Complimentary Prepaid Maintenance

Image Searching "Complimentary Prepaid" turned up this lovely diverse group of people who want me to buy something... Scarves maybe.

Maybe it's just the wording that bothers me, but this morning I heard a commercial on the radio that made it sound like Mercedes is trying to pull one over on me.

In the commercial, the annoyingly sudo intellectual voice-over artist told me that if I purchased a new Mercedes now I would enjoy "Complimentary prepaid maintenance".

Um? So if I pay for my oil change now, I won't have to pay for it later? Really!? That sounds like something I would definitely enjoy! Here's my money, I'll see you in three months!

Yes, it could just be that the script writer for the sudo intellectual voice-over artist worded it wrong, or maybe the VO guy read it wrong and no one caught it, but it doesn't change that that commercial sounded like someone selling snake oil out of the back of a VW Mini Bus.

Complimentary Prepaid Ideas! We'll get rich, you guys!

• Buy this chicken sandwich now and receive complimentary prepaid chicken sandwich when we call you up to tell you your chicken sandwich is ready!
• Pay your next year of electric bills now and receive complimentary prepaid electricity for the next twelve months!
• Buy this light bulb and enjoy complimentary prepaid light for the lifetime of this bulb.

I've been quiet for a few days. Sorry about that. 

-Austin