Are Mystery Products on Logos.com Truly Wise?
I pose as a question, since it's not my business (literally), though of course I have an opinion.
I'm referring to the cornocopia of products Logos displays, but no longer sells. Or sells but not stand-alone. And the general absence of any explanation. Ergo 'the mystery products'.
Phil explained this week that they're formerly sold, and presently not, but underlie people's purchase history. And don't show up in Logos.com searches. Unfortunately they DO show up in Google searches, with flying colors. Alongside Amazon offerings. Guess what.
Plus the ones they do sell, but you have to get a package ... they display in quite bizarre combinations of packages. And no page-clue that's the (bizarre) solution.
I guess the policy to mystify and amaze doesn't seem wise, except on video games. I sure don't have the shopping patience.
"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.
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I would be annoyed it they weren't there for history. But then again, I never search an online store-front by Google because I assume there are unknown status and date codes.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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I guess. I don't know of any other retailer that offers products not for sale. And hardly anyone uses Google. And it's the only way to reflect history. True.
"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.
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Another necessity of keeping those (resource/product) pages online, are for Mobile Ed courses which use(d) them.
Since Mobile Ed courses often aren't updated once a product is no longer available, course links to those resources won't unexpectedly break if the pages were removed.
Customers who bought the resource and course in the past obviously still have access to the old resource, while new customers who are interested in the course can see that a certain resource is no longer sold.
That's much better than reaching a (404) "Not Found" or "We're Sorry! We couldn't find that resource" page.
Thanks to FL for including Carta and a Hebrew audio bible in Logos 9!
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Well, I'm sure that's about the only way only Logos can do it. Mystery products!
"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.
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