Ok, I have an AP, so I get MM included as part of that. I would never pay the $169 or whatever it is for this service because I just don't care that much about all the photos. I'm happy with a few photos taken with my cell phone.
For those that are unhappy that the photographer took 5 photos and they don't like any of them...think about when you got married and hired a photographer. How much did that cost? How many photos did the photographer take? Of the 1000+ that he or she probably took, how many did you think were actually worthy of being framed or put in your photo album? I'd guess that the number of 'great' shots was a small percentage of the ones taken by that expensive professional photographer. Sure, there were probably a bunch of pretty good ones, and maybe an even bigger bunch of okay ones, but there were likely a lot of duds in there, too.
I think it's all a matter of perspective. If you paid that $169, and the individual price of the photos is still $15 like it used to be, then if you got a dozen really good pictures that you would have paid for, you got your moneys worth.
If you want custom poses and great shots that look fabulous, you should probably be booking a private photo session.
Again, just my personal perspective.
