Have you ever seen worse marketing?

theitking · 21-07-2008 01:03PM #1

Sorry to drop a serious tone into AH buuuuut......

On the Luas thismorning I spotted this advert in a free and widely available magazine and it just struck me as plain wrong.

I dont know if the photo is doctored or not but even if it was I think it's really insensitive for anyone who had the misfortune to suffer any physical deformities.

I've removed the company name and prices from the image to avoid any problems and so they dont get any free publicity.

Designer should be shot. What ya reckon?

Mod's move if ya feel this is suited better to a different thread.

thebman · 21-07-2008 01:06PM

lol, that really is god awful. Can't believe that got the okay to go out TBH. Not very PC for a company selling Pc's :P

funk-you · 21-07-2008 01:06PM

Jesus, being ugly must pay well.

-Funk

Wagon · 21-07-2008 01:07PM

*loads gun*

that's a terrible deal

...

Mslug · 21-07-2008 01:08PM

Ahahaha. WOW.

Whats next? Pictures of the concentration camp ovens with the tag line "More bargains for us I suppose..."

omb0wyn5ehpij9 · 21-07-2008 01:12PM

Jesus....that is terrible! :eek:

BaconZombie · 21-07-2008 01:14PM

Ah,

Remove the logo but leave the Email address, address and phone number....

theitking wrote: »

I've removed the company name for the image to avoid any problems.

If you want to share you disgust I've posted it to Digg.

dr.bollocko · 21-07-2008 01:18PM

BOFH_139 wrote: »

Ah,

Remove the logo but leave the Email address, address and phone number....

I just noticed that too and was about to hop sarcatically in to indicate that but you got there first.
Damn if I hadnt gotten that haircut yesterday I wouldnt look so foolish now.

theitking · 21-07-2008 01:19PM

BOFH_139 wrote: »

Ah,

Remove the logo but leave the Email address, address and phone number....

Just noticed that there too...
Shhhhhhhhhhhh.... It's Monday!
Fixed it now anyway lol

Most than anything else the last thing I'd want is them getting some free adverising.
Maybe remove the prices too lol

anonymous_joe · 21-07-2008 01:23PM

Ignoring all the marketing I've studied...

That's just morally f*cking wrong. That's truly awful. You'd want to weep.

dr.bollocko · 21-07-2008 01:24PM

anonymous_joe wrote: »

Ignoring all the marketing I've studied...

That's just morally f*cking wrong. That's truly awful. You'd want to weep.

Is that because morality and marketing are mutually exclusive?

anonymous_joe · 21-07-2008 01:25PM

Nah, because it's a **** ad on its own.

dr.bollocko · 21-07-2008 01:27PM

No. Its definitely because marketing and morality are mutually exclusive.

Cool_CM · 21-07-2008 01:31PM

Somebody posted a funny one not too long ago, an article about the moral ethics of diamond mining or something along those lines, concentrating their criticism on a particular company. To the left of the article at the bottom of the page there was an ad for the same company, I found it funny but couldn't find the link

Mossy Monk · 21-07-2008 01:31PM

Why remove the company name?

kwestfan08 · 21-07-2008 01:35PM

WOW!!. Very few things shock me these days but jesus that ad is terrible.

ronnie3585 · 21-07-2008 01:42PM

kwestfan08 wrote: »

WOW!!. Very few things shock me these days but jesus that ad is terrible.

Same as, it takes a lot to shock me and I consider myself a most un-PC peron but fook me that's bad taste. Maybe you can joke about that with your friends but in today's society you cannot post that kind of material as a general advertisment!

Wait until his moral holiness The Most Reverend Ray D'Arcy (genuflect) gets a hold of this:pac:

Also, I don't understand why the name of the offending Company has been blanked?

Terry · 21-07-2008 01:47PM

It's no National Dairy Council of FÁS ad. That's for sure.

Sundy · 21-07-2008 01:51PM

Having to remove the company name and prices to post it here is just as stupid as the ad

Anti · 21-07-2008 02:04PM

the term "eat an apple through a letterbox comes to mind"

thebman · 21-07-2008 02:10PM

Cool_CM wrote: »

Somebody posted a funny one not too long ago, an article about the moral ethics of diamond mining or something along those lines, concentrating their criticism on a particular company. To the left of the article at the bottom of the page there was an ad for the same company, I found it funny but couldn't find the link

Well for one thing it promotes the company the ad is for if their name is on it.

That's what the point of the ad was to shock people and then you see the name and remember. Better to see it without the name TBH because some people might actually buy the products after seeing the ad then because you know some people are just that stupid.

Me, I'd just not buy anything from the company ever again. It would go on my list of companies I won't purchase from.

Steve_o · 21-07-2008 02:12PM

Holy Jaysus, thats awful!!!!

JIZZLORD · 21-07-2008 02:16PM

what a bizarre ad.

theitking · 21-07-2008 02:58PM

The only reason I blanked the company name was incase it infringed on any of Boards.ie rules.

If a mod gives the okay i'll be more than happy to post the original ad with the name of the company..... Name and Shame I say :cool:

Duff · 21-07-2008 03:12PM

Thats one f*cking creepy looking child!

Sherifu · 21-07-2008 03:36PM

What has been seen cannot be unseen. What idiots thought that was a good idea. *boggle*

Duggy747 · 21-07-2008 03:41PM

EURGH!!! DEMON-SPAWN!!!

Seriously, that's what your arse looks like when you slap it too much.

anniehoo · 21-07-2008 03:43PM

Seriously wtf? I too am unshockable by alot of things..but COME ON!!!! I really want to know what company this is too?

Terry · 21-07-2008 03:46PM

theitking wrote: »

The only reason I blanked the company name was incase it infringed on any of Boards.ie rules.

If a mod gives the okay i'll be more than happy to post the original ad with the name of the company..... Name and Shame I say :cool:

PM me the original ad and I'll check it out.

AoifeN · 21-07-2008 03:57PM

The ad has been discussed here already, and there's been a reply from somebody from the shop

http://www.lecraic.com/2008/07/06/the-laptop-shop-badvertising/

Fighting Irish · 21-07-2008 04:08PM

haha i love that, i'm sick of all the usual cheesy sh1t

Have you ever seen worse marketing?

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