October 19, 2005
Marketing gone bad.
Yesterday some nice postcards popped into the mailbox. Inside was a letter from someone without arms saying that the paintings on the postcards have been done by mouth and feet painters. Basically, it told you to pay if you wanted to. They are cripples for goodness sake! You would be the world biggest idiot jerk if you do not pay them.
This is really smart marketing, playing with peoples morals and feelings.
I really got the urge to give them some money along with a note with a joke on it, reading: “What’s better than winning 10 gold medals at the Paralympics? Not being a retard.”
This is not only “pay, or be a jerk”, this is “pay, and be a jerk”.
Aaarrrgg… damn crippled people


Guilt marketing. Just read a blogger post about how she (perfectly ENabled) was asked to lie to customers and say she was disabled as part of her telemarketing job… and how she made more money then ever in her life while doing that…. for a day.