People Say Lots of Things (Score 1)

How many people say they will vote versus how many actually do? How's that diet doing? Exercise and diet like you said you would in january? Stop eating fatty foods? How many people said they wanted a phone mp3 player? But how many people actually signed up for Cingular's or Sprint's phone service? I'm not saying there's not a reason ($16.50 to buy one song a month is excessive) but people say lots of things when you ask them - the ONLY result that counts is what people actually do. It also depends on who's asking and in what context ... are you told the survey is called ARE YOU BEHOLDEN TO ONE COMPANY WHEN BUYING PRODUCTS? Or is it called something more neutral like TECHNOLOGY? Or if you're told you're selected because you have an open mind about being products - or asked - are you open minded about technolgy brands - then how do you answer? Is it done with your friends in front of the mall or are you in quiet lab? Are you in a focus group with others or at home in front of your computer? Is it a 50-year guy asking the questions or a 25-year old girl? All of these skew results and of course if MS paid for it, all the questions are subtlely slanted towards MS ... unless they release ALL the original questions, it's like a call in survey - yes, there are results but ultimately, they don't necessarily say much ...