If the strawberries were small and juicy they would complain that they were being cheated on the /lb price or some other nonsense.
Of course they would.
The primitives don't understand the idea that one can't have his cake and eat it too.
One can have one thing or the other, but not both things.
The primitives can have great strawberries, at a price, and only in season.
Or the primitives can have less-than-great strawberries, cheap and out of season.
The primitives can have one thing or the other thing, but not both things.
The primitives just don't understand, due to their lesser cerebral capacities.
One can either have his cake or eat it. One thing or the other, but not both things.