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Old November 15th, 2009, 07:59 AM
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Marketing gimmicks

Love some of the labels companies slap on their products to get sales.

"Turbo": I've a nice utility knife called a Turbo Knife and for the life of me can't find the turbo.

"New and Improved": I can see improving an existing product, but a new one?


Food labels are great: Allergy warning on a jar of peanut butter "caution: contains peanuts"........I'd hope so. Then again it was a W-M brand.
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Old November 15th, 2009, 01:12 PM
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My favorite is

This product has been known to cause cancer in mice in test inCalifornia.
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Old November 15th, 2009, 01:19 PM
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Baby Food.

"This product does not contain or is made from actual human babies"
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Old November 15th, 2009, 01:33 PM
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My favorite is

This product has been known to cause cancer in mice in test inCalifornia.

Lotsa tings cause cancer in California.
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You can't live with out it. As seen on tv, Under new management, we can't sell them at this price all day buy it now price will expire in 30 min. Then you see the same add 45 min later. Quality since 2008.
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sellers on ebay love to use the word perfect as a gimmick,until i tell them what it means.

then they block me
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