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- LordSkywalker, on 10/10/2007, -3/+37Next thing you know we'll be one step close to Idiocracy when people start wearing advertisements on their clothes. Like Adidas or Reese's. Oh wait...
- DiggMasterJ, on 10/10/2007, -3/+21Did anyone else have a hard time understanding the title before they knew it was about parking lot stripes?
- tunapez, on 10/10/2007, -1/+18Reminds me of my last flight on ATA. Pulled down my drink table to a big, ugly ford ad. Too bad they aren't as thorough at getting bags to their destination, or engine maintenance.
My neighbors and I were entertained for about 10 minutes as we peeled them off. Too bad the flight was full, I could have gone on for hours. Ahhhh, nothing like guerrilla-assault marketing subversion. - Blankcheque, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12"A current promotion advertising the return of ABC's Desperate Housewives is running concurrently in California and New York, and it appears to be a hit with the parking crowd, though store owners have reported a few complaints."
Who knew there was a "parking crowd". And what exactly does the crowd do? - Bricks, on 10/10/2007, -8/+19Just drive the Firefox sports car with the optional Adblock windshield feature
http://digg.com/software/OMG_Firefox_Sports_Car_Pic - BRODEL, on 10/10/2007, -3/+13I am so sick of people trying to force ads down my throat. When I see ***** like this it leaves a negative association with the company in my mind. Just like spam in my e-mail. I'd never buy anything from those damn things and the more ads forced down my throat with tactics like this, I'd never buy ***** I saw advertised like this either. It's legal graffiti as far as I'm concerned. Just like ads make many web pages look like ***** with their flashy flashy look at me *****. Google ads are the exception. I don't mind seeing those.. at least their clean and they can look like their a part of the site you're looking at.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Note to self: Start an advertising agency. Waste a few million dollars for my clients, keep a couple of hundred thousand for myself.
- Slovenian6474, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8...but it's got what people crave.
- Cloned, on 10/10/2007, -7/+14An insult to the art form? They're lines on pavement! No one cares!
- snotrokit, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Does anybody else feel that we are all living in a Nascar track where every inch of everything in our lives has ads on it?
- This comment was sponsored by Coca Cola, the official sponsor of Snotrokit's posts. - yomamaisfat, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8That just gives me an excuse to piss on parking spaces.
- nymphetamine, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6Boo Capitalism.
Hooray beer! - sato, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4You may claim never to have purchased anything because of an advertisement, and that could be true (yeah right). However, millions of purchases every day are influenced by advertisements which is why companies spend money on them. I hope I have helped you understand why companies spend money on advertising.
- IHaveIssues, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5"Being a second generation parking lot striper"
Can you feel the pride in that statement. Well done, you have aimed high and reached your goal, keep the expertise alive in the family. - mabba18, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I think a good question is would you put up with ads, if it meant free parking somewhere?
- Jeeum, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2lol
Hopefully he was just being obtuse. - slipdisc2, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3A burnout on a bicycle?
- socialidiocy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2but it won't
- kbull, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2As much as I hate advertising I know for a fact that every time I see a commercial for a new tasty creation at Taco Bell I'll usually eat there within a day or two.
- saralk, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2...he says while listening to his iPod.
Advertising is much more subtle than you think, while a few adverts try and get you to know about a product that you might not know about, and so get you to buy it. Most adverts try and make you associate an emotion with their product. So if you're deciding which brand of dog food to get, you choose the one which you are familiar with becuse you saw an advert. Probably subconciously.
In the case of these Desperate Housewives adverts, it probably was just a case of reminding people that desperate housewives is on tonight. I have many times been reminded of a TV show I wanted to watch because I saw a reminder somewhere. - chedabob, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Or you could just peel them off...
- Jeeum, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Park!
Duh. - Tannerc27, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1You could, but then the stores would start banning you because you aren't seeing their ads and are "stealing"
- neozeed, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Wow they are so desperate for us to watch TV all the time... I wonder why....
Please continue to sleep walk through life! - hvyhitter, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I applaud you sir.. I am doing the same in another part of the world.
- CaviMike, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Holy crap it's a celica with stickers on it! You never see those!
- truekid, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1or... it's an intelligent advertising campaign, offering a way for businesses to maintain clearly marked parking spots, while providing a way for other people to make money. and it has zero impact on me (or on most people), so i don't see what the complaint is.
- evilregis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1At least they're not painting the whole space... yet.
- orlyfactor, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Just what we need...more advertisements.
- JeremyCouch, on 12/22/2008, -3/+4This advertising company is genius. Only wish I would have thought of it first.
- dharmaviira, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4Hooray Capitalism!
- mikeon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I'm assuming these ads are on private parking spaces owned by stores or the public kind where you pay money to the booth. Did these advertisers at least get permission from the owners of the lots to put down their ads? I remember something about a company painting advertisements onto sidewalks and then getting fined for it.
- tomz17, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2So this is an advertisement enticing you to watch more advertisements... brilliant!
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I need some of this tape just think you could make instant bumper stickers!
- JRumph, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I buy a cheesburger because I'm hungry, not because of an ad. The ad is not the motivator.
My professor got his PhD in Economics from Harvard and currently teaches at the University of Michigan. He isn't stupid. - shane1337, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1"Being a second generation parking lot striper"
thought it said parking lot stripper - that would be awesome - Scheissen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1That's so not true. I wear Adidas because of the fabric and comfort. I don't know why people get Reeses though, but this stripe advertising is far from Idiocracy.
- MonkeyMonk, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Good idea, bad route to take. I'd actually like to carry around a spool of this with one thing printed on them over and over and over again:
*BETWEEN* THESE, A$$TARD!
God, I spend way too much time in walmart parking lots. - Scheissen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Says he wearing an Apple logo.
- Scheissen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Brilliant! Chip chap cheerio, cup of tee mate? Me mum makes it.
- Shigglyboo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0It's a pretty good marketing idea. Now if they did that in my parking lot I'd expect compensation.
- Fluffiness, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I don't buy it (no pun intended.) Coke ads may cancel out Pepsi ads, but the two companies massive advertising budgets help keep them the two recognized brands. Smaller companies have a hell of a time getting a beach head set up.
I think the results are more noticeable for companies that are very "brand name" due to advertising, like Abercrombie and Fitch or Absolut Vodka. - mi2ca, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1I really resent having ads forced on me. The local Shell station installed LCD monitors on their fuel pumps so they can blast ads while you pump gas. Now I buy gas at Chevron.
- JRumph, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1I once had an Economics professor that had done a study, with the backing of the Ivy League school he was educated at, that showed the economy would be healthier if all ads were banned. It showed that most ads simply counteract the ads of the competitor (think of a Coke ad cancelling out a Pepsi ad). The result is that only a small subset of ads actually have an impact on the consumer that is greater than if all ads, including those of the competitor, were banned and the consumer's purchase was left to personal choice. Add to that the fact that much, if not all, of the ad expense is passed on to the consumer, and you get a market out of equilibrium.
In a world without advertisement, all products are cheaper, and companies don't really notice much of a change in their sales. - bobbknight, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Solution, carry a large can of white spray paint.
- allioupe, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1I GOT IT... This STOP sign brought to you by "Red Bull"
go left at the AllTell interchange, make a right at the Red Bull stop sign, drive past the John Deere detour sign, make sure you what the WD40 speed limit sign says to do. - iceschade, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Um... No? The first two words were "Parking Stripe" so I knew what it meant immediately.
- bib4tuna, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0:-o
- Scheissen, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Wow your teacher could not be more stupid. Capitalism is the best form of economy and you want to ban what makes the consumer motivated?
- mhmdkhamis, on 12/15/2007, -0/+0http://download.free-software.cc
Good idea, bad route to take. I'd actually like to carry around a spool of this with one thing printed on them over and over and over again:
*BETWEEN* THESE, A$$TARD!
God, I spend way too much time in walmart parking lots.
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