Ill-conceived advertising

Steve in Pudsey · Thu 24 Dec, 2009 19.53

Dixons seems to have pulled its recent, ill-advised strapline "The last place you want to go"

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/22 ... _campaign/

rts · Fri 25 Dec, 2009 12.29

I thought the Dixons campaign was excellent. Very refreshing, and I'd hope people were intelligent enough to understand it's irony, rather than autistically taking it on face value.

Steve in Pudsey · Fri 25 Dec, 2009 19.27

If Dixons didn't have its unenviable reputation for crapness, people might have been more inclined to see it as intended, and if they had actually used it more widely - the only time I (and seemingly many others) saw that strapline was on the website, and thus wondered whether somebody with a grudge had defaced the website.

Jovis · Fri 25 Dec, 2009 19.37

rts wrote:I thought the Dixons campaign was excellent. Very refreshing, and I'd hope people were intelligent enough to understand it's irony, rather than autistically taking it on face value.

I heard similar reports about the Emperor's New Clothes.

Col · Fri 25 Dec, 2009 19.57

There's definitely some dodgy, contrived - if not ill-conceived - advertising going on over the road at TVF right now.

Beep · Sat 26 Dec, 2009 10.36

Care to elaborate?

The TV Guide service spam or are you that blind?

rts · Sat 26 Dec, 2009 15.28

Jovis wrote:
rts wrote:I thought the Dixons campaign was excellent. Very refreshing, and I'd hope people were intelligent enough to understand it's irony, rather than autistically taking it on face value.
I heard similar reports about the Emperor's New Clothes.

Meow.

James H · Sun 27 Dec, 2009 00.38

Don't worry- I think Santa seems to have taken a shit in Beep's chimney this year. He's being a right tosswipe on the other side. Why can't he find a side and stick to it?

Pete · Mon 28 Dec, 2009 17.23

hmmmm

marksi · Mon 28 Dec, 2009 18.09

Boots: "Here Come the Girls". Instantly excluding half the population. They didn't have any proper Christmas ad this year. And this year is the first in a long time I haven't used their website for lots of Christmas 3 for 2 offers for presents. No specific reason why, didn't even look at the site.

Alexia · Mon 28 Dec, 2009 18.50

marksi wrote:Boots: They didn't have any proper Maggiemas ad this year.

Apart from the one where they all exchange presents at a drinks party you mean?