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Brilliant Marketing
You don’t suppose anyone really bought one, do you?
All In The Marketing
I needed new earbuds to use on my various devices. The ones I bought a few months back at a dollar store in Ottawa were showing signs of impending death. The still worked, or at least one ear did. And while no-one had complained about my microphone, my computer kept sending me messages that my […]
Truth In Advertising
There are times when you wonder about the veracity of various claims made about products or the prices they sell for. Wal Mart used to claim they never had sales. Strange though that the weekly “price rollbacks” weren’t permanent. I remember buying a “limited edition” record album back in the 1980s, a picture disc as […]
The Offer
According to the fine print of the email I received yesterday: “This offer does not include a 6” Subway sandwich.” Which has me confused. I’m on the mailing list for the Ottawa Senators hockey club, and yesterday’s discount ticket offer had that message, indicated by an asterisk beside the ticket price. The Senators have been […]
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