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News, Quickies January 18, 2013
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Are Subway’s ‘Not Quite Footlongs’ the Next Class Action Lawsuit Fodder?

Gear Diary Are Subways Not Quite Footlongs the Next Class Action Lawsuit Fodder? photo

Not too long ago Apple iTunes customers got a voucher for a few dollars based on a settlement from a lawsuit. The lawsuit came after Apple shifted pricing on music from $0.99 per song to a $0.69/$0.99/$1.29 tiered scheme to appease record labels. Suddenly gift cards that said ‘Buy 10 Songs’ would only buy 7 or 8.

Now we have word that there is quite an online uproar over Subway ‘footlong’ subs not quite measuring up. According to the Yahoo article the trouble began when “a very precise customer, identified as Matt Corby of Perth, ordered a footlong sub and then pulled out a tape measure. Corby found the sub measured only 11 inches long and took his outrage to Facebook, where he posted a photo of his sub alongside the tape measure on the company’s page with the caption, “subway pls respond.”"

Evidently, four out of seven “Five-dollar Footlongs” purchased at Subways in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens measured only 11 or 11.5 inches.What do you think? Is this a big deal, or yet another overblown internet maelstrom?

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I have loved technology for as long as I can remember - and have been a computer gamer since the PDP-10! Mobile Technology has played a major role in my life - I have used an electronic companion since the HP95LX more than 20 years ago, and have been a 'Laptop First' person since my Compaq LTE Lite 3/20 and Powerbook 170 back in 1991! As an avid gamer and gadget-junkie I was constantly asked for my opinions on new technology, which led to writing small blurbs ... and eventually becoming a reviewer many years ago. My family is my biggest priority in life, and they alternate between loving and tolerating my gaming and gadget hobbies ... but ultimately benefits from the addition of technology to our lives!
  • Doug Miller

    Not only is this an overblown Internet maelstrom, it may qualify as the most overblown Internet maelstrom ever.

    • http://www.geardiary.com/ Michael Anderson

      Totally agree – if they were doing the ‘shrink-ray’ thing claiming to provide a certain amount of food but actually giving less, that would be something different.

  • Travis Swartz

    Fail, Sounds like either OCD or someone looking for a free hand out.

  • http://twitter.com/baronolamiller Lee Miller

    Fat People Problems.

  • http://www.facebook.com/david.hahn.779642 David Hahn

    Some of the sandwiches may be a little shorter, but they all contain the same amount of bread and meats. We should sue these imbeciles for wasting taxpayer’s money with something so frivolous.

    • http://www.geardiary.com/ Michael Anderson

      Or at least smack them upside the head with a 12″ footlong roll and then an 11.5″ roll and see if they feel the difference …

  • Diego Ceja

    We should be more unhappy with the horrible lunch and dinner rush service. I refuse to wait in line for this mediocre sub…def not worth the long wait at any size.



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