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05-04-2009, 02:00 AM
|  | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | | Nonsense in advertising...
Sign in to disble this ad
Example 1 - "Prices too low to print."
What a load of tripe that is, eh?
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05-04-2009, 02:30 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | | Often, a manufacturer restricts the prices that can be printed in an ad, therefore anything below MSRP really is "too low to print"
A distributor can mention that they have low prices, but when they're below MAP (minimum advertised price), they cannot advertise it.
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05-04-2009, 03:00 AM
| | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | | Yes, that's correct. But it just seems pointless to me.
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05-04-2009, 03:11 AM
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05-04-2009, 03:11 AM
|  | I make metal look good. | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Baxley, GA | | | Well, when you have a licensed product, for example, Gibsons or Ricks, and maybe two stores in one region and a popular online distributor all have licenses, the point is to really irritate you.
Actually, there really is a point, but I'm too drunk to type it out.
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05-04-2009, 03:17 AM
| | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Muusers | Ooooh, that's harsh.
[heads over to mod forum to make addition to troublemakers list] 
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05-04-2009, 04:26 AM
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Originally Posted by bassybill Ooooh, that's harsh.
[heads over to mod forum to make addition to troublemakers list] | Wait. I'm not on there yet?  |
05-04-2009, 06:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toronto, ON | | | There is an ad for ballpoint pens that is currently being broadcast on the radio that claims that the pen is question has is "the only pen that can give you the confidence to sign all of your important documents". Their reasoning is that the ink in this pen is scientifically designed to better cling to the fibres found in most kinds of paper.
So yeah. They're using fear and paranoia to sell even pens now...
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Originally Posted by PSPookie This seems like the type of problem that will take care of itself, given time. | Quote:
Originally Posted by blendermassacre Dar-WIN! | |
05-04-2009, 07:01 AM
| | I make metal look good. | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Baxley, GA | | | Without the proper pen, how do you intend to stab the aliens in the eye when they come to get you?
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05-04-2009, 09:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Madison, WI | | This isn't entirely related, but the Shamwow guy TOTALLY got arrested last month, and it made me laugh really hard.
Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive...7092sham1.html |
05-04-2009, 09:52 AM
| | I make metal look good. | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Baxley, GA | | | That was a while ago.
I met that guy once, and he is just as annoying in real life as he is on tv, even when not trying to peddle crap.
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05-04-2009, 10:04 AM
|  | I'm a tumbler, born under punches | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern California | | | RMC Audio sells GK gear for below list prices but can't advertise those prices due to restrictions. So while it's slightly annoying to have to call or email them just to hear their prices, ultimately I saved a chunk of change by buying from them. Anytime I see "prices too low to print" it occasionally means I'm being BS'ed, but generally means that I can get a better deal than what I've seen posted elsewhere. So, I like seeing that phrase.
If you want to talk about nonsense in advertising, how about this one:
NEW AND IMPROVED!
Never mind that something can either be new OR improved but not both, what this phrase almost always means is that a product wasn't selling well or had some major flaw and had to be retooled. Not exactly a selling point for me.
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05-04-2009, 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Jimmy Bones Without the proper pen, how do you intend to stab the aliens in the eye when they come to get you? | Exactly, that's why I wear a bandolier packed with Peter Belt Red X pens. |
05-04-2009, 03:14 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: rio grande valley, texas | | | 'buy one, get one free'...if you have to buy, then it's not free. duh.
they mean 'two for the price of one'. why can't they tell us the truth? oh. nevermind. later, ron
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