Comments on: Lessons from an Air Pump http://www.globalnerdy.com/2009/08/10/lessons-from-an-air-pump/ Tech Evangelist Joey deVilla on Shopify, startups, software development, tech news and other nerdy stuff Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:18:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Todd http://www.globalnerdy.com/2009/08/10/lessons-from-an-air-pump/comment-page-1/#comment-6697 Todd Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:25:51 +0000 http://www.globalnerdy.com/2009/08/10/lessons-from-an-air-pump/#comment-6697 I know it's late, but I loved this post! I recently came across my first pay for air pump here in Kelowna, BC. I was so p.o'd that I sped off and searched for another one until I found one that doesn't charge (yet). That being said, I had teh luxury of a vehicle at the time and wasn't dealing with a bike flat. I love riding my bike(s) whenever possible and have to agree with the other comments: find another option. Seriously though, why get a compressor? Seems to me that if the aim of cycling is health/environmentally oriented, then a hand or floor pump would be better suited to those aspects of lifestyle. I know it’s late, but I loved this post!
I recently came across my first pay for air pump here in Kelowna, BC. I was so p.o’d that I sped off and searched for another one until I found one that doesn’t charge (yet).
That being said, I had teh luxury of a vehicle at the time and wasn’t dealing with a bike flat. I love riding my bike(s) whenever possible and have to agree with the other comments: find another option. Seriously though, why get a compressor? Seems to me that if the aim of cycling is health/environmentally oriented, then a hand or floor pump would be better suited to those aspects of lifestyle.

]]> By: Adam Wisniewski http://www.globalnerdy.com/2009/08/10/lessons-from-an-air-pump/comment-page-1/#comment-5320 Adam Wisniewski Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:45:10 +0000 http://www.globalnerdy.com/2009/08/10/lessons-from-an-air-pump/#comment-5320 Not that I like it, but I think this design makes good business sense. I bet they often collect more than $1 per customer. Most customers probably wont go into the store asking for a refund for the mistake they made by putting the quarter in the wrong slot. I don't think the bad user experience here is enough to make anyone go to a competitors air compressor. What would make me go somewhere else is the price... $1 for air? that's robbery. I'm used to $0 - $0.50. Not that I like it, but I think this design makes good business sense. I bet they often collect more than $1 per customer. Most customers probably wont go into the store asking for a refund for the mistake they made by putting the quarter in the wrong slot.

I don’t think the bad user experience here is enough to make anyone go to a competitors air compressor. What would make me go somewhere else is the price… $1 for air? that’s robbery. I’m used to $0 – $0.50.

]]> By: Joey deVilla http://www.globalnerdy.com/2009/08/10/lessons-from-an-air-pump/comment-page-1/#comment-5316 Joey deVilla Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:11:02 +0000 http://www.globalnerdy.com/2009/08/10/lessons-from-an-air-pump/#comment-5316 <strong>Bob Firestone:</strong> A difficult prospect in an apartment building with a strict "bikes only in the garage and bike rooms; no biks in the halls" policy, especially when the bike room doesn't have any outlets. Bob Firestone: A difficult prospect in an apartment building with a strict “bikes only in the garage and bike rooms; no biks in the halls” policy, especially when the bike room doesn’t have any outlets.

]]> By: Bob Firestone http://www.globalnerdy.com/2009/08/10/lessons-from-an-air-pump/comment-page-1/#comment-5315 Bob Firestone Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:03:52 +0000 http://www.globalnerdy.com/2009/08/10/lessons-from-an-air-pump/#comment-5315 I think the real lesson is to spend $15 and get a small air compressor so you don't have to give the gas station a looney every time you need to add a couple PSI to your bike tire. I think the real lesson is to spend $15 and get a small air compressor so you don’t have to give the gas station a looney every time you need to add a couple PSI to your bike tire.

]]> By: Lessons from an Air Pump | Coded Style http://www.globalnerdy.com/2009/08/10/lessons-from-an-air-pump/comment-page-1/#comment-5314 Lessons from an Air Pump | Coded Style Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:26:49 +0000 http://www.globalnerdy.com/2009/08/10/lessons-from-an-air-pump/#comment-5314 [...] (This article also appears in my personal tech blog, Global Nerdy.) [...] [...] (This article also appears in my personal tech blog, Global Nerdy.) [...]

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