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			 Previous forays into BS Marketing include... 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
			When Dannon (suddenly) went from 8 oz./cup to 6 oz./cup -- while keeping the price the same! Bryers (suddenly) put their ice cream in a container that LOOKED just like the normal 1/2 gallon tub -- but was actually a SMALLER (new, non-standard) amount -- and charged the same price. NOW... A nat'l plastic bag co (zip lok, glad? I can't remember -- I just saw the commercial) is pushing their new "ECO-BAGS" which use 25% LESS PLASTIC (READ: THEY ARE THINNNNER BAGS!!!) -- supposedly to save the environment (!!!) That's BS marketing enough, to be sure... But then the TOPPER of them all!... ----- Here's the part that pushes the *BS-O-METER* to the limit! --- the ads proclaims the 25% LESS plastic, then says (with a STRAIGHT FACE!!!) -- "at no extra charge." LOL LOL LOL LOL!!! You HAVE to be kidding me! Cheers! -- TW PS: That's yet another meeting I really wish I could've been at! "Ok, George -- Thank you for that presentation... Now... All those in favor of this latest clever way of shafting our customers..." Last edited by -TW : May 19, 2009 at 08:40 AM.  | 
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