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Victor Von Mediaboy
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posted 07 September 2001 03:44 PM      Profile for Victor Von Mediaboy   Author's Homepage        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Globe and Mail Article about a new way that Reebok is marketing shoes. I hope this link works!

[ September 07, 2001: Message edited by: Kneel before MediaBoy ]

Yes! I got it to work! Take THAT Globe & Mail!!!

[ September 07, 2001: Message edited by: Kneel before MediaBoy ]


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Tommy_Paine
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posted 08 September 2001 07:33 PM      Profile for Tommy_Paine     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Hey, I'd be a corporate shill if they gave me stuff. (are you listening, Northbound Leather?) What irks me is people who pay to be corporate shills. Duh.

I could be a trendsetter though. I shop for value. I told my youngest the other day that it bugs me to pay $2.00 for something I think is worth $1.00, but it doesn't bug me to spend $500.00 if I feel I got value for what I got.

And, I have certain businesses that I feel I get good value from. My mechanic, for example. I go out of my way to create "buzz" for her and her husband.

Maybe that's what these flim flam artists will finally stumble on: It's easier to give people good value than it is to come up with increasingly more difficult ways to lie to them instead.


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Gayle
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posted 10 September 2001 02:19 PM      Profile for Gayle   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
A friend of mine told me once that nike will take truckloads of sneakers to ghettoes and dump 'em, because the people who live there are trendsetters. I didn't know whether or not to believe him. I guess it was at least party true.
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Victor Von Mediaboy
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posted 10 September 2001 02:46 PM      Profile for Victor Von Mediaboy   Author's Homepage        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
There was a rumour a while back that New York City and Los Angeles outlets of Tommy Hilfiger did not prosecute black shoplifters because more white kids would buy the clothes if they saw lots of black kids wearing them.
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