Vouchers to the value of --- (or a list of three or four options) seems perfectly fine to me.
Agree on anecdote ;-) A. On 29 November 2013 20:29, rexx <[email protected]> wrote: > Surely the easiest solution is to offer "gift vouchers of the winner's > choice to the value of £X" and ask all the finalists what their preference > is? The moral dilemma is then conveniently shuffled off onto the recipient. > > Anecdotally, I took me almost a year to redeem my last Amazon gift voucher - > my sense of duty to the givers finally overcame my distaste for Amazon's tax > avoidance; on the other hand, my John Lewis voucher was used almost > immediately. You may draw the conclusion that either (i) I own a lot of > cushions, or (ii) the plural of anecdote is not data. > > Cheers > -- > Rexx > > > > On 29 November 2013 20:03, Andrew Gray <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The average time it takes me to redeem an Amazon voucher is under a month. >> I can say from experience I hang on to John Lewis vouchers for a lot longer >> before needing to buy a cushion ;) >> >> I agree with that Amazon vouchers are potentially problematic, but they're >> also a lot more useful than many other options due to sheer ubiquity, and I >> think people appreciate the sense that they can be used for books & don't >> require offline use. It's a trade-off... >> >> A. >> >> On 27 Nov 2013 14:39, "Fæ" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On 27 November 2013 14:18, Richard Symonds >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > To be fair, I will be moving away from Amazon for day-to-day purchases >>> > after >>> > watching Panorama last night... it's not really feasible to move away >>> > from >>> > Amazon vouchers, but I will definitely look into how we might be able >>> > to. >>> >>> I have always been against giving Amazon vouchers. If you have to use >>> vouchers, then employee-owned organizations like John-Lewis are always >>> going to be a more ethical purchase. >>> >>> The TV programme was entertainment, not an analysis. Amazon did not >>> get an opportunity to respond. In particular having been a quality >>> manager for factory floor production, using basic statistical process >>> control for optimizing batch pick time is not in the least bit >>> unreasonable. Bizarrely worker break times were not mentioned (nobody >>> works a 10 hour shift without multiple reasonable breaks), neither was >>> the very fair process for allocating and rewarding night-work shifts. >>> I don't know why anyone would pick stock in areas where the light were >>> out, this was plainly a stupid thing to do, and the floor manager at >>> the time should have asked staff to not do that and defer those jobs >>> until the electrician had fixed those problems. >>> >>> It may be worth asking Amazon for a direct statement about how they >>> respond to the criticism (from a single contract employee and from >>> haphazardly self-selected ex-employees, that the programme was almost >>> entirely based on). >>> >>> Fae >>> -- >>> [email protected] http://j.mp/faewm >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia UK mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >>> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >> > -- - Andrew Gray [email protected] _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
