Re: bundling is inherently unfair to consumers

[Mitch Stone <mstone@vc.net>]

--- From a message sent by Wandered Inn on 12/14/99 5:03 AM ---

>>      AH..HA!!!  So now you're *FINALLY* getting it (albeit probably
>> without realizing it yourself).  You've been arguing about how *ALL* or
>> *ANY* bundling is harmful to consumers (and have even gone as far as to
>> claim it's against some unwritten 'consumer right'), but now you've
>> qualified it by stating that it's different when done by a
>> monopolist...with *THIS* I can agree.  This distinction (a monopolist)
>> is the defining issue, but to use it as an example for non-monopolistic
>> products is to engage in what we use to call 'pseudo-deductive
>> reasoning'.
>
>Why did it take this long to get this out of him?

Because the ability to keep a story straight varies inversely with the 
tallness of the tale.

Mitch Stone
mstone@vc.net