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Have you ever seen worse marketing?

theitking

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.

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thebman

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

Jesus, being ugly must pay well.

-Funk

Wagon

*loads gun*

that's a terrible deal

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Mslug

Ahahaha. WOW.

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

omb0wyn5ehpij9

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

BaconZombie

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

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

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

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

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

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

dr.bollocko

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

Cool_CM

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

Why remove the company name?

kwestfan08

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

ronnie3585

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

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

Sundy

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

Anti

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

thebman

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

Holy Jaysus, thats awful!!!!

JIZZLORD

what a bizarre ad.

theitking

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

Thats one f*cking creepy looking child!

Sherifu

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

Duggy747

EURGH!!! DEMON-SPAWN!!!

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

anniehoo

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

Terry

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

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

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