Well, miners are all supposed to be more or less equivalent - modulo differences in tx acceptance policies - so I'd hope that having out of bad fee mechanisms yet still broadcasting the TX isn't that common. If it was broadcasted, it should get mined in short order, otherwise things are going wrong.

On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 4:43 PM, Peter Todd <pete@petertodd.org> wrote:
Anyway, in what circumstance would a customer want an exclusive contract
with a miner?

I was thinking for transactions that aren't standard so have to be submitted to miners directly.