You sound a bit angry. It's the exclamation points. They give it away every time.
I never understand you White Knight types. What do you get out of this? Seriously?
I know why I am critical of Nikki and I have explained it here and I will explain again below, but what is your motivation? Are you her special friend? Her confidante? Are you Mumblez? What is it? You don't have to tell us but still, it's odd behaviour.
Any way, let me respond to your little tirade and "facts"...my apologies for the length...
I never said that I was quoting a "fact" however it is a fact that she is past due and owing by my accounting. Also, what the hell do "facts" have to do with satisfying customers? Since when can a customer not express dissatisfaction with a product or make recommendation or requests? Of course these are opinions and they are relevant.
For the sake of argument let's pretend that you are dealing with "facts" and explore how well you grasp them and whether they matter in this context…
She is "past due" by my standards and countless others. There is no such thing as an absolute date for this sort of thing, there is only a threshold of personal dissatisfaction that one crosses (or not). She has crossed it for me. I voiced my dissatisfaction and, lo and behold, others felt the same way…funny that. You're looking for absolutes where there are none friend. I am merely casting my lot. You've cast yours. I disagree with you and you with me.
People paid for a non-nude model. Later they paid for a tease. A tease is a tease as long as long as their s a reasonable presumption of something more ahead. On this point I think we're both in agreement - this is a fair definition of 'tease' as far as it relates to adult entertainment. So she started down a slippery slope, moving from non-nude to tease and accordingly expectations rose. To be fair, the expectations were always high. The longer she refused to progress into more exciting material the more difficult, and ludicrous became the presumption of "something more ahead". Many are no longer satisfied with her product; we got teased a little too hard and long to feel good about it. We want more - of course, we always do - and we're disappointed with the waiting. Enough teasing without consummation; we've seen it, we've paid for it, we're tired of it.
"She has never stolen...broken promises…" - Not that I'm aware of but she has mislead (see above definition of "tease" - see also definition of "Legitimate Expectation" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legitimate_expectation).
Her "longevity": Look, this might make me sound like a bad guy and may be I am (a bit of a jerk anyway) but it's been long enough. 10 years is a bloody long time for any model, but particularly one in here line of work. I think she still looks great and will probably continue to look good for another 3-5 years; then the "hard"-look will start kicking in. We're not asking for weekly midget gang-bangs here, we just want to see some progression. Something to look forward to with the promise of genuine satisfaction and not just hopeless repetition. Is that unreasonable? Also, I don't think she'll fall off a cliff but will there be some decline in subscriptions? Of course. And good. Everybody has to retire some time. I say she should go for it while she still looks fantastic, jack her prices up 40% and ride off into the sunset.
Maybe this is "the way she likes it": I'm sure it is. It costs her next to nothing in terms of exposure. The business must be well paid for by now. It's all gravy for nothing. And maybe she and her hubby do fuck like maniacs afterwards… So what?...Why does that satisfy the customer?
My argument is "laughable": I'm glad I made you laugh. It was not my intention but I appreciate happy accidents…as your mother does… (sorry, ad maternum, couldn't help myself).
If I "don't like it, stop following it": Noted. I will consider it. For the time being I will continue to lobby on behalf of my interests and those that share it.
She owes me "nothing more than what she's asked us to pay for": I disagree and if you consider what I have said above honestly then you might be able to understand why. If you can't, that's ok too. Additionally, whether you understand my position or not still may not affect your final position - it is after all very rare that one person can change the opinion of another. But we should, however, both agree that ours is a difference of opinion and not of fact.
"You're not entitled to anything" - I have no title. No deed.
"If you feel ripped off, stop paying for it.? - I might just do that. Haven't decided yet. Thank you for granting me permission to make up my own mind about it.
"If you're coming in here and viewing only for free, then shut up…" No. I don't condone trolling. People should be fair and reasonable in their criticisms but there is no reason for them to be silent.
That's my response. Feel free to name-call it all away.
-B
