You're continually misinterpreting what I say and I'm not sure how, because I'm being quite clear and careful in my language. Companies don't give a shit if they're doing the right thing or not. They're doing what others consider to be the right thing because it makes them money. But, they have to do it well in order for it to be profitable.
Employees are rewarded in the for-profit world monetarily by DOING THEIR JOB. And if their job is to put together a bitchin fundraiser that'll maximize donations in order to improve company image, then they're MOTIVATED to do that. If their job is to manage donations so that the company can post a better bottom line than other companies in that particular charity space, then they're MOTIVATED to do that.

Again, I said they're motivated to make an impact. That doesn't mean they actually care about the cause they're making an impact on. Sure it helps if they do, but in absolute terms, someone who's trying to make an impact because it benefits them is going to do better than someone who's trying to make an impact because it makes them feel warm and fuzzy.

Don't get me wrong, charities are great. But people do a better job when the result is internalized in some way. Non-profits don't have that same internalization, and to the point, local food pantry workers don't benefit whatsoever unless they're stealing from the pantry. A good portion of the volunteer population doesn't feel strongly for the cause they're volunteering for anyway, they just do it to feel like good people.

This post was edited by dxlightning on Mar 28 2015 05:37am

ordering some shit from vuugo...keeps declining my shiz

and it accepts. now i have 3 orders

rip

This post was edited by partank on Mar 28 2015 07:24am

You know you're American when you condone volunteer work and want to privatize every charitable contribution.

This argument isn't going to conclude if you guys are going to argue about motivation. Every case is different. For example, Someone who has a personal experience with homelessness let's say can be far more motivated to help than someone making 8 bucks an hour. There's just so many factors and it's useless to argue about it.

What Can be contested though is dx claim that donated money would be better spent by a for profit rather than a non profit. In which case he can refer to the above paragraph. Every case is different.

Some people value their actions in this life by the penny, and some for the betterment of mankind. It's your own choice as to the why or to even have a why.

What you're failing to realize dx is that you need both for a society to function to its greatest potential. Without either one, lives definitely would be changed for the worse When looking at the greater good.

Again, your choice whether you want to be part of it, or stand on the sidelines and criticize and insult a side you don't agree with.

This post was edited by pcgamingred on Mar 28 2015 07:53am

Woah, apparently all Future Shop's are closed effective immediately. Some will be converted in Best Buy's, poorly performing ones will not. No prior warning either, so thousands of people are out of work with no prior knowledge.

There's 3 Future Shops in my area and 2 Best Buy's. The Future Shops are pretty busy so I assume at least 2 of the 3 will be converted. But it's a huge shock. Also, Best Buy is a more traditional retail outlet. There is no commission on sales. At Future Shop there was.

..wow

best buy and FS both rip offs anyway

This post was edited by h4bs on Mar 28 2015 08:23am

Futureshop in Burlington is a complete waste of money on their end. There is NEVER anyone in there. Meanwhile Best Buy is packed all the time. Same with the ones on the Queensway in Etobicoke. Bad store.

Chromecast and the Plex app is all you need.



Fucked up with Futureshop. They were already owned by Best Buy and there was no real difference between the stores so the ones being converted won't really change. The only thing they're good for is their price beat policy.

Makes sense but 1500 jobs gone with no warning... another reason to hate Best Buy. They always blindside people. Apparently they have an upcharge when you buy a computer to install a basic suite of applications that usually comes with the PC - if you don't pay the upcharge, the geek squad guys actually have to spend time uninstalling programs from the computer before they give it to you.

This post was edited by dxlightning on Mar 28 2015 09:31am

Thankfully my gift card I got will still work at Best Buy.

Was worried $100 would go down the drain.

The bigger picture though is all the people who suddenly lost their jobs with no warning at all.

Real kick in the teeth....

The retail market is really changing.

in B.C other major traditional retail outlets are feeling the pinch as well.

Sears closed one of its flagship stores at Richmond Centre and there is talks of more being closed as well.

I would say in about 5-10 years we are going to see a large chunk of major retail chains either go under, or be reduced severely mainly due to inability to compete with online shopping that is rapidly becoming cheaper and more convenient.

sweden sees the trend of online stores getting physical stores with the same price, aswell as pick-up-points in the major cities where u can drive by and pick it up straight out of the storage. there's also stores that is just a big storage with cashiers so u can go through the storage and get shit