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captain_slinky) wrote2005-09-24 05:13 pm
captain_slinky) wrote2005-09-24 05:13 pm
Whahuh?
So we're discussing this new service at work, the 800-FREE411. If you haven't heard about it, it's really cool; free 411 service for your cell phone, all you have to do is listen to a 10-second commercial before you get your results. Considering that cellular providers charge anywhere from 75-cents to $2.50 for a 411 call, this is pretty friggin' huge news!
But one of my co-werkers doesn't like the idea.
All I can think is "Huh?"
How can you NOT like that! It's FREE! It's screwing over the cellular providers (aka "The Man")! And all I gotta do is listen to "Drink Coke" before I get my number! That's just insane! It's as if they're saying "Hey, drink Coke! Adn here, have $2.50!"
But he's all against advertisements. The conversation went further to include the fact that he would even be willing to pay *extra* for movies if they didn't put the trailers at the beginning. And as my retort, I stated that I would be MORE than happy to sit through an extra ten seconds of commercials at the beginning if they gave me the movie for free.
But maybe that's me?
Can you think of other reasons why a reasonably sane person would rather PAY for 411 service? Is there something infinitely vile and evil about advertising that would make you say "No thank you, I don't want your $2.50"?
This is the first time I have ever encountered a person like this.
But one of my co-werkers doesn't like the idea.
All I can think is "Huh?"
How can you NOT like that! It's FREE! It's screwing over the cellular providers (aka "The Man")! And all I gotta do is listen to "Drink Coke" before I get my number! That's just insane! It's as if they're saying "Hey, drink Coke! Adn here, have $2.50!"
But he's all against advertisements. The conversation went further to include the fact that he would even be willing to pay *extra* for movies if they didn't put the trailers at the beginning. And as my retort, I stated that I would be MORE than happy to sit through an extra ten seconds of commercials at the beginning if they gave me the movie for free.
But maybe that's me?
Can you think of other reasons why a reasonably sane person would rather PAY for 411 service? Is there something infinitely vile and evil about advertising that would make you say "No thank you, I don't want your $2.50"?
This is the first time I have ever encountered a person like this.
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Two people you can ask for the phone number. "Hey, do you know the phone number for my friend Mike?"
PERSON #1: "Sure! Gimme a dollar. The number is (425) 679-7777"
PERSON #2: "Sure! Keep your money. Buy a Coke with it! The number is (425) 679-7777"
My point is that the money they charge me for looking up that number? I could use that money to buy STUFF! I really really like STUFF, much more than I like the 10 seconds of my life that the commercial is gonna take!
And I'm the abnormal one in this view. I just don't get it :(
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PERSON #1: "Sure! Gimme a dollar. The number is XXXXX."
PERSON #2: "Sure! Keep your money for something else. Now listen to me count to 10. 4..5..6..7..8..9..10... Okay, the number is XXXXX."
I would rather take my money, and use it to make the guy not count to ten. That, to me, is a Thing worth spending my money on. I think the issue here is that we just put value in different things.
I like to buy stuf (and I'm pretty sure that anyone who has either seen my house or spent any length of time with me knows this). I don't mind watching the commercials at the movie theatre, though sometimes they choose stupid ones and I hate sitting through those. But for 411, I don't mind paying the dollar. I only use it when I'm out and about anyway; otherwise, I look the number up on the internet.
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(This is my big break! I'll make MILLIONS!)
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So, I'm with you on this.
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