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Morning Lineup – January 28

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Monday Morning – Let's Make a Deal

It has been quite a while since I purchased anything through eBay, but three days ago I did again.  And I was pleasantly surprised to find that the procedure for confirming and paying for it through PayPal has been greatly simplified.  Nowadays PayPal is the only payment method allowed for eBay purchases which is ok for most folks.  It's been, what?, about 8 years since eBay bought PayPal outright and integrated it into their operation.  But there was always a tedious path to pay for your winning bid (or Buy Now purchase) where you had to stop what you were doing and, following the trail they laid out, logging into your PayPal account and going through another procedure.  Like I say, it was tedious.

Now it is much more streamlined as they have made it zippier (is that a word?) to finish your transaction.  No more pausing to log in through another window and pop-ups.  Now you just click on the Confirm button and go with it.  As I recall from my recent experience, eBay had my PayPal password already on file and all I had to do was give it a couple of clicks and I was done.  I was so surprised to find myself finished with the transaction so quickly that I backtracked through my steps looking for something I missed.  But no, that was it.

Personally I like PayPal a lot.  It is a very safe and secure way to handle cash transactions for retailing purposes and it doesn't cost the purchaser anything.  The seller is charged a few pennies for handling the transaction which they do smoothly, but it is worth it.  I have used it directly with other people selling goods, and with private parties who also have their own PayPal accounts.  It truly is a good, safe way to pay for items.

I use PayPal for my Firegeezer coffee mug sales and am completely satisfied with their service.  A lot of people don't have PayPal accouts, but when they buy one of my mugs, they have the option of using their credit card instead.  No problemo…. we take them all and PayPal does all that work for me, too.  When you order one of my mugs and click the final button, within seconds the credit card is approved and the order ends up in my email box.  Couldn't be simpler.  So if you are thinking about buying my coffee mug (HERE) or our popular travel mug (HERE), don't let the payment method bother you at all.  It is safe and speedy, just like on eBay.

Now let's do a safe and not-speedy equipment check to start the day.  This is Monday, so it's the long checksheet today.  (I'll sure be glad when they put these things on the e-tablets.)  I'll get more coffee going through the Bunn-O-Matic and then see you back in the day room.  That's a deal!

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Posted by on January 28, 2013 • Filed under: morning lineup • Tagged:

Morning Lineup – June 16

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There is an internet pay transaction service that is very similar to PayPal, but is a fairly new operation.  It is called GPal and appears to function in pretty much the same way.  I would like to hear from anybody who has had any experience with GPal, such as good or bad impressions from it, or your personal use with it.

I’m not having any problem at all with PayPal and there are no plans to change from it, but it’s always good to keep up with the rapid and constantly changing innovations taking place in the Web.  If you have used GPal, please tell me what you think either by email or leaving a Comment.  Thanks.

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In the May 21 Lineup we talked about the up-and-coming Tesla electric car and their recent collaboration with Toyota.  If you missed that posting, CLICK HERE to read about Tesla and view the test-drive video of their sports roadster that acclerates from 0 to 60 mph in four seconds.

Yesterday Tesla filed the papers to begin the process to issue an IPO – Initial Public Offering of stock in the currently-closely held corporation.  They hope to issue the new stocks on June 29 and they expect to be listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the symbol “TSLA.”  The expectation is that they will raise about $180 million by selling 11 million shares at $14 to $16 in the offering.  Following the IPO they will sell an additional $50 million of their shares to Toyota which will pay for their $42 million purchase of the dormant auto assembly plant in Fremont, California.

They will use the proceeds of the IPO along with a $465 million loan from the U. S. Dept. of Energy to tool up the Fremont plant.

Tesla also disclosed that they have sold over 1,000 of their roadsters and have a backorder list for over 100 more.  The roadster will be taken out of production late this year or early 2011 while production of their Model S sedan ramps up at the Fremont facility.  The sedan is expected to be their practical entry into the auto market, selling for around $55,000.

The Tesla Model S

Once they get full production established, they expect to make postive advances toward profitability.  Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk has said his company’s biggest impact would come not by selling cars, but by selling EV drivetrain components.  They have an agreement with Daimler-Benz to provide batteries for D-B’s electric car development program, and they are also providing batteries to Freightliner for an electric delivery truck.

We’d better get our own energy ramped up and get this equipment checked out now.  I’m going to start the coffee, so I’ll see you back in the day room.

Posted by on June 16, 2010 • Filed under: morning lineup • Tagged: , , , ,

Morning Lineup – October 23

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It has been one week now since the blog community FireEMS Blogs landed in the WorldWideWeb with a bang.  You can imagine the many months of programming and preparations that the crew at Go>Forward Media went through to get it online.  And as you can expect, there are thousands of little pesky  problems that don’t show up until the system is up and running.  But I think they’re doing a terrific job of getting this new phase of the digital information age in operation.

The focal point of the “community” is the home site, FireEMS Blogs ( http://fireemsblogs.com/ ) where you can make a “one-stop shopping trip” to visit the 14 (and more coming) blogs in the group.  Just check periodically on the website and you will see the headlines and links to the most recent postings, kind of like an online RSS feed for the entire group.  And then you can just click on whatever article you want to read directly from the homepage.  And of course, you can always continue logging into your favorite sites directly, just like you’ve been doing.  But look around the FireEMS Blogs page and see how it’s laid out.  It’s a good way to catch up on the latest news and commentary in one stop.  I know that they have a lot more features planned to meld into the site once it is shifted into 4th gear and I’ll let you know as they come online.

Naturally, our own Firegeezer.com site has a few potholes that need filling, but they’re being taken care of efficiently as we find out about them.  Several of you have been very helpful by sending me emails to let me know of glitches that you’ve come across, and I’m grateful for your kind help there.  One of the hiccups was with our RSS feeds, but they seem to have been corrected.  Another surprise was the disappearance of the PayPal button that permitted the easy ordering of the GeezerCups.  I’ve taken care of that by setting up a separate page where the cups can be ordered.  If you’ll look on the right sidebar just under the translator box, you’ll see a Pages box and the last link in that section takes you right to the order page.

Another improved feature is our Search box.  It has been moved from the sidebar up to the very top of the page.  And it has an expanded capability.  Where before it searched our entire archives for the word that you entered, now you have the option of searching the the entire FireEMS Blogs community for the term.  As an example, lately there have been several discussions on a concept that has been dubbed EMS 2.0.  You can enter that in the Search box and set the Network radio button….. and there you go.

I hope you’ll take time today to log onto the FireEMS Blogs page and and check out our stable of blogs.  Perhaps you’ll discover a new one that you’d like to add to your Favorites list.  I’ll let you know of any fresh developments as they come along. 

And now here we go, off to get this equipment checked out.  I see that we need a fresh pot of coffee, so I’ll get to that right away.  See you back in the day room.

Posted by on October 23, 2009 • Filed under: morning lineup • Tagged: , ,