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thranx on 27 June 2012
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Aielyn said:
thranx said:

I never siad that. Perhaps you should re read my post.

 

You seem to be the only one who read it that. Everyone else seems fine with it. Anything spoken or written can multiple meaning in the enlish language. Its one of the reasons it sucks. But for the most part everyone else is on the same page. You seem to weant to read more into than is there. Hence why for the way you interpreted it you had to add another word for it to mean what you want.

 

This is nothing like that. I relevant info is there. People are not idiots, they know if somehting is half off or more there is a reason for it. Especaily if there is an asterik (which means hey look other conditons apply) and even more so whenthe conditons are written on the ad.

 

I know I haven't called you stupid. But you are hammering away at a point that no one agrees with you.  When you are the odd one it may be a time to look at your reasoning.

I was talking generally, not about specific people. And while you may not say it, your tone was similar to others'. Also, "it seems like its the other way around" carries a rather strong implication.

People on here are not typical. They're gamers. They have an understanding of Microsoft, and of game system prices. This means that, when they read it, they know that MS is saying that you have to pay the extra money. I intentionally read it without engaging that part of my knowledge, so that I could see how it looks to someone who doesn't know the gaming industry. And it's not because of vagueness inherent to the English language - it is very easy to make just a couple of small tweaks, and remove the vagueness. All it takes is better choice of words.

The relevant info is there, but the words around it makes the info unclear - is the $14.99 a "regular price" that this deal is waiving, or is it a price being charged? One thing it isn't telling them is that the regular price is only about $7, so they're charging more than double the normal Xbox Live Gold price. But the Crash-blossom-esque element is the part where it can be read as either a deal waiving the price, or a necessary charging of the price.

An idea being popular does not make it right. Indeed, the most popular ideas usually turn out to be wrong, and take generations to be "fixed". See, for instance, America's position on evolution. When you disagree with everyone else, it means you need to double-check your reasoning, sure... but it doesn't make your reasoning wrong. I stand by my reasoning. I double-checked it, and triple-checked it, before people started attacking me. And while you haven't explicitly called me stupid, you certainly implied a lack of knowledge. 


It was your sentance, i just reused it. You seem to think the general public are idoits and have not seen many deals like this. Either you don't go shopping or you are being naive on purpose. Thats why I reused your sentance so maybe you could see how your tone was.

 

Againyou are the only one reading it that way. Everyone else is reading it just fine. Consumers are not iodiots, stop assuming they are.Wehter its a game machine, a hoiuse hold appliance, a cell phone, etc peoplea re very used to these deals. My mom has used similare deals and she knows nothing of games.


Your reasoning is wrong because you are trying to read it as a common person apparently and are not doing the common person justice assuming they are have no reading comprehension or have never read a deal before when clearly many have and do know how it works. Your also assuming that you are different (better? i dont know) than the normal consumer. These ads are being made by the companies they are being sold in, not MS. I think best buy knows what consumers are used too. That would be why they used a very common and generic ad. So does game stop. And any where else this will be sold.