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Old 07-22-2009, 11:27 AM  
gideongallery
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Originally Posted by raymor View Post
Do you explicitly say on your tour "rip the whole site in a few days and then chargeback if you like"?
Come to think of it, I've never seen a sign in any DVD rental store that says "price are per movie,
not unlimited movies". People walking into the video store know that a sign stating "video rentals - $5"
means $5 PER MOVIE because that's what's reasonable. No sign is needed.
http://rogersvideo.com/
please show me that site that says $5 with no qualifier because i have never seen it
even those companies that offer an unlimited days (no late fee) like rogers still define it as per movie.


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When you buy a car, you
expect that the car will drive - that's what cars are for.


You don't expect the car to have unlimited speed,
able to go 500MPH, because that's what jet planes are for, not cars. The dealership doesn't need a sign
saying "this car will not go faster than 120MPH".
sure it does the odometer has an upper limit if bought a car with 500MPH on the odometer i would expect it to be able to go that speed.


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Similarly, porn sites are for looking at while jacking off. Porn sites aren't for downloading tens of
thousands of pictures to use to build your own site - that's what content providers are for. If you give
the customer good stuff to look at while he jacks off, you've held up your end of the deal. On the other
hand, if you give the customer all 20,000 images in one day, giving him everything you've got for a $3.95
trial, all you've done is shot yourself in the foot by making sure he has no reason to ever come back.

Really, would you REALLY feel like you ripped someone off if they joined your site and downloaded
five hours of video every day? You really think THEY are the ones who got ripped off because
they wanted to download 150 hours of video each day and then cancel after a week? If so, if you
REALLY can't tell when YOU are the one getting ripped off, I have some great stuff to sell you.
and how does telling everyone that the limits exist stop you from getting any of the customers who are ok with those limits.

it doesn't the sole purpose of deliberately hiding that fact is to get someone who expects the ability to download all he wants because that was what he was promised to give you there money.

The whole arguement about not taking unprofitable customers is handled by being truthful with your customers in the sale message. Those who have the "unrealistic" expectation will simply not buy period.

Your trying to justify being dishonest by claiming that the expectation is unreasonable. But the problem is that the expectation is unreasonable because your being dishonest.
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