[ExI] xmas

[William Flynn Wallace]

I like it!  It needs something catchy.  It reminds me of the completely
phony 'clearance sale'.  What does that mean? It means they want to sell
things that are not selling, so they can order some things that might
sell.  Clear out so they can fill up again.  The thing you can trust is
that they will be cheaper than the usual price, which might be better than
buying it somewhere else - maybe.  "Sold elsewhere at $34.99"  Yeah? Where?
(Standard sales point on TV Shopping Network - does anyone actually the
prices elsewhere?)

I always ask if advertised this way:  "Home-cooked meals."  Yeah, I ask
'Whose home?' and get funny looks.

The one thing I have not seen is a phony fire sale.  I have heard of 'going
out of business' sales that were advertised as soon as the business opened.

bill w

On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 4:23 PM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

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> If you are giving gag gifts, check out The Encyclopedia of Immaturity.  I
> actually ordered it.  bill w
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> I thought of one today.  Freeway, big billboards advertising a local CBD
> Expo at the big convention center.  No explanation for what CBD is, but I
> vaguely guessed it was one of those hipster things: if you don’t know what
> it is, you won’t go to the expo, and if you are a likely attendee, it
> doesn’t need defining.  Right on: it is some kind of hemp oil thing.  I
> wouldn’t understand.
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> It gave me an idea: rent a billboard, advertise something that really
> isn’t defined, a huge international RLJ Expo, with all major dealers coming
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> Then you get a bunch of curious yahoos showing up not knowing what the
> hell you are selling there.  Lotsa hipsters go nuts whenever they find out
> they aren’t hip to something.  Too much like admitting one is old.  So all
> these hipsters show up, we could sell them stuff.  Anything we want.  If
> asked what is RLJ, we don’t know, just there to sell stuff.
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> spike
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