Evidently the recession is making SanDisk resort to guerrilla warfare:
Advertising usually tries to convince the consumer that money buys happiness. That’s the nature of the beast, but this ad was just so damned transparent that I couldn’t leave it alone.
To add insult to injury, their website doesn’t display correctly in IE8 either. Seriously, SanDisk, if you expect us to buy your products online, then make sure that your website doesn’t suck in the first place. Even the most ludicrous of ads are best delivered in a user-friendly way.
I haven’t been blogging too much lately, at least not as much as I had been hoping, but suffice it to say that there’s a lot going on. Lots of projects, and family stuff. Hopefully once things calm down a bit I can really sit down and give this blog some more attention.
Ludicrous indeed. The worst part, I guess, is that it tries to be on a professional level (rather than text ads saying, GET $1000 A WEEK NOW--CLICK SPAM LINK. I mean, you have to wonder what poor (lucky?) ad designer had to spend no more than two minutes throwing that together.
ReplyDeleteThat's why they get paid the big bucks.
ReplyDeleteP.S. Good to see you in this realm. Adding your blog to my sidebar...
ReplyDeleteJonathan, two or three posts in one month is not a few posts from you, that is A LOT!
ReplyDeleteNo more excuses, just post.
Haha, very perceptive. I guess I just needed somewhere to start.
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