It is if you're T-Shirt Hell and you sell shirts based on the concept of causing offense. Their whole thing is to piss people off, and they did it again.
yes props for making each and every one of those customers feel like suckers, brilliant marketing move that's sure to pay off handsomely over the long term . . . although something tells me t-shirt hell's customers don't have a problem with being made to feel like suckers.
I didn't say I respected them. The whole company is about treating everything as a joke. They aren't selling expensive software licenses here. They aren't fishing for respect. They want the "wow" factor. And they are good at getting it.
I understand their deal, I just don't think manipulating your customers into making a purchase is a good longterm strategy, even if some of the customers get the joke . . . time will tell I guess.
Also, props usually means proper recognition/respect . . .
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=props
just sayin . . .
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100K shirts sold in 3 weeks. Brilliant. Props to the marketing concept.
That's not marketing, that's fraud.
In a number of states, it's illegal to have a "going out of business sale" unless you are actually going out of business.
How awesome would it be if someone sued them for this? It's worth snooping around to see if what he did was illegal.
Obnoxious isn't a marketing concept.
It can be - it's just rarely a good one. Rich Jerk is a great example of this - a heavily cross-promoted product that's done very well.
It is if you're T-Shirt Hell and you sell shirts based on the concept of causing offense. Their whole thing is to piss people off, and they did it again.
I understand, it was a cynical comment about marketing. :)
yes props for making each and every one of those customers feel like suckers, brilliant marketing move that's sure to pay off handsomely over the long term . . . although something tells me t-shirt hell's customers don't have a problem with being made to feel like suckers.
I didn't say I respected them. The whole company is about treating everything as a joke. They aren't selling expensive software licenses here. They aren't fishing for respect. They want the "wow" factor. And they are good at getting it.
I understand their deal, I just don't think manipulating your customers into making a purchase is a good longterm strategy, even if some of the customers get the joke . . . time will tell I guess. Also, props usually means proper recognition/respect . . . http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=props just sayin . . .
A lot of Microsoft's customers feel like suckers but most keep paying for upgrades and buying more. It works.