• funny

    CarX Auto Service Will Change Your Oil, Give You A Puppy

    Kari sent us this photo she took last night in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. We'll give them points for finding a unique promotional angle, but we wonder if they saw sales increase or drop off? Update: is it legal to give away animals as a store promotion?

    9:44 PM on Tue Nov 18 2008
    By Chris Walters
    8,618 views, 118 comments

    Most discussed jwissick: Not cool. more »

  • comcast

    How To Save $323.40 On Your Comcast Bill Just By Asking

    Reader aishel says that he saved $323.40 yearly on his Comcast bill just by asking! Yes, it can be just that easy. More »

    3:24 PM on Wed Oct 29 2008
    By Meg Marco
    16,389 views, 48 comments

  • verizon

    Verizon Told Me Their FiOS Gift Card Promotion Never Even Existed

    Reader Jacob says that he's been getting the runaround for months after signing up with Verizon during their free $200 Circuit City gift card promotion, but he finally reached his breaking point when a Verizon rep told him that the promotion never even existed. Too bad it did exist, and we wrote about it. More »

    6:30 PM on Tue Sep 30 2008
    By Meg Marco
    10,750 views, 31 comments

    Most discussed azntg: Did Verizon hire the former Iraqi Minster of Information as the head of their promotions department? more »

  • appropriation

    3M Steals Viral Image Idea To Avoid Licensing It

    There is probably nothing more pathetic in the world of marketing than watching a big corporation try to do something "viral"—usually they end up looking like Elaine dancing. But sometimes, they're so cynical and soulless about it that they don't just come across as incompetent, but as exploitative cheapskates as well. In 3M's case, they wouldn't pay $2,000 to license a well-known photo with its own viral history, and instead recreated a fake version of it to save a grand. We guess they're just hoping none of the sites and communities that made the photo popular in the first place will notice. Oh wait, this is supposed to be viral or something... More »

    9:53 PM on Mon Sep 15 2008
    By Chris Walters
    39,828 views, 80 comments

    Most discussed balthisar: ::shrug:: What "community"? What "stealing"? If you think about this logically, store displays aren't things that "go viral" -- that only more »

  • Promotions

    Toys"R"Us: You Are Too Young For A Grandparent's Discount

    Sorry 49-year-olds, you aren't valid grandparents according to Toys"R"Us. The toy retailer and validator of family roles told 49-year-old Linda Peters that she wasn't old enough to use a 20% off coupon for grandkid-spoiling grandparents.
    "It's discriminatory," Peters said. "How do you put an age on a grandparent or a mother or a father, for that matter?"
    More »

    1:45 PM on Sat Sep 13 2008
    By Carey
    13,175 views, 80 comments

    Most discussed Diet-Orange-Soda: t's nt dscrmntry. t's wy fr thm t lmt rmpnt cpn s. Whnng bt t s pthtc. more »

  • silly

    Sears: Please Deliver This Special Offer After It Expires

    Reader Ed says: More »
  • leaks

    Get Comcast Just For Wii? Flee? Fee.

    If you think you can sign up with Comcast just to get a Wii and then cancel or downgrade service, think again. Downgrade service or cancel in the first year, $250 in fees, second year, $125. Other restrictions apply. The insider says the new Wii promotion is a bunch of crap and they and other Comcast CSRs won't be offering it to customers unless customers beg for it because of all the caveats. Frankly, they're in the right for protecting their asses on this one. However, it's not too hard to imagine scenarios where Comcast gets the account details wrong and customers wrongly get assessed fees... The internal document, inside... More »

    11:15 AM on Fri Aug 1 2008
    By Ben Popken
    11,882 views, 28 comments

    Latest by christoj879: Step 1: Obtain blank death certificates and find a bunch of friends without Comcast Step 2: ??? Step 3: PROFIT! more »

  • heartless

    Castle Toyota Rescinds Scholarships After Students Decide To Mourn Their Dead Teacher Instead Of Staging A Commercial

    Poor Howard Castleman. All he wanted was a little PR for his car dealership. Castleman planned to give four scholarships to students at Patterson High School in Baltimore, but instead of honoring Castleman's charity by inviting the media and displaying his dealership's banner at the senior's farewell ceremony, the school instead decided to honor a long-time teacher who recently died of a heart attack... More »

    10:45 AM on Sun Jun 8 2008
    By Carey
    13,780 views, 112 comments

    Latest by geoffhazel: from the bottom of the original story: "Castleman said he empathizes with city students, having grown up in a poor Boston more »