Tricked into buying the Irish Daily Mail

mconigol

So was anyone else tricked into buying the Irish daily mail today?

Sneaky bastards :mad:.....still haven't recovered

Kasabian

How were you tricked?

Important for the thread I think.

cml387

You seem to have missed all the news bulletins saying that the Trib wouldn't be published today.

That being said I'd feel cheap and dirty if I accidentally let the odious rag that is the Mail into the house.

MistyCheese

I was tricked it looking at it online.

Thought I was been linked to a video of Ricky Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up.

mconigol

Kasabian wrote: »

How were you tricked?

Important for the thread I think.

They pretended it was a "special edition" of the sunday tribune! Just grabbed it in a hurry when I was in the shop this morning. Wasn't impressed when I opened up the front page to find a copy of the Mail hidden inside!

Das Kitty

They put an extra cover sheet on that looked almost exactly like the Sunday Tribune's. Said they wanted to encourage people to keep buying Irish Sunday Newspapers. IMO they really wanted to trick the unobservant into buying their right wing fail rag.

ejmaztec

It's like finding a toilet-roll inside a table-napkin.

galwayrush

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

mconigol

cml387 wrote: »

You seem to have missed all the news bulletins saying that the Trib wouldn't be published today.

That being said I'd feel cheap and dirty if I accidentally let the odious rag that is the Mail into the house.

Just arrived back in the country. I had briefly heard about it but though they were having one final edition or something.

In my defense it was early and I'd been travelling since 4am!

Kasabian

The Daily Mail tricked people into buying there paper when all they needed was to offer each person a free subscription to AH.

Pj!

galwayrush wrote: »

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

+1

cml387

mconigol wrote: »

Just arrived back in the country. I had briefly heard about it but though they were having one final edition or something.

In my defense it was early and I'd been travelling since 4am!

OK.Boards forgives you.

No backsliding now,sneaking a look at what Mary Ellen Synon is writing about.

Blackjack

Das Kitty wrote: »

They put an extra cover sheet on that looked almost exactly like the Sunday Tribune's. Said they wanted to encourage people to keep buying Irish Sunday Newspapers. IMO they really wanted to trick the unobservant into buying their right wing fail rag.

That Rag certainly does not qualify as anything Irish.

Coriolanus

Blackjack wrote: »

That Rag certainly does not qualify as anything Irish.

It has Irish in the name. Ha, fúcking slamdunk!

pablomakaveli

I remember when they were giving away copies of the Daily Mail for free in college. Still nobody took it.

Collie D

Nevore wrote: »

It has Irish in the name. Ha, fúcking slamdunk!

So do a lot of pubs you find on the continent with bikes and sh*t hanging on the walls

number10a

pablomakaveli wrote: »

I remember when they were giving away copies of the Daily Mail for free in college. Still nobody took it.

They were doing it on Patrick Street in Cork the other day and yer wan had an awful job trying to give them away. And the back of her SUV was overflowing with them!! Must have been there all day.

CDfm

I was listening to the news today and heard in passing that there was some sca about the Irish Mail on Sunday and some newsagents were taking it off the shelves. Afraid I'd miss something I bought a copy only to be pleasantly surprised that it was more readable than the Irish Times.Imagine my disappointment if it had been the Sunday Tribune.

Is it right wing just because Emma Waldron is quoted saying " Yes I am Miss Ireland but you will never see me dieting to a size zero or posing half naked on Grafton Street" or " the top cosmetic surgery clinic where a make-up girl will take you thru the consultation" or Twinks show Grumpy Old Women descrined as having " all the subtlety of rhinosorous'mating " .

Maybe Trib readers didn't know what they were missing



Thank you AH for keeping me informed.

questionmark?

OP you know the Tribune is **** as well :rolleyes:

After Hours is the place for the real news

mconigol

Pj! wrote: »

+1

galwayrush wrote: »

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

questionmark? wrote: »

OP you know the Tribune is **** as well :rolleyes:

After Hours is the place for the real news

Yeah I've never ever bought the tribune. This was the first time! lol

Murt10

+ another 1 conned.

I'm ripping mad. I heard that theTribune wouldn't be publishing this week but when I seen the paper in the newsagents today I thought it must be a special one off, of some sort.

Is there any official agency that I can make a complaint to that will hurt the Mail on Sunday.

It certainly wasn't what it said on the tin

mconigol

Murt10 wrote: »

+ another 1 conned.

I'm ripping mad. I heard that theTribune wouldn't be publishing this week but when I seen the paper in the newsagents today I thought it must be a special one off, of some sort.

Is there any official agency that I can make a complaint to that will hurt the Mail on Sunday.

It certainly wasn't what it said on the tin

I thought this was it? No? :pac:

Bosco boy

I'd say its a case of watch this space, the daily mail must be absolutely desperate to pull such a stunt, surely the tribune can sue then for copyright etc, gutter press in the gutter again!

Blisterman

Picture here:
http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/irish-mail-on-sunday-uses-tribune-masthead-for-readers-of-the-sunday-tribune-2011-2/

God that really is cheeky.

CDfm

Murt10 wrote: »

I'm ripping mad. I heard that theTribune wouldn't be publishing this week but when I seen the paper in the newsagents today I thought it must be a special one off, of some sort.


It certainly wasn't what it said on the tin

Blisterman wrote: »

Picture here:
http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/irish-mail-on-sunday-uses-tribune-masthead-for-readers-of-the-sunday-tribune-2011-2/

God that really is cheeky.

It is very funny and if it hadn't happened would anyone have really whinged at the Tribs passing.

Bosco boy

not only can you not believe what is in the paper any more, you cant even believe it is the paper you bought, a great day for journalism in ireland.

CDfm

Bosco boy wrote: »

not only can you not believe what is in the paper any more, you cant even believe it is the paper you bought, a great day for journalism in ireland.

journalism in Ireland ,you say,I have just 2 words to say on that.

Sunday World

Mike 1972

Bosco boy wrote: »

the daily mail must be absolutely desperate to pull such a stunt, surely the tribune can sue then for copyright etc,

Trademark Infringment ?

CDfm

Mike 1972 wrote: »

Trademark Infringment ?

PR & Marketing Stunt.

The reality is that the shoppers could have gotten refunds at the shop and yes it was a good shot by the Mail to target the readers of the (hopefully not defunct) Sunday Tribune.

I don't drink tea but when I do buy it buy Barry's and a few years back picked up Dunne's own brand as the packaging was the same or similar.

christmas2010

Thought it was a brilliant marketing stunt. I knew it wasn't the Tribune but bought it anyway cos it was only a euro. The real sickener would be if you had bought the ordinary Mail on Sunday without the tribune cover cos that was €2

Baf50361

Simple answer - as a people enmasse, boycott the mail

Retail Hell

Baf50361 wrote: »

Simple answer - as a people enmasse, boycott the mail

always have always will, even when an ex was working there selling ads

Mushy

Blisterman wrote: »

Picture here:
http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/irish-mail-on-sunday-uses-tribune-masthead-for-readers-of-the-sunday-tribune-2011-2/

God that really is cheeky.

Picture No. 8...of a Twitter account. Is that a journalists using text speak? Cos I will revoke the title of journalist quickly.

Hope the Mail is ounished so severely they have to disappear for a long long time.

ejmaztec

Retail Hell wrote: »

always have always will, even when an ex was working there selling ads

I saw some time ago that it was making a loss, so I wonder how far the UK head-office will allow the circulation to drop before they pull the plug, so that we can be shot of the sh1te forever?

baldbear

The Mail's a rag just like the Sunday Independant but in fairness the Mail has broke some stories other Irish papers didn't, The Willie O'Dea Lady of the night story and the Frank Fahy "forgetting" twice to declare his shares ina building firm.

The Mail is an anti irish paper historically and i hope the Tribune finds investment and the Mail goes bust.

Capt'n Midnight

It's phishing pure and simple and netizens should treat the mail accordingly.


http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0206/sundaytribune.html

'We are talking about 43 jobs in Ireland here, not extra remuneration for Associated Newspapers back in the UK.

http://asai.ie/

All marketing communications should be legal, decent, honest and truthful.

All marketing communications should be prepared with a sense of responsibility both to the consumer and to society.

All marketing communications should conform to the principles of fair competition as generally accepted in business.

if you want to complain about the "advertising" go here http://asai.ie/complain.asp

CDfm

It will be a pity if the Tribune goes , but, it would be equally bad for journalism if the Mail went.

The Tribune had investment by the Indo and how many other papers like the Irish Press have gone after being saved by the Indo.

Geansai Rua

Great stunt tbh...

if there were enough people buying the tribune in the first place then it wouldnt be in the state its in now!

I honestly dont think this will have much of an effect on the readership of the mail..

OPENROAD

Kasabian wrote: »

The Daily Mail tricked people into buying there paper when all they needed was to offer each person a free subscription to AH.

Newspaper of choice for AH users

mfceiling

There are 2 shít sunday papers and the mail is both of them....

ilovemybed

christmas2010 wrote: »

Thought it was a brilliant marketing stunt. I knew it wasn't the Tribune but bought it anyway cos it was only a euro. The real sickener would be if you had bought the ordinary Mail on Sunday without the tribune cover cos that was €2

The 'fake' Tribune had no magazine and was €1. The Mail on Sunday had the magazine and was €2. There WAS a difference.

OPENROAD

A lot worse newspapers out there, compared to the Mail imo. That said I haven't bought the Irish edition.

Baf50361

OPENROAD wrote: »

A lot worse newspapers out there, compared to the Mail imo. That said I haven't bought the Irish edition.

:pac::(:p

brianthebard

Murt10 wrote: »

+ another 1 conned.

I'm ripping mad. I heard that theTribune wouldn't be publishing this week but when I seen the paper in the newsagents today I thought it must be a special one off, of some sort.

Is there any official agency that I can make a complaint to that will hurt the Mail on Sunday.

It certainly wasn't what it said on the tin

Press Ombudsman would probably be the one to talk to.

Capt'n Midnight

brianthebard wrote: »

Press Ombudsman would probably be the one to talk to.

Best if there were multiple complaints

strobe

IBWB. (in before walshb)

thenutflush

I always get the Irish Daily Mail because I find it has the best journalists, most of the other papers are of terrible quality

For Forks Sake

thenutflush wrote: »

I always get the Irish Daily Mail because I find it has the best journalists, most of the other papers are of terrible quality

Fiona Looney? Mary Ellen Synon? You sir/madam are having a giraffe.

CDfm

thenutflush wrote: »

, most of the other papers are of terrible quality

I just dont get Irish newspapers - I havent gotten the Mail but when I get a paper it needs to have good sports coverage.

Run_to_da_hills

It looks like legal action may be taken against the Mail over the matter.

No harm but publicity good or bad will only bring attention to this paper which is what they want.

http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/irish-mail-on-sunday-faces-legal-action-over-its-use-of-tribune-style-2529389.html