Posted by Mika on 11/28/07 08:38

"Bergamot" <bergamot@visi.com> wrote in message
news:5r3oodF12u6n2U1@mid.individual.net...
> Mika wrote:
>> "Bergamot" <bergamot@visi.com> wrote in message
>> news:5r3bs6F12lfo6U1@mid.individual.net...
>>> Mika wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The online sites we
>>>> link to are UK shops and designed for UK visitors as they won't ship
>>>> overseas
>>>
>>> Really? When did Miami, Beverly Hills, San Francisco, and New York
>>> relocate to the UK? They are listed bold as day on your home page.
>>
>> *Sigh* it's like spoon feeding a baby this. Reread what we said, then
>> work
>> out why your comment is pointless.
>
> I reread it. I quote:
> "...The online sites we
> link to are UK shops and designed for UK visitors as they won't ship
> overseas unfortunately (this is out of our hands). If you are in the UK
> the page should load in a few seconds."
>
> In another post, replying to rf:
> "Oh dear you are ready to be offended... but no, it is not our choice,
> it is the choice of the shops. 99% of them do not offer International
> delivery you see, so unless you live in the UK, there is little point
> shopping at UK online shops. Do you understand now? Is that okay?
> Shall we rewrite all their websites and convert their delivery depots
> for you? This is a UK site featuring UK streets on a UK server. Is
> that unfair? Do you want us to move Oxford Street to Pakistan perhaps?"
>
> Your statements insisting it's strictly UK is obviously false.

Oh. My. God. Well, just for fun, we are going to help you with the plain
English we used. Ready? Are you sitting down? Here we go...


We said, "The online sites we link to are UK SHOPS".

You replied, "When did Miami, Beverly Hills, San Francisco, and New York
relocate to the UK?"

Solution to the puzzle:

Miami, Beverley Hills, SF, and NY are not... "SHOPS"... *gasp*. They are
funny things called "States".


Now let's think about this Berg. Did we say, "The online sites we link to
are UK STATES"? Or did we say, "The online sites we link to are UK SHOPS"?
Hmm... are you getting warm yet?

That's right! Clever boy! :) You got it! All 3 full Streetscapes are UK
streets. The other 'Street-lites' are link to brands you'd find around the
world, and they all still link to *UK* shop websites.

Why? Because you can't actually have a truly international shopping site
where all or even most products are available to be delivered to visitors
from all countries. Virtually no single retailer supports this delivery
structure. The USA is reknowned for not allowing UK delivery addresses when
shopping at its websites. Even Amazon have not managed this on the whole,
so they split their site into UK, USA, Germany, Australia, etc. to solve the
problem.

Berg, let's help you understand. We are a small startup. We have chosen to
start in the UK. It could have been USA or Australia if we lived there, but
we are in the UK.

If we get big, sure, one day Superhighstreet.COM (which means 'Commercial',
not 'USA', and is used by the majority of British websites) will be our
global portal, and redirect you to our .co.uk, .au and all other
country-specific sites just like Amazon, but for now, as we are just
beginning, is it okay by you if we just support one country at the start?
Like just about every single website that has ever been launched in the
history of mankind did? Is that okay? Please Berg? Pretty please? Only
with your consent to this ludicrous proposal of ours can we ever find the
comfort to go on!...

:P

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