Might be interesting

[Mr. Zipper]

Originally Posted by travrosty

notice how this thread doesnt get any play from the people who know its the truth but dont want things to change from the status quo. its a dead thread because they dont want it being discussed. that's the hypocrisy that abounds. they dont want the hobby cleaned up, they want it the same.

I posted psa's policy of saying that sellers would be looked at with a queer eye if they dont have a psa cert and buyers will question them.

the defenders of psa didnt take psa to task for this and say that it is a sickening policy to have because they want everything to stay the same.
non psa sellers should be shot according to them.

Travis, I suspect you have spent 1000 times more thinking about this than everyone else in the world combined. It's marketing hype that won't make a whit of difference either way. Should we all light torches, sharpen pitchforks and demand they change some fluff text on some FAQ page no one looks at?

Seriously? My God, get a grip man.

[drc]

Fashion companies say you won't be hip and popular if you don't wear their clothes. Age old mareting technique. Offensive? Perhaps. Intended to influence followers and intellectual lightweights? Yes. Companies make a lot of money off of followers and intellectual lightweights. Key demographic.

[thecatspajamas]

Personally, I don't get any more offended by PSA advertising their services in this way than I do by a lawyer running an ad on television trying to scoop in anyone who has ever used a particular drug for their class action lawsuit (regardless of whether they experienced any adverse effects). Or a deoderant company promising that their product will attract women to my arms. Or a car company showing how I can do donuts in my foyer with their car if I wind up on house arrest. Or any other fantastic promise that any company makes about their own product.

It's called advertising.

Some ads are more subtle than others, but all are intended to paint the company's own products or services in a more favorable light than their competition's. You don't see Firestone including how many accidents have been caused by their tires shredding in the last year. You don't see Myrtle Beach including shark bite statistics in their promo spots. NOBODY talks about the down side of their company or product in their ads. Why in the world would anyone think that PSA would be any different? Especially in a promo on their own website.

If you don't agree with the ad, you probably wouldn't have used the product anyway. Same goes for PSA. I don't use Axe deoderant, drive a Fiat, or hire legal representation from a television ad. Call me a stinky-pitted, bicycle-ridin' anarchist for not embracing those companies if you want, but don't think for a second that it has anything to do with the amount of truth in their ad spots.

And to finish off with a little bit of levity, some truth in advertising:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhtTU...e=results_main

[travrosty]

Originally Posted by drc

Fashion companies say you won't be hip and popular if you don't wear their clothes. Age old mareting technique. Offensive? Perhaps. Intended to influence followers and intellectual lightweights? Yes. Companies make a lot of money off of followers and intellectual lightweights. Key demographic.

when your autographs are looked at in a skewed manner, then call it good strategy. it might be good strategy, but its sickening and not ethical to say that if they dont have psa, they are akin to being suspected as forgers and you know it.

s. cyrkin called it a bad paragraph that he didnt agree with. you are not following your masters orders.

you are serious that it is good marketing strategy to call other people less than honorable if they dont use your service? nice. it's abominable, and a low blow to suggest others will look at you and wonder because you dont have psa, so you better get it so you can be protected from the wayward glares. that is exactly what we are talking about - its ethics, and this is unethical to call honorable people something else than honorable because they dont have psa.

[Big Dave]

+ 100

[thetruthisoutthere]

Originally Posted by Mr. Zipper

Travis, I suspect you have spent 1000 times more thinking about this than everyone else in the world combined. It's marketing hype that won't make a whit of difference either way. Should we all light torches, sharpen pitchforks and demand they change some fluff text on some FAQ page no one looks at?

Seriously? My God, get a grip man.

+1

[thetruthisoutthere]

A company (PSA) has a marketing strategy that works and Travis is mad at them.

Seriously, Travis?

Are you mad at PSA because you didn't think of that particular marketing strategy?