I Am a Negative Externality!
Posted on December 19th, 2007 by Kip
To the Netflix subscriber who was expecting Lost, Season Three, Disc 1 but received Will & Grace, Season Seven, Disc 1:
My apologies — I put the disc in the wrong sleeve when I returned it to Netflix.
Of course, the two shows are essentially interchangeable: implausible characters on an implausible island facing implausible situations — and spending too much time pushing other people’s buttons.
So perhaps you won’t notice the difference.
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I've been on the receiving end of this sort of mix-up. That time, I didn't catch it until I got around to watching the movie. I was bummed because I'd wanted to see it then. Now I check every movie in every sleeve as soon as it arrives.
That's funny! I can't say that I've been on either end of this switch-up. But really, the two shows are more different than you can imagine. One is about a bunch of misfits stuck out of doors, while the other is a bunch of misfits who are never seen out of doors. C'mon, just check the tan lines to see the obvious difference.
Maybe you're not accidentally putting the wrong discs in the wrong sleeves. Maybe you're actually- albeit subconsciously- seeking to make the world a more interesting place.
http://xkcd.com/325/
Just wanted to point out you can try to correct your externality by reporting the DVDs as mislabeled.
[Kip replies: That's actually not an option, at least not via their "Report Problem" page.]