That's fine, but how about my nutty idea? Imagine a service where music could be transmitted wirelessly, and you could have a receiving device even smaller than an iPod to listen to the music with. I wonder if anyone would or could ever invent something like this?
The cell companies were not first with the sneaky ridiculous fees. How about "Ma Bell" charging to something that costs them nothing: keep your number unlisted? Even worse, they (last time I knew) charged extra for "touch tone", even though touch tone calls are CHEAPER for the system than "pulse dial" calls.
"Yes. Why is this so hard for some people? A "late fee" is by definition a fee charged for RENTALS."
Maybe because Blockbuster is known primarily as a video rental business? Even now their web page refers to RENTALS, but does not refer to SALES. If a company known primarily for rentals, and has been charging late fees suddenly says "NO LATE FEES", the first and obvious assumption would be that it applied to the rental business. If they are really making a huge shift to sales, a better sign would have been "BUY INSTEAD OF RENT".
"So, we penalize Blockbuster, who were trying to offer a service that I would have been glad to use had I lived within a reasonable distance from one of their outlets, because people are fucking stupid, or illiterate, or both?"
What part excuses Blockbuster for charging ever-increasing late fees far in excess of the cost of the movie while their signs said "no late fees" ?
" monitoring of the Voyageur probes is being cancelled"
Monitoring of this was cancelled years ago, dude. Everyone had long since gotten tired of Janeway's "Stevie Nicks but can't sing" voice and Neelix's makeup that made him look just like Ron Howard.
"If I recall correctly, the person didn't collect enough points"
He did collect enough through the loophole in the promotion which let him buy points in enough quantity to qualify for the plane (as claimed in the TV advert, anyway).
For specifics, please see the legal record of "Leonard v Pepsi". The TV claim was ""HARRIER FIGHTER 7,000,000 PEPSI POINTS". It cost him about $700,000 to buy the necessary points.
I wonder what the whiz kid who thought of this TV advertisement is doing now?
"Sure, you're right. But who would actually believe this?"
Looks like we agree that the ads are rather deceptive. I hate frivolous lawsuits as much as the next guy, but it is not frivolous to sue over late-free harassment when you respond to a "no late fees" ad. What part of "no" do you not understand?
It is $9.99 before fees. (even that is overpriced: if 2200 minutes costs $39.99, shouldn't 100 minutes just cost a couple of bucks instead of $10?) After the fees, it is around $13.00. There are no extras for the service.
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On the other side, you have one of the most true ad campaigns in history, for the Eagle car company: "Eagle: Not intended for the general public". The general public wholeheartedly agreed.
Remember the promo for Pepsi bottle-cap points a few years ago that included a TV ad that said that if you accumulated enough points, you could turn them in for a state-of-the-art military airplane? Pepsi was shocked, SHOCKED when someone dared to accumulate the points and demand his prize.
Blockbuster making a sensationalistic ad claim that they have no intention of backing up is quite similar.
"Agreed. On their website, it was burried in the small fine print. It definitely was not easy to find. "
I've been driving by these Blockbusters for a while now. They all have giant round signs that say "No late fees!". There is no fine print on the signs.
My cell bill is 33% higher than the advertised amount, almost all of this due to unnecessary government taxes/fees. At a minimum, they should advertise the taxed price. The difference is so large. (Just treat everything the same with the same % of sales tax, etc).
".... GameCrazy (a part of the Hollywood Video chainwhy should we be renting from you anymore? Blockbuster has no late fees"
I hate frivolous lawsuits, but it looks like Blockbuster's competitors might have a legitimate claim to losses due to Blockbuster's false advertising. If there were losses. It is not just the customers that can be hurt by an ad campaign that looks like "hey! Free DVD's!"
Looks like you are the lazy one. Don't go to Yahoo. Go to the source. Don't search on "tibet": only lazy idiots do that. You have go to Tibet yourself and find out. Do your own work, right?
The Google submission process is somewhat problematic, with their "who knows if we will ever index it" disclaimer. I have a page of decent scholarly value that I've submitted to the index a few times over the past year, and it never got listed.
Of course, every other search engine appears to be a lot worse, as they conform to the "in locked file cabinet behind door with sign Beware of Leopard" rule of accessibility. If you can even find one that does not demand money for listing.
And, seated around the table in the basement, are the guy who designed "ET" for the Atari 2600, the guy who designed "Doom" for the N-64 (Hey! I wanted it even blacker, but they would not let me!) and the guy who gave us Plattermania for Atari 400/800. The designer of the Nintendo Virtual Boy would have shown up, but he got lost on the way: poor chap has been rendered blind by using his own game.
Nothing will come of this meeting, except there are rumors that Sony has some sort of devious plan to get these guys appointed as head of Microsoft's X-Box division.
"and NOT of the intrusive flashing stroboscopic kind"
Those ads like "Japanese Killer Seizure Robots" are pretty good if you want to track how many actual lywatch them. Just check the medical information at the end of the year for seizure statistics.
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"What? A Rastafarian camelhead alien with snail eyes and a long long tongue? Meesa thinks only an idiot would put such in a Star Wars movie."
Oh? I thought it was kind of cool when Donald Trump said "You're fired!" as he kicked Anakin into a burning volcano.
That's fine, but how about my nutty idea? Imagine a service where music could be transmitted wirelessly, and you could have a receiving device even smaller than an iPod to listen to the music with. I wonder if anyone would or could ever invent something like this?
Phone book? What's that? I pretty much stopped using them several years ago when they decided to stop alphabetizing the listings.
The cell companies were not first with the sneaky ridiculous fees. How about "Ma Bell" charging to something that costs them nothing: keep your number unlisted? Even worse, they (last time I knew) charged extra for "touch tone", even though touch tone calls are CHEAPER for the system than "pulse dial" calls.
Maybe because Blockbuster is known primarily as a video rental business? Even now their web page refers to RENTALS, but does not refer to SALES. If a company known primarily for rentals, and has been charging late fees suddenly says "NO LATE FEES", the first and obvious assumption would be that it applied to the rental business. If they are really making a huge shift to sales, a better sign would have been "BUY INSTEAD OF RENT".
It is merely a delayed mandatory financial assessment. How dare you assume it to be anything like a "late fee" !!!
What part excuses Blockbuster for charging ever-increasing late fees far in excess of the cost of the movie while their signs said "no late fees" ?
Monitoring of this was cancelled years ago, dude. Everyone had long since gotten tired of Janeway's "Stevie Nicks but can't sing" voice and Neelix's makeup that made him look just like Ron Howard.
Pay no attention to Mr. Garak. He is just a lowly tailor.
He did collect enough through the loophole in the promotion which let him buy points in enough quantity to qualify for the plane (as claimed in the TV advert, anyway).
For specifics, please see the legal record of "Leonard v Pepsi". The TV claim was ""HARRIER FIGHTER 7,000,000 PEPSI POINTS". It cost him about $700,000 to buy the necessary points.
I wonder what the whiz kid who thought of this TV advertisement is doing now?
So you figured that there really WERE late fees even if the ads said NO late fees. More agreement that the ad campaign was all false.
Looks like we agree that the ads are rather deceptive. I hate frivolous lawsuits as much as the next guy, but it is not frivolous to sue over late-free harassment when you respond to a "no late fees" ad. What part of "no" do you not understand?
It is $9.99 before fees. (even that is overpriced: if 2200 minutes costs $39.99, shouldn't 100 minutes just cost a couple of bucks instead of $10?) After the fees, it is around $13.00. There are no extras for the service.
Blockbuster: No late fees.
McDonalds: Our fried lard-balls are fat free!
NBC: Must-see TV
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On the other side, you have one of the most true ad campaigns in history, for the Eagle car company: "Eagle: Not intended for the general public". The general public wholeheartedly agreed.
Blockbuster making a sensationalistic ad claim that they have no intention of backing up is quite similar.
I've been driving by these Blockbusters for a while now. They all have giant round signs that say "No late fees!". There is no fine print on the signs.
My cell bill is 33% higher than the advertised amount, almost all of this due to unnecessary government taxes/fees. At a minimum, they should advertise the taxed price. The difference is so large. (Just treat everything the same with the same % of sales tax, etc).
I hate frivolous lawsuits, but it looks like Blockbuster's competitors might have a legitimate claim to losses due to Blockbuster's false advertising. If there were losses. It is not just the customers that can be hurt by an ad campaign that looks like "hey! Free DVD's!"
Anyone care to evaluate the slogan in the topic?
That is what the ads strongly implied.
Looks like you are the lazy one. Don't go to Yahoo. Go to the source. Don't search on "tibet": only lazy idiots do that. You have go to Tibet yourself and find out. Do your own work, right?
Of course, every other search engine appears to be a lot worse, as they conform to the "in locked file cabinet behind door with sign Beware of Leopard" rule of accessibility. If you can even find one that does not demand money for listing.
It used to be pretty easy to submit stuff.
Nothing will come of this meeting, except there are rumors that Sony has some sort of devious plan to get these guys appointed as head of Microsoft's X-Box division.
Those ads like "Japanese Killer Seizure Robots" are pretty good if you want to track how many actual lywatch them. Just check the medical information at the end of the year for seizure statistics.