Ah, more e-mail fun this morning.
Chavez v. Netflix, Inc.
If you were offered the opportunity to jump in on a class action settlement bandwagon, would you do so?
I received an e-mail from Netflix today detailing a settlement in a class action lawsuit against them by some bonehead named Chavez who claimed that "Netflix failed to provide 'unlimited' DVD rentals and 'one day delivery' as promised in its marketing materials."
Umm... okay. Whatever, dude. Maybe you're just strange, but I seem to get an unlimited number of rentals so long as I return them on time. And, almost all of my rentals have been one-day delivery as promised. A few have ventured beyond that time span, but I would be more prone to blaming the U.S. Postal Service than Netflix.
Well, it would seem that Netflix is settling it all by providing a free one-month upgrade in service to anyone who wants to take part in it. This means that I would be bumped up from a three-at-a-time plan to a four-at-a-time plan. And only for one month.
Considering how little I've been watching movies lately due to the new TV season, I don't think that fourth DVD would get much action other than sitting on my turntable with the rest while I wait for a window of opportunity in which to watch it.
In this case, I don't think I will be participating. It's such a minimal payout and I've otherwise been very happy with the Netflix service. I have no bone to pick with them. If it was Blockbuster Video, I'd be all over it regardless of how minimal the payout was simply because I hate them and they've screwed me over enough that I would relish the payback.
What would you do? What have you done in the past?
But this was not the only interesting e-mail I found this morning...
Celebrity Art Exhibit Friday at Crobar
I'm not sure if you're at all familiar with Crobar. It's a bar and nightclub in downtown Chicago that has a bit of a reputation (or, at least, it had a bit of reputation) as a leather bar and... well... if it helps paint a mental picture, former Chicago Bull Dennis Rodman frequented the place. Getting the idea? I thought you might.
Perhaps my mental perception is a bit off-base. If so, to the Crobar crew, I apologize.
This e-mail was actually delivered to my junkmail folder because it came from a name that the Hotmail system didn't recognize. I don't even recognize it nor do I have any idea how I would have ended up on a Crobar mailing list. The potential explanations terrify me. I'd really rather not go into them.
The exhibit is called, interestingly enough, "Hard Men."
You'd think I would have stopped reading right there, wouldn't you?
I didn't.
It was, thankfully, followed up with this description...
An Exhibition of Art by Charles Bronson, George Foreman, Muhammad Ali, Anthony Quinn, Sly Stallone, Evel Knievel, Robert Mitchum
Curated by Baird Jones
Friday, Nov. 4, 2005, 10:00 - midnight
Crobar Nightclub, 530 w 28th St. (between 10th and 11th Aves.)
In all honesty, it sounds a bit intriguing. I'd love to see what Anthony Quinn would call art. Muhammad Ali... not so much. It might wind up being a recycled cardboard box.
“Starfighter” Video Game Led to Youth Saving Galaxy
Okay, this one is not an e-mail but a Bloglines link to a Digg submission regarding a Daily Gaming News article (catch all that?). All I can say is bwahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
I guess you have to know The Last Starfighter to understand.
