I really like the idea of a discount on purchasing the DR gear. That would have been real nice before Christmas. But, like someone else said, it shouldn't offset the ETS benefit too much. Perhaps even a discount on other gear purchased from various manufacturers. Or a discount at a particular online store. I am sure they would not mind offering such a discount for reaching a fairly large buying audience. A discount on purchases alone would be worth the cost. The numbers (i.e. percent of discount) should be easy to figure out.
I'd love that too. I can't afford any of it right now.
But two things...
1) DR gear supports the foundation. So, you would give some money up front and then they could lose a fair amount more over the course of a year. Its a bit cannibalistic.
2) In my discussions with DR he has alluded to the idea that the DR gear doesn't have enormous markups to begin with.
Certainly a nice thing to wish for but I think its counterproductive to the ultimate goal.
I'd like to see an ability to mark posts as favorites, a voting mechanism, that would make very relevant posts with great information easier to find. You know, a lot of places like ted.com or digg have a little +1 or thumbs up.
Then when you are searching for posts on a topic, these "value" posts rise to the top, whereas "attaboys" and "will this work with my ipod?" drop to the bottom.
This would really add a lot of value for me!
Previous Topic
Index
