Filed under: Attitude & Aptitude, Corporate Evil, Crap Products In History, Cunning, Marketing, Marketing Fail
A while back, I wrote about how I was a marketing victim.
Well it appears I haven’t learnt a thing.
For reasons I literally do not understand – other than it was very late at night and I had been forced to wear proper shoes all day [no, really] because I was in Beijing and it was -11 – I found myself buying a bloody chakra bracelet from a Facebook ad.
I know, I know …
In my defence they were offering it at a 60% discount [probably because they knew it was utter crap and even they felt bad at selling it for full price] and it looked kind-of nice …
… but I appreciate these are not really much of a defence.
Anyway, when I got back to Shanghai, my purchase was waiting for me.
I must admit, I was kind-of nervous to open it … not just because I knew what I’d done was daft, but because Jill was looking at me with a ‘who are you?’ expression on her face.
So I opened it and while I admit that it sort-of looked like the picture in the ad [in the way the burger Michael Douglas ordered in the movie Falling Down, sort-of looked like the image on the restaurant menu] … let’s just say that for a guy who works in advertising, I’m still pretty damn good at falling for advertising.
I blame wearing shoes.
Yeah … it’s all shoes fault.
16 Comments
Wifi beads?
Comment by DH February 9, 2017 @ 6:19 amIs this because of yesterday’s post?
If it is, I can’t wait for you to start buying the robes.
Comment by DH February 9, 2017 @ 6:21 amNo … very shitty, plastic beads. And how do I know?
Because the bloody things broke and scattered everywhere while I was in a meeting.
And don’t you dare say Karma!
Comment by Rob February 9, 2017 @ 8:00 amoh for fucks sake campbell. most twats having a midlife crisis but a fucking porsche.
Comment by andy@cynic February 9, 2017 @ 6:26 amon the plus, its your kind of fucking hideous.
Comment by andy@cynic February 9, 2017 @ 6:26 amVery true. Martin Boase traded in his Bentley for a 911. Graham Rose promptly christened it ‘The Menoporsche’.
Comment by Ian Gee February 9, 2017 @ 9:50 amSo you were alone at night searching for beads on the internet.
Comment by John February 9, 2017 @ 6:33 amFTW
Comment by DH February 9, 2017 @ 6:35 amimpressive doddsy. if hes looking for filthy fucker beads he looks a pervert and if hes looking for shitty pretend religious beads he looks a fucking sad bastard. keep it up.
Comment by andy@cynic February 9, 2017 @ 6:41 amThese are far worse than your last marketing victim story Robert. Far, far worse.
Comment by George February 9, 2017 @ 7:05 amHey Rob, next time you’re staying in a hotel let me know. I have a basement full of junk I want to sell you.
Comment by Bazza February 9, 2017 @ 7:24 amSounds like a Grindr profile
Comment by John February 9, 2017 @ 7:45 amSpeaking from experience?
Comment by DH February 9, 2017 @ 7:45 amYour junk is his gold.
Comment by DH February 9, 2017 @ 7:45 amthis comment leaves a fucking nasty taste in my mouth. see what i did there?
Comment by andy@cynic February 9, 2017 @ 8:44 amThank goodness you cannot grow a ponytail.
Comment by Lee Hill February 9, 2017 @ 10:03 am