If ubiquity is a primary concern for us, why don't we just give them a cash price? (Practicality: Use PayPal or wire transfer if the winner does not have a £ bank account)
On 29 November 2013 20:03, Andrew Gray <shimg...@gmail.com> 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" <fae...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 27 November 2013 14:18, Richard Symonds >> <richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> 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 >> -- >> fae...@gmail.com http://j.mp/faewm >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > >
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