John Rumm coughed up some electrons that declared:
I don't doubt it John. But what seems to escape these eejits, is the design and implementation is largely a one off capital expense amortised over as many customers as you can muster. You know that of course, but I had to say it. Every website needs ongoing development and maintenance, and I doubt a good website is *much* more costly to maintain and develop than a crap one.
OK, perhaps a fancy website with excellent descriptions and good seraching and store integration takes more user input and more hardware, but again, that's amortised over the whole operation. TS managed most of it bar the good descriptions, which is odd, because I assume they produce their catalogue electronically, so surely the lines data could just be shared between catalogue and website. It's almost as if they expect you to browse the web with catalogue in hand (web shows the page number by each item).
Brains not invented here probably...
OK, I did cite Germans. Who for the most part seem to spawn less genetic waste than us (thinking of the Bavarians and Franconians - can't speak for the rest of them). But I assume if such a thing happens, they come knocking on the door of the last card payer for that bike.
Sounds similar to Harrow. Down here, we've got the Allington incinerator/generator plant gradually coming on line. They recycle householder seperated waste (not clear if that's a mixed scheme or totally seperated scheme) and burn the rest for electricity.
Good old Harrison for getting the ball rolling :) But did you notice how much trouble he had getting his prize for the H-4 despite meeting the targets. Board of Longtitude = Administrators?
Smiting. That's what we need. Good selective smiting.
Cheers
Tim