money. But how they handled that mistake showed what their corporate soul is.

They understand that a customer is really priceless.

Borders thinks a customer is worth twenty-five bucks.

And that’s why we’ll all be saying goodbye to Borders down the road.

The iPad Is Not A Lifeboat

Three things come together to prompt this post, two of which are economic:

California budget crisis: it’s worse than you think
A perfect storm for unemployment in June

The looting and wreckage of the worldwide economy is something I first started tracking in 2008 (and I was late to it!).

A $449.99 iPhone App For $1.99?

From time to time — OK, when I’m bored — I go through the TwitPic Public Timeline. It’s really fascinating.

Today I came across this:

There’s a “funny videos” app for iPhone that costs $449?? What the hell?

So I went to iTunes, searched for “iFunny” and found this:

So, which is correct? And is the non-sale price really $449.99?