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Posted by Alpha on 02/12/06 02:31
"Rich" <none@none.com> wrote in message
news:jo1ru11ko9b1822kisdatv6oh926vjo682@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 00:37:59 -0500, Derek Janssen
> <ejanss@nospam.comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>Zodiac wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>>READ THE FULL AP Article
>>>>>>>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060210/ap_on_bi_ge/netflix_throttling&printer=1;_ylt=Ajb9rLRcR59idFRUwJVOqqxv24cA;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-
>>>>>>
>>>>>>And notice how most of the complainers uncannily fall into the
>>>>>>"B-but...they SAID 'Unlimited rentals'!--WHY can't I rent 20 movies a
>>>>>>month, why, why, why??" lockstep.
>>>>>
>>>>>So the consumer has to figure out what a company means by "unlimited"
>>>>>?
>>>>>Maybe they mean slightly unlimited.
>>>>
>>>>Maybe they'll either:
>>>>A) remember that the "unlimited" term dates back to the single-rental
>>>>days, or
>>>>B) that it distinguishes from the bare 2-out plan that only gives you
>>>>four
>>>>movies a month, set.
>>>>
>>>>Much the same theory as when a restaurant advertises "All You Can Eat",
>>>>they assume MOST of their traditional customers will interpret it in the
>>>>*proper* fashion... :)
>>>
>>> I reckon you need a *proper* kick in the nuts ;o)
>>
>>Well, just saying, in legal terms, nobody ever actually *SUED* a
>>restaurant for not giving them All They Could Eat, as clearly advertised--
>>
>>--Oh, wait, sorry, there was that Homer Simpson episode...
>>Guess we do have legal precedent. ;)
>>
>>Derek Janssen (law is the jurisprudence of man)
>>ejanss@comcast.net
>
> Netflix should have set specific limits, but then false advertising is
> much less effective when you tell the truth. :)
They have. 1. They state to right to change terms at will. 2. They state
that they give priority to those that rent fewer discs.
Read the terms of agreement before claiming otherwise.
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