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Posted by Derek Janssen on 02/15/06 21:34
Justin wrote:
> HoMoon115 wrote on [15 Feb 2006 11:37:24 -0800]:
>
>>Marketing is not inherently deceptive. It entails making educated
>>tactical moves based on consumer behavior and characteristics. What is
>>deceptive about basing strategies based on empirical research?
>
> What's so hard about quoting?
>
> So, opening a bottle of beer and having sexy women/or men show up is not
> deceptive?
>
> How about car manufacturers that claim you can get 35 mpg when in
> reality it's 30? Wireless network manufacturers that claim speeds of
> 100MB but fail to mention you have to be withing 3 feet of the WAP?
Well, they made it clear that they want some kind of *disclaimer* in the
ads, eg. "Barbie toy does not actually move or talk"...
Derek Janssen
ejanss@comcast.net
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