Posted by Derek Janssen on 07/04/06 02:35

jwb wrote:
> "Derek Janssen" <ejanss@nospam.comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:HYqdna6_2dJLKjTZnZ2dnUVZ_vqdnZ2d@comcast.com...
>
>>jwb wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>>They should have thought about that before advertising 'unlimited
>>>>>rentals'.
>>>>
>>>>True, but it's no less asinine for someone to bitch about 'only' getting
>>>>25 rentals for their $20.
>>>>
>>>>Even if you think they need to clean up their marketing language, that
>>>>doesn't negate the fact that they're a great value for heavy renters.
>>>
>>>They're a great value, period.
>>>
>>>This debate reminds me of the people that go to the all you can eat
>>>buffet and take like 50 crab legs, leaving an empty tray for everyone
>>>else, and then indignantly say "well, it SAYS all I can eat".
>>
>>(Hey, I was using the "All you can eat" Netflix-whiner metaphor THREE of
>>these debates ago!--I'm claiming copyright!)
>
> heh heh - it's all yours :)
>
> Although the analogy falls apart in quality - Netflix has good movies - the
> all you can eat buffet food is usually pretty bad.

Yes, but it still implies the certain professional unspoken trust
between the customer and the restaurant that he assumes enough about the
establishment to know that, despite what the advertising says, the
customer is offered all he *chooses* to eat, and not all he CAN eat.

Derek Janssen (which leads us naturally into the "Mr. Creosote" jokes
about why users can't get 25 movies a month)
ejanss@comcast.net

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