Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Stupid is as advertising does

Advertizing if often stupid, but sometimes it goes above and beyond the call. One of the stupidest things often repeated in advertizing is a line we have all heard, and probably never thought much about since it pops up so often:

"We'll beat our competitor's price...or it's FREE!"

Let's see how this might work:
"How much is it?"
"$100"
"Your competitor sells it for $90"
"Sorry, I'd lose money if I sold it for $90. I can't beat that price, so I'll have to give it to you for free."

Right.

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