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  • Dave A
    Site Caretaker

    • May 2006
    • 22807
    #1

    Insensitive marketing?

    I just got this sms spam -

    View all Standard Bank repossessed vehicles on online auction.
    That's quite progressive

    Go to www.mycars.co.za
    Now that's just plain cruel!

    Couldn't they have come up with a better name for the website?
    Participation is voluntary.

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    • rfnel
      Bronze Member

      • Jun 2011
      • 196
      #2
      That is pretty cruel.

      I've seen worse marketing approaches though (from clothing retailers in particular) - their SMS's typically read something along the lines of "BIG SPECIALS!!! Wnt 2 save money??? Buy B4 tmmrw!!!"
      "Fortune favours the bold" - Virgil
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        • brown
          Full Member
          • Mar 2010
          • 25
          #3
          Originally posted by rfnel
          "BIG SPECIALS!!! Wnt 2 save money??? Buy B4 tmmrw!!!"
          I like!

          Pity I got to "my cars" a tad too late...

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            • nkawit
              Bronze Member

              • Dec 2011
              • 184
              #4
              That is pretty cruel ... prices in my opinion aren't tooo bad tho.
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                • Missnancyalex
                  Email problem

                  • Dec 2011
                  • 106
                  #5
                  Everyone does not have the ability to come up with a unique idea or a name so they don’t have to.
                  There Idea is unique(as far as I concern) But Domain name is blab la bla.
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                    • tec0
                      Diamond Member

                      • Jun 2009
                      • 4624
                      #6
                      SMS spam is the one thing I hate, seriously HATE. Now it is not so much the bad spelling or the insensitivity as such.

                      Rather the timing!

                      While blissfully asleep my phone will wake me at 2:00 AM in the morning, behold someone wants to give me an insurance quote…

                      Blocking these numbers just became a tedious none winning battle between me and MTN will not help .

                      I actually phoned MTN at 2:00 AM in the morning and asked them if they will pay me overtime?
                      peace is a state of mind
                      Disclaimer: everything written by me can be considered as fictional.

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                        • adrianh
                          Diamond Member

                          • Mar 2010
                          • 6328
                          #7
                          They should have named the website www.thoseweremycars.co.za

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                            • tec0
                              Diamond Member

                              • Jun 2009
                              • 4624
                              #8
                              Originally posted by adrianh
                              They should have named the website www.thoseweremycars.co.za

                              lol hehehehe....

                              I just had a brainwave, I wonder if it is possible to reverse charges on a SMS… Meaning if someone SMS me at 2:00 AM in the morning that person get charged R4… With all the spam I am getting I will be able to get a second income if that was at all possible…
                              peace is a state of mind
                              Disclaimer: everything written by me can be considered as fictional.

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                                • Blurock
                                  Diamond Member

                                  • May 2010
                                  • 4203
                                  #9
                                  Good idea tecO. Let's spam Vodacom and MTN. Better still, get the cell numbers of their executives and spam all of them!

                                  I am a bad sleeper, so I have programmed my phone to switch off at 10pm and switch on at 6am. If it is an emergency, you can reach me on the land line. Peaceful sleep.
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