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bradgessler
73 days ago
Reminds me of an “all you can eat” buffet I was at once where the owner told me, “that’s it, that’s all you can eat” and cut it off.
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9991
73 days ago
Did this prompt some reflection on your part?
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ceejayoz
73 days ago
What, that businesses lie?
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mc32
73 days ago
It’s like most lifetime warranties. They’re not what they seem to mean colloquially. They have a contractual meaning.
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skeeter2020
73 days ago
Or my grocery store that has certain products with signs "Always $n" but over the past 5+ years n has increased regularly and dramatically.
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scottyah
73 days ago
They never said WHOSE lifetime...
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mc32
73 days ago
I think with some it’s the lifetime of the product line. If it’s sunset, no longer sold; lifetime ends when support ends.
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ceejayoz
73 days ago
That we accept the lying doesn't mean it's good.
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michaelbarton
73 days ago
Sounds like the most blatant case of false advertising since the movie The Neverending Story
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