I'm sure it was someone with a college degree in marketing that came up with that wording George, so who are you to question them?
And how can I be certain the ingredients are real if they don't tell me?
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I'm sure it was someone with a college degree in marketing that came up with that wording George, so who are you to question them?
And how can I be certain the ingredients are real if they don't tell me?
"Only Real Ingredients" on the box does, I think, speak to a very large market place. While technically inaccurate, it conveys to me a lack of preservatives or other "unreal" ingredients. As an eye grabber, I think it works positively except to a few intellectuals.
I wish there were numbers available to see how it did in sales compared to previous box design.
That is terrifying.
Not just technically inaccurate---there is nothing in the Universe that is unreal by definition---what it "conveys" is up to you. Meaning you can project whatever attributes, virtues, etc. that make you feel all warm and comfy inside.
And the company isn't---can't be---lying (or liable) no matter what they put in it.
Stuff like this makes both company shareholders and corporate attorneys all smiley and happy.
Having been behind the curtain of a Fortune 100 company at one time, I'll bet there's even an unofficial, whispered-only name for strategies like this. Something like "LCI" for "leveraging consumer ignorance".
Kind of like seeing "Gluten Free" labels on things like Canola Oil, Potato Chips and canned green beans. Gluten free? Of course you nimrods, none of those things are made with wheat!
Those items are likely processed in a facility that also uses wheat where cross contamination is possible.
I was in a bar one day and two very large girls sat down and they had the most unusual accent and I said excuse me that’s a great accent. Are you from Scotland? One of them got very upset with me and said it’s Wales you idiot! And I apologize profusely and said oh I’m sorry are you two whales from Scotland?
READ THIS AFTER READING MY POST BELOW - THEY ARE OUT OF ORDER!
Challenge accepted! Actually, I think I posted this here before, but I couldn't find it, so, here it is (hilarious!).
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Each generation has it's good, bad and average. Take a hard look at ... well, just the history of the UK. The press, just in the late 1600's, Swift, Defoe and others, spewed invective and lies in the publications they worked for. Both parties were corrupt, visibly and proudly corrupt. Tories tried to corner the cross-Atlantic slave trade, fortunes were made. Move into the last Queen Anne's reign and see how she was manipulated into deserting her allies during the war with France. And, that's just one reign.
I could cite early US history also. Newspaper in the North publishing lies, treason?, during the Civil War. Editors shipped to Canada. Citizens with money paying poorer folk to take their place in the Army. Such was legal incidentally. New York race riots. And, it goes on.
Lotta truth in the adage, "The more things change, the more they stay the same." Human behavior really hasn't changed over the eons. Some are leaders, some followers. Some want to dominate others. Some want to simply be left to their own devices. Others simply want us all "to get along." I doubt the percentages of prey and predators ever changes with many people assuming both roles over their life span. I love the car buying analogy, both the buyer and the salesperson are attempting to prey on the other.
I deduce you were not in the marketing department!
I, too, scoff at the wording, but think it's probably excellent for sales.
just wait till you find out how little the old man on box has to do with the current produce!
Reviews on Amazon and such are one thing, reviews from actual review sites are another.
Im getting at Tobacco Reviews of course.
A review for C&D Star of the East.......
"I've always hated Latakia"..... one star.
Review of another blend.....
"My tin had mold in it"....one star.
Another review......
"Im pretty sure this is the blend im thinking of, tastes great"....four stars
These are actual reviews ive read on TR. There are MANY more.
Then there are the geniuses who tell you they taste 476 flavors in the blend, including..... roof tar, tree sap, 1969 Ford Torino hubcaps, toenails.....
Taste is subjective dude, how does it pack? How does it light? Does it stay lit? Does it compare to any other blends? Hows the price? Does it come wet or dry?
Come on man, give me some useful information!!
Sorry if this hits home for any of you.
Im getting at Tobacco Reviews of course.
A review for C&D Star of the East.......
"I've always hated Latakia"..... one star.
Review of another blend.....
"My tin had mold in it"....one star.
Another review......
"Im pretty sure this is the blend im thinking of, tastes great"....four stars
These are actual reviews ive read on TR. There are MANY more.
Then there are the geniuses who tell you they taste 476 flavors in the blend, including..... roof tar, tree sap, 1969 Ford Torino hubcaps, toenails.....
Taste is subjective dude, how does it pack? How does it light? Does it stay lit? Does it compare to any other blends? Hows the price? Does it come wet or dry?
Come on man, give me some useful information!!
Sorry if this hits home for any of you.
Totally agree with this.Each generation has it's good, bad and average. Take a hard look at ... well, just the history of the UK. The press, just in the late 1600's, Swift, Defoe and others, spewed invective and lies in the publications they worked for. Both parties were corrupt, visibly and proudly corrupt. Tories tried to corner the cross-Atlantic slave trade, fortunes were made. Move into the last Queen Anne's reign and see how she was manipulated into deserting her allies during the war with France. And, that's just one reign.
I could cite early US history also. Newspaper in the North publishing lies, treason?, during the Civil War. Editors shipped to Canada. Citizens with money paying poorer folk to take their place in the Army. Such was legal incidentally. New York race riots. And, it goes on.
Lotta truth in the adage, "The more things change, the more they stay the same." Human behavior really hasn't changed over the eons. Some are leaders, some followers. Some want to dominate others. Some want to simply be left to their own devices. Others simply want us all "to get along." I doubt the percentages of prey and predators ever changes with many people assuming both roles over their life span. I love the car buying analogy, both the buyer and the salesperson are attempting to prey on the other.
those are awesome by the way. So are trotters.
Some of those reviews reminded me of an old site that I was quite pleased to discover is still around…
Engrish!
Engrish!
