Fabio
San Jose,#2Consumer Comment
Fri, May 30, 2008
I don't need to tell you how long ago this online meat market opened its filthy doors. What i can tell you is this: it definitely didn't start with personal ads. Gym clubs, magazines, restaurants, even supermarkets... any business that could make use of what we have come to accept as part of our modern spending habits such as "The Paid Subscription", eventually did jump in on the band wagon. THAT's when things went down the tubes for a little insignificant thing called "Customer Satisfaction" and its equally neglected brother "Service Quality". Sadly there is no way out of this as long as this country and the entire modern world keeps on living on borrowed credit instead of actually making an effort to generate real money. Real money is a thing of the past and whoever runs these crooked operation knows that very well. There used to be a time when the US was generating real money. The 50s. You could start as a paper boy and work your way up to whatever your effort and imagination could lead you. Now it's all up to scraping what you can, take advantage of the disadvantaged and gullable, dog eat dog, and the song goes on and on. No boundaries exist anymore as far as square mile after square mile of databases containing every piece of information there is about you, your credit history and your ability to pay your bills... or not, you are yet another Joe or Jane living, eating and loving on borrowed money. The industry knows it, which is why the subscription system and its ridiculous custom made legal bindings were invented in order to get you to sign a contract that says in simple words: "Yes, we know. You can't possibly afford this ridiculous and useless service. We know you have no money. But your credit card company trusts you, so go ahead, tell them you need to borrow more money. They don't need to know, it will be our little secret! *winks winks*. No... don't... don't think... don't use your brain... just look at the cute girl over here... good boy... now sign the contract and leave the rest up to us... everything is gonna be alright..." Sounds familiar? No? It shouldn't! Which is why the system works and you, me and everyone else on this earth just keeps on pumping money we don't have into invisible/nameless pockets belonging to the few that understand this concept.