Comments on: Lying, cheating, TV ad scamming bastards!

By: Clarence

Clarence — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:53:09 +0000

It's not actually my practice to post comments, but I thought I would say that this was outstanding. -G Free Energy for Your Home

By: Ted Grigg

Ted Grigg — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:32:20 +0000

Yep. You got me on that one Dean.

I still think that is rather tame when compared to TV. But I see your point.

By: Dean Rieck

Dean Rieck — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:15:41 +0000

Ted: Sure. Every medium has its scammers, but I wouldn’t excuse direct mail or telemarketing. They’re just more targeted and thus more hidden from general view.

In direct mail, think about those faux bills you get that are really subscription solicitations.

By: Ted Grigg

Ted Grigg — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:27:54 +0000

You’re so right on here Dean. We need to be concerned about this because it degrades the medium.

When you think about it though, all channels suffer with the same virus. Look at spam and it’s impact on the whole email marketing channel. The same holds true for radio and print.

Only direct mail and telemarketing (outbound) seem to escape somewhat in my opinion because of the high cost of entry and/or effective regulation. Unfortunately, there is still abuse in these channels as well.

The real challenge for direct mail is that bad behavior prompts harmful overregulation.

Thanks for the great post.

Ted

By: Roberta Rosenberg

Roberta Rosenberg — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:41:17 +0000

You mean I can’t simply think myself thin? BUT IT SAID SO ON TV!

It’s stuff like this that still has people backing away from me at parties when I tell them what I do for a living.

By: Dean Rieck

Dean Rieck — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:49:50 +0000

Brian: Yeah, I hate the scams. But watching them is like a sport. I play “guess the trick” as I watch TV. And since I’m a night owl and work evenings on my laptop in front of a 52″ plasma, I see all the infomercials on late night.

By: Brian Clark

Brian Clark — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:36:13 +0000

This was a lot of fun to read, because I also pay attention to and shake my head at the scammers. It just amazes me that these people have no shame… it gets to the point that I feel like I’m doing something wrong by being honest.

But then I get over it.