I have come across this package several times at the store. Under what circumstances were these two products packaged together. I cannot come up with an answer serious or otherwise.
http://tinyurl.com/6qgq84
What are your thoughts?
What other products boggle your mind?
Last edited by Keith Whitener; August 15, 2008 at 12:13 PM.
In all my years at Best Buy, I think the best promotional item I saw in conjunction with a DVD was a beanie that was packaged with the Coach Carter DVD.
It had "Coach Carter on DVD" embroidered on it.
I couldnt find a picture but found this photo on ebay of a promotional shirt for the dvd.
Perfect! An exclamation point would be too much for this shirt because no one, including the film's cast, could match its excitement.
I think I figured out my product: they were owned by the same parent company who had an excess of headphones and it cost more to store them than to give them away for free.
Last edited by Keith Whitener; August 16, 2008 at 12:27 PM.
no package, but 3 years ago i saw a "How to prepare for Y2K" DVD in the Best Buy bargain bin. I almost bought it just for the heck of $6.99. I think the only way that thing sells is if some weirdo like me thinks it could be funny on some weirdo level.
Originally Posted by Mutant Despot
What's funny about the razor/ ear phones is that it may have cost more to stock them than to give them away hoping to sell more razors, however they had to have the clear packaging redesigned and manufactured to fit the extra product and then integrate that into their production facility in order to ship these as a different SKU then the original non-earphone razor. The redesign plus new part number/ integration overhead had to have cost them more than letting them sit on a shelf. Ad wizards indeed.
Am I the only one with an Mp3 player/razor? It only plays Smith songs so its ok when I cut myself though.
Well there are these commercials that TBS has been running lately....
I think this ad is supposed to make me want to drink Orangina..
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Ass Afucked 3: Summer 2011.
I like the idea of actual wizards that have had to take careers in advertising.
Boo, Europe. That is going to give me confusing nightmares.
I think that bear is directly related to Xavier: Renegade Angel.
I didn't like that commercial. Selling orange juice with the suggestion of inter-species sex is not a good idea.
I think this thread should actually be dedicated towards bad ideas in commercials, instead of an inquiry about which advertisement wizard was affiliated with a given idea for an advertisement. I dunno, it just seems like the first products being advertised were already being mocked, but no serious investigation occurred with a purpose to find out which wielder of marketing arcana was involved.
Even if we did find these "Sales Warlocks", as I like to call them, what would we do? Would it just be another thing to nerd out about? That would knock down this thread's standing in my book by a hefty amount.
I like what is happening, but it doesn't quite match the thread title.
i knew i checked AST for a reason. this is the best thing i've ever seen here. watch it if you haven't.
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TimBuktu: I met him once at a porno party
"jumped back into drivers seat.. full beam on.. reversed out street.. took some choice back roads home and came into the house absolutely grey and feeling terrible with what I'd done." -asd123
Can a commercial invoke the uncanny valley even if there are no humans in it?
Wow. I was mildly freaked out when I saw the bestiality-chic print ads on the Paris Metro. Now I need to go vomit.
Stay Free!
Adult Education: A Useless Lecture Series
The people in my neighborhood
Stand-up clips
A new children's consignment store in Brooklyn For the kids. In my house. Not a joke.
Those animals be getting it ON with their Origina, which I always pronounce like vagina anyway.
Last edited by andrearunge; August 17, 2008 at 3:36 PM.
You just spoiled the arc of season 4 of Mad Men, Draper goes to San Francisco on a business trip and discovers his wizard powers during an LSD trip with some hippies while he's trying to figure out a way to market a hundred thousand shirts that were ruined after falling into several dye cauldrons without even being unbundled..
a bunch of guys had to work on that. i wonder how uncomfortable that office environment was.
Famous Police Dog said i should put this here and not where i originally did.
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"Sorry dude, it's just my view." - JENNY 1989-2010
TimBuktu: I don't actually know the guy
TimBuktu: I met him once at a porno party
"jumped back into drivers seat.. full beam on.. reversed out street.. took some choice back roads home and came into the house absolutely grey and feeling terrible with what I'd done." -asd123
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