How not to run a marketing campaign on Facebook....

Justin10 · 31-03-2012 01:22AM

Most people that liked it would never be buying a car off this company anyway.
They are giving away years road tax though and if you liked it get your car washed and hoovered for free

Victor · 31-03-2012 01:34AM

Arciphel wrote: »

I'd say a lot of them are scams, or the people that "win" in the end are mates of the people running the competition.

This isn't. Some guys I know run a facebook account and I only won one of the ten prizes, so it can't be true.

token101 · 31-03-2012 01:34AM

darlett wrote: »

Orla Hearne "Really bad taste... this marketing strategy has now back fired and won't do ur business any favours what so ever. Some comments say people need to lighten up but in these really ****ty times all people want is the chance of a better life and not getting hard done by over and over again in this country. Shame on u"

Sales of BMW in the Hearne household will no doubt plummet dramatically for the rest of 2012. The sad freakshow :pac:

So because she didn't get a free BMW she's getting hard done by? Self entitled moron.

EGAR · 31-03-2012 01:45AM

Lol, I just had a read and it seems a private war has broken out between a guy called Joe and two women.

Honestly, my 7 yro wouldn't behave like that. Weirdos.

**Lisa Blake Come bk to me wen u can speak english, **

WTF...?

partyatmygaff · 31-03-2012 01:58AM

There's nothing quite like Facebook for bringing out the stupidity of some people.

skinny90 · 31-03-2012 02:12AM

*Waits for someone to complain on consumer issues forum

MagicSean · 31-03-2012 02:33AM

So this is what that thread in the legal forum was about. Makes sense now.

westendgirlie · 31-03-2012 02:56AM

I haven't laughed so much in ages. Liked it just for the comedy factor.

:D:D:D

Akarinn · 31-03-2012 03:11AM

I read through a few of the comments from that link, and it sounded like each person complaining actually thought they had a chance of winning the car..? Foools....!

I for one support this PR act as it shows they will go to any lenght to drum up some business.. GENIUS!!!

jay-me · 31-03-2012 03:14AM

EGAR wrote: »

Lol, I just had a read and it seems a private war has broken out between a guy called Joe and two women.

Honestly, my 7 yro wouldn't behave like that. Weirdos.

**Lisa Blake Come bk to me wen u can speak english, **

WTF...?

Yer man John is a traveller from Finglas :eek: And Lisa has closed her account because of the abuse she got:eek: What a flippin mess!

Akarinn · 31-03-2012 03:20AM

Funny ****e tho... Its a great laugh, and the garage isnt gonna lose any business anyway, as most ppl were giving out that it would have been nice to win a free car as they cant afford to buy a new one. So really they wouldn of gone to his garage anyways..

Also many of the ppl *unliking* his page only liked it so they could share the link, hes back to square one now really.. But the upside is , now his garage is pretty well known about..

*Thumbs Up*

booboo88 · 31-03-2012 03:35AM

jay-me wrote: »

Yer man John is a traveller from Finglas :eek: And Lisa has closed her account because of the abuse she got:eek: What a flippin mess!

you mean john gerard joyce? I dont think lisa closed her account though?

jay-me · 31-03-2012 03:43AM

booboo88 wrote: »

you mean john gerard joyce? I dont think lisa closed her account though?

Yeah that lad! And someone said she had!

booboo88 · 31-03-2012 03:50AM

jay-me wrote: »

Yeah that lad! And someone said she had!

Not from I can see, and that guy is a pillock, a child could come out with better than the insults he was coming out with.:rolleyes:

jay-me · 31-03-2012 03:53AM

Yeah the comments are gone

Maybe I am seeing things from lack of sleep lol Had a look at Mr. Joyces wall and he is a barrel of fun! "Just done sparring.. feel good now to go out and smash a few heads in" :rolleyes:

booboo88 · 31-03-2012 03:56AM

jay-me wrote: »

Yeah the comments are gone Maybe I am seeing things from lack of sleep lol Had a look at Mr. Joyces wall and he is a barrel of fun! "Just done sparring.. feel good now to go out and smash a few heads in" :rolleyes:

I saw that too....and "da new wheels"
what a muppet

J. Marston · 31-03-2012 04:04AM

Troll-tastic.

booboo88 · 31-03-2012 04:18AM

jay-me wrote: »

Yeah the comments are gone Maybe I am seeing things from lack of sleep lol Had a look at Mr. Joyces wall and he is a barrel of fun! "Just done sparring.. feel good now to go out and smash a few heads in" :rolleyes:

the comments are still there though?
I wonder will someone get a p45 after the amount of abuse on there:pac:

jay-me · 31-03-2012 04:41AM

booboo88 wrote: »

the comments are still there though?
I wonder will someone get a p45 after the amount of abuse on there:pac:

Someone with a weird name said Lisa had deleted her account but their comments have since disappeared.

Yeah well either that or a pay rise for having so many people talking about it.. I for one had never heard of them before this so it works!

grenache · 31-03-2012 04:45AM

booboo88 wrote: »

Scummers are actually getting very angry about it, posting abusive messages:eek:

FYP

Opinicus · 31-03-2012 05:10AM

Reminds me of this case a few years ago

latenia · 31-03-2012 05:28AM

Someone should go down there, take this for a test drive, agree to buy it after negotiating lots of extras, wait till they have the forms out then go:

LOL April Fool

lisaface · 31-03-2012 06:16AM

Trololololo

anyhoo, it is one way to get your company out there, sure half of those people wouldn't even buy a merc to begin within..so i don't understand why they're getting so upset! the person still wins a merc...it's just a toy

- I am interested to see how it plays out though.

Arciphel · 31-03-2012 10:20AM

Best post so far:

Eoin - invest in a mountain bike ya fat ****e
Emma - guaranteed to have a massive waist. Probably crying into your 3rd curry of the night
Lisa - that's some forehead you have. Clingon ****

:pac::pac::pac:

Competitions really bring out the best in people!!!

DebDynamite · 31-03-2012 12:17PM

Anyone have the original pic saved anywhere? I saw someone like it on Facebook last night and didn't think the car looked right but didn't pass any remarks. Would like to have another look now that I know it was a toy car!

booboo88 · 31-03-2012 01:09PM

grenache wrote: »

FYP

What does fyp mean?:o

Arciphel wrote: »

Best post so far:

Eoin - invest in a mountain bike ya fat ****e
Emma - guaranteed to have a massive waist. Probably crying into your 3rd curry of the night
Lisa - that's some forehead you have. Clingon ****

:pac::pac::pac:

Competitions really bring out the best in people!!!

I thought he was crap at dishing out insults..... crying into 3rd curry, ah ffs.
the kids next door would do better:rolleyes:

frozenfrozen · 31-03-2012 01:16PM

I know a lad who won a gopro camera from a facebook 'share this picture' thing and I've won some stuff off a youtube video that just said "comment why you think you should win"

Thought all of the facebook ones were a scam. I'm sure 90% of them are. After people get tricked they're hardly going to unlike the page.

booboo88 · 31-03-2012 01:22PM

People are unliking...and fast

Jim_Kiy · 31-03-2012 01:28PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vbd3E6tK2U

Intensive Care Bear · 31-03-2012 01:37PM

I cant see how people thought it was real in the first place, i saw that a mate had liked the picture on facebook and as soon as i looked at it i knew it was a toy. The giant pebble dashing and tarmac was a dead giveaway.

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