In response to my this post, Rads and LEB shared their views on how marketing come up with amazing advertisements for an average product and mislead the customers.
I tried to dig deeper into this topic and found this cartoon strip by Tom.
Before buying a product we do involve in lot of research and most of the time our beliefs in brand is strengthened by marketing efforts of an organization. They bombard us with product information through advertisements, salespersons, dealers, product displays and mass media.
Most of the information thrown us are from commercial sources and it is supposed to be least effective. Yet, we could not help ourselves and fall into this well laid trap. By the time we realize that we did not get what have been promised to us, it is too late. Brand has moved onto to its next target and we are struggling to get hold of customer service representatives to get what is promised to us.
And we all end up with 'One Night Brand' stands.
by rads , on May 27, 2009 11:51 PM
Thanks for linking to me and posting on this topic. I can't agree more. LOL@ the comic strip.
by le embrouille blogueur , on May 28, 2009 1:54 AM
Funny ...... good stuff Adesh.The "morning after" is probably is funniest cell...lol !!
by A journey called Life , on May 28, 2009 5:39 AM
good one..its so true that sometimes, our best research fails us and we still end up with some sub standard stuff..
by preposterous girl , on May 28, 2009 9:05 PM
ha ha ha ha.. good one.. explains the ordeal in such a comic way :D
Morning after is wht I'm gng through at the moment lol :P
by Adesh Sidhu , on May 28, 2009 10:28 PM
@ Rads, LEB and AJCL - Thanks. This is indeed funny.
@ PG - I know you are going through morning after.
by Ramesh , on May 29, 2009 8:08 AM
Voila - I can now comment on your blog. Chipping away at the firewall brick by brick !
Very true. I am still amazed why on earth companies do this. Everybody knows retaining a customer is cheaper than attracting a new one. And yet they do their best to piss us off ...
by SiD , on May 29, 2009 11:39 PM
by SiD , on May 29, 2009 11:40 PM
I remember on line from the movie 'Kate and leopard' where Leopard is told to endorse a product and he doesn't like it...
"when someone is involved in something entirely without merit, one withdraws"
Well, I hope most of the celebrities do take it as a moral obligation to endorse only good products and not any product without merit!!!
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