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AFKHero

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    AFKHero reacted to Jimkirk363 in Amazon employee (now fired) sold my info to 3rd Party   
    I think u need to change the thread header for this one...
     
    It states quite clearly Amazon didnt disclose the details, an employee did against their rules.
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    AFKHero got a reaction from PeachGr in Amazon employee (now fired) sold my info to 3rd Party   
    Anyone else receive one of these yesterday?  Looks like it is legit from Amazon and would explain the spam train I have been getting the past couple days.  I am attempting to reach out to a CSR for more detailed information but it is slow going so far.  I'll update with more information when available. 

    Update:
    I went through the Chat CSR help, the original CSR decided quickly this was over their head and connected me with an Account Security CSR via a phone call.
    The Account Security CSR (SCSR) he was very polite and nice but not very helpful.  Here are a couple Q&As (I am trying to keep records of all my conversations on this topic)
    Was the email legitimate?     Yes
    Who was my information provided to?  (SCSR did not have this information)
    What actions is Amazon taking?  The incident is under investigation (this is about all the SCSR could tell me)
    How many people were affected? (SCSR did not have information on the investigation)
    I asked if I would be able to get updates on the incident and what steps Amazon would be taking as the matter is investigated.  The SCSR said he was moving my file to an Account Specialist and I should expect to be contacted by them over the next 24 hours.  I did voice my concern about a large amount of sketchy looking spam emails that began flooding my email over the past few days.  I will keep everyone up to date if the Account Specialist has anything interesting to say.
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    AFKHero reacted to Yeroh in Is inches the global standard for measuring Screens?   
    As far as I can tell, it is. It's used in Germany too, though you will often find sellers specify the size in centimeters as well.
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    AFKHero reacted to PopsicleHustler in Is inches the global standard for measuring Screens?   
    I'd say most of EU and Easter countries (Russia, Belarus, Ukrain etc) use inches as standard for screen size measurement. Although retailers still put ( X cm) next to inchest for clarity.
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    AFKHero reacted to Bacon soup in Is inches the global standard for measuring Screens?   
    In Australia everything is measured with beer
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    AFKHero reacted to DrMacintosh in Is inches the global standard for measuring Screens?   
    Pretty much. Most tech companies are US based so the customary imperial measurements of the US became the standard internationally. Though most of the time you’ll see a conversion into cm. 
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    AFKHero reacted to SupaKomputa in Is inches the global standard for measuring Screens?   
    Inches is globally recognized as diagonal screen size, using cm would be missleading.
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    AFKHero reacted to minibois in Is inches the global standard for measuring Screens?   
    I'm from a metric standard country and we measure screens (TV, monitors, phones, etc.) in inches. With TV's though, they often do have the CM equivalent in smaller numbers.
    From what I assume, this is just because it has become the standard at this point. Even though, in CM the size would be large (1 inch being 2,54CM I mean). 
     
    Just thinking about this, having Inches being the standard for TV's and monitors, it does make it easier to look at the product name (e.g. Samsung UE55NU7090) and immediately seeing it's a 55" unit.
     
    For the record though, I do think the imperial standard for sizes is.. Less than optimal. That is why usually monitor/TV manufacturers and also sellers do list the width and height specs in CM, rather than inches. The width*height is of course something you will use when measuring if your TV/monitor fits where-ever you need it to be.
     
    EDIT:
    some snippits from Dutch websites and how they advertise TV's (and their size):
     
    Example 1:

     
    Example 2:

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    AFKHero reacted to TVwazhere in Prime Day - Acer Predator Helios 300 $999   
    -Moved to Hot Deals-
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    AFKHero reacted to lookpuppy in Old $20 of yesteryear looks better than current monitors.   
    I’m getting a job at my local ecycling center that’s literally 8 blocks away. It’s where I got both of my 1080 p monitors
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