Like I said- it's not so much the phone but rather the software token itself. Outside of the development cost, they have an infinite supply of software tokens, and it costs them basically nothing to give you one. physical tokens have to be in stock (and this has been an issue before) and have to be physically shipped to a physical location- making them much more expensive to deploy. It's not just you that saves money, its SE- Most likely the reason they did it in the first place, given their financial condition.Quote:
The reasoning floating about that phones have a cost to them, I will probably never understand.
Mog Sachel for Software Token? how annoying
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05-15-2013, 01:04 AMAlhanelem
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05-15-2013, 05:12 AMUmichithis is also a use for the software token!Quote:
Originally Posted by WeeSol
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05-15-2013, 05:36 AMLosieWaaah.Quote:
Originally Posted by wildsprite
Seriously? :|You did not BUY the mog satchel. You bought the security token, a piece of hardware, with an incentive of receiving the satchel. Geeze, it was probably years ago anyways, like it's even that big of a deal. Do people really have this much of a grump just because someone gets something they once got for less/easier? It's the same mindset as new items in games.. Waah waah someone got something without spending as much time as I did five years ago when the game was totally different, I want better stuff than everyone else but I don't want to keep earning it!
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05-15-2013, 06:48 AMRosalieI have to agree totally with this. What SE's goal in offering the satchel to token users (hardware OR software) is not the money spent on the token, but to promote user security and reduce the manhours that need to be used to recover accounts that had been hacked.Quote:
Originally Posted by Losie
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05-15-2013, 07:22 AMAlhanelem
This is exactly like a company dropping the price on something after you buy it. Generally, it's tough luck, carveat emptor, buyer beware. People who buy something before the price goes down aren't generally entitled to a refund or discount.
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05-15-2013, 07:29 AMRosalieActually, outside of integrating the token into the software (i.e. development costs), e-merchandising, and giving the casing design to the outsourcing company, the tokens' manufacturing are actually handled not by SE, but by Vasco.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alhanelem
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05-15-2013, 08:42 AMAlhanelemThat's an irrelevant fact to point out. It costs SE money to buy and distribute the tokens, whether they own the factory that makes them or not. Your observation changes nothing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rosalie
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05-15-2013, 11:20 AMwildspriteseriously? do you feel better about yourself making comments like this? it doesn't matter if you are right or not how you make the comment makes you look like a jerkQuote:
Originally Posted by Losie
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05-15-2013, 11:43 AMAlhanelemIt may have been a jerky way to say it, but he's right.Quote:
Originally Posted by wildsprite
Regardless of how you look at it, the price you paid was tied to the token not the satchel, regardless of the reason why you paid the price. -
05-15-2013, 07:35 PMDragoyFor some, it was more like 12.98 USD. >:D×Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirage
Yes. My comment had nothing to do with that. It was about some users suggesting phones having a cost in them having something to do with anything. ^^Quote:
Originally Posted by Alhanelem