Ok- OT but you were correct the first time - the saying is "if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys"

. BTW monkeys in captivity would eat peanuts and enjoy shelling them, so that is perhaps where the saying comes from.
I have had some weird things going on for my seat assignment too, already posted on the thread about a new improvement to .bomb started by United SKies (sorry I cant seem to get thread links to work)
Anyway since UA did the "improvements", the problems I was having (well not really a prob, I could see the C class seat map for my waitlisted flight, instead of the Y seatmap for the class I am confirmed in)! Now its gone and I am back to just viewing Y class seatmaps for my waitlisted flights.
I am more concerned about the upgrade screen - that still says my first segment of my itin is not eligible for upgrade??? Go figure - I am waitlisted to upgrade on that segment and they have happily taken my miles for it. All other legs state confirmed upgrade or flight has been waitlisted.
I have long given up trying to work out how the .bomb works - I just know its a .bomb