In part one of our story, I rode out to battle against what now feels like the absolutely quaint notion that barraging the game's community with media hyping future cash shop products that conspicuously excludes pricing, then releasing those products at absurd price
points with only a few days of availability was a predatory and anti-consumer way to market a product that leveraged fear of missing out to take advantage of players of a certain mindset.
If you're hoarding
points with only a vague notion that you'll take a dream trip in a year or two, using your points to pay down debt might be a no - brainer.
With an introduction of the Citi ThankYou Premier 50K Bonus, you are able to earn 100,000
points with only two credit card applications.
and how can my score drop 9
points with only one charge of $ 900 as the only change?
That clinched United's sixth win in their last seven league games, and all but confirmed their place in the top four by extending the lead over fifth - placed Chelsea to fourteen
points with only a few games remaining.
United are currently sixth in the table, trailing league leaders Chelsea by 15
points with only 16 more games remaining.
Chelsea managed to hold on to their slim lead to extend their advantage at the top of the Premier League to 10
points with only six games to play before the end of the season.
The thing is, City have been able to get 27
points with only one player in form and with several injuries.
He's got 22
points with only two misses on the night.
I'm a SAHM so there's a lot of flexibility at
this point with only one in school full - time.
They save you time, getting right to
the point with only the information you need.
As a result, BCH had very slow blocks, at one
point with only 2 blocks found in a 10 hour period.
But the Capitals tied the game on Lars Eller's deflection of a shot from
the point with only 65 seconds remaining in the first period.
Best of all, the guide is written with new grads in mind, so it gets right to
the point with only the information they need.
In our accounting assistant resume sample, we accomplish this by dividing the resume into neatly compartmentalized sections and minimizing each one to short, efficient statements that get right to
the point with only the most pivotal details.
«We are left at
this point with the only objective evidence being that of Dr. Elterman, who is appointed by the court and has extensive, well recognized qualifications.
Not exact matches
The
only difference between you and Giggles is that she's a demonic clown, dressed in a bloody tutu
with a frightening smile filled
with pointed teeth.
Last year, a CMB Consumer Pulse survey
pointed out that
only half of smartphone users had heard of mobile payments.Of that half,
only 8 percent are familiar
with the technology.
There's never been a better medium for reaching so many people at once but
with only 140 characters you've got to have a
point — and it better be a good one.
I work well under pressure, and my brain's gotten to a
point where it will
only give me an idea while I'm talking it out
with my best friend, who's my makeup artist.
China is a case in
point, but it is not the
only country
with such practices,» Lagarde said while speaking to RTL on Wednesday.
A few things stand out about this particular rate change: first, the magnitude of influence that just a quarter percentage -
point change had on the stock market; second, the current rate
with an upper range of.50 % compared to the various long - term averages of about 5 %; and third, the rate remains historically low,
with only minute incremental changes, despite the relatively good news we continue to read about the economy.
With that much money at stake, it would
only make sense that crypto holdings will start to become a major focal
point in IRS audits.
Not
only do all these channels constantly
point to each other and give customers reason to engage
with the company, Eat24 social media manager Patty Jordan says they make customers feel like they're talking
with people, not a robot or business.
Only one thing is really standing in the way at this
point: «The biggest challenge to adopting that is really for [wireless] operators to come up
with a good way to manage your plan, because clearly you don't want to pay another $ 50 a month just to get a SIM card.»
Chen recommends that businesses invest in VoIP over Wi - Fi at this
point only if there's a clear need for it, your network can handle the added traffic and you can live
with its current shortcomings.
Not
only did he score just 11
points, including none in the fourth quarter, but things got worse after the game when he had a confrontation
with a fan and took a shot at a Cleveland radio host for
only asking questions after the Cavs lose.
It seems
only licensed users will cash in until rec use is legal — at which
point upstarts will likely be competing
with such giants as Shoppers Drug Mart.
Tran wanted to make sure couriers, who are his startup's
only human
point of contact
with customers, would feel loyal toward the company, represent it well, and be available when needed.
Purchases of usage subscriptions (including credits,
points, and / or virtual currency) or any virtual items made available on the online services are nonrefundable, have no monetary value (i.e., are not a cash account or equivalent), and are purchases of
only a limited, non-exclusive, revocable, non-assignable, personal, and non-transferable right to use, even if such came
with a durational term (e.g., a monthly subscription).
In case you're not familiar
with the company, Waze is similar to Google Maps,
only it uses route suggestions from users to inform other users on the quickest and most efficient way to get from
Point A to
Point B.
Slowly but surely, tech vendors are recognizing that they not
only have to be on
point regarding product functionality and support, they must also make genuine human connections
with customers — developing relationships that inspire more than a transactional bond between parties but instead build bonds based on trust and real human experiences.
As Harvard's David Weinberger
pointed out in a recent post, Reddit has always been a semi-autonomous community, one that operates
with only a very loose set of rules about behavior.
Not
only has its online traffic expanded to the
point where it is neck - and - neck
with the New York Times, but the Post recently said that it is profitable, which puts it in a very select group of print - based media companies.
Indeed, as labour economist Jim Stanford recently
pointed out, our GDP growth fell behind six of the G7 in the second and third quarters of last year, beating
only Italy
with an average advance of 1.7 % during the six - month period.
And not
only is it sweatproof, but it also comes
with a lifetime warranty for sweat - related damages: If you soak your pair to the
point of oblivion, Jaybird will send you a new one.
The casino was fined $ 10 million, but by that
point, Trump was associated
with the business in name
only.
Instead, says product manager Michael Soule, the company has created «challenger» sticks, each
with a key
point of differentiation: The carbon - fibre EK15 costs $ 199, has a low «kick
point» (designed for faster wrist shots) and is the
only stick under 400 grams.
So in the spirit of simplicity we said we are going to come in
with only one price
point.
«I was given this book at the beginning of my manager journey, and the main
point is that you're
only as good as the team you surround yourself
with.
I have UX training, decades of experience, personal preferences, and career UX / UXD professionals on my team, and even
with all these seemingly valuable data
points, it
only yields a UX hypothesis that must be validated
with user testing.
Further, there had to be someone out there down a
point in his or her championship
with Jake Elliott as the kicker who for a brief moment thought he or she had won in a miracle,
only to be crushed as the Eagles chose to kneel.
In an interview
with Fortune, Chapman, who received fellow animators» support after going public about the ordeal, recalled her struggle «being the
only woman in the room trying to explain my characters»
point of view of the mother and daughter and why they're both sympathetic and they're both not sympathetic.
The first two
points are limited in the impact they demonstrate: The Temple study showed no decrease in DUI deaths on weekends, when the cost of UberX rides tends to rise
with demand - based pricing, while the data from Seattle is
only from that one city.
Avon gained
only 1.1 percentage
points of share in the direct - selling industry during the same time frame,
with 11.4 % of the market in 2011.
For example, in «A Short History of the Income Tax,» John Steele Gordon
points out that the U.S. income tax act of 1913 was
only 14 pages long; by 1942, it had blossomed to 208 pages
with over three - quarters of them «devoted to closing or defining loopholes» that tax lawyers and accountants were using to «game the system.»
With only 160 characters to use, ensure your message is to - the -
point and delivers high value so your customer is motivated to respond positively.
If a company boss can't play
with a government official, there's little
point in him spending his money,» said the owner of a golf equipment store in Shanghai who
only gave his surname as Huang.
Belgium, in particular, has 26 years
with debt - to - GDP above 90 percent,
with an average growth rate of 2.6 percent (though this is
only counted as one total
point due to the weighting above).
He
pointed out that the
only reason he had $ 17,000
with which to start Under Armour was that he'd started a previous business at Maryland, selling roses by the dozen.