Are we too commercialized?

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#1 Post by **AlphaKilo470** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:07 am

I saw this on the internet today:
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,7 ... html?f=rss

A Monopoly board game sans the cash and with mock Visa Debit cards and a cardreader taking place of the good ol' paper. Is this really going overboard with advertising? I also can't help but think this is an ongoing part of the age-old trend of not only slapping annoying advertising in peoples faces but getting them to pay to have that adverising in their face.

#2 Post by **bill bolton** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 5:54 pm

AlphaKilo470 wrote:I also can't help but think this is an ongoing part of the age-old trend of not only slapping annoying advertising in peoples faces but getting them to pay to have that adverising in their face.

You mean when I bought my first Coca-Cola yoyo 50 years ago, it was just the start of a slippery slope....

Cheers,

Bill

#3 Post by **AlphaKilo470** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:06 pm

Yeah, same concept as when you buy a t-shirt with a logo on it for many times more than what you'd pay for the same shirt without that logo. Abercrombie and Fitch comes to mind in that concept.

440roadrunner · #4 Post by **440roadrunner** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:12 pm

t-shirt with a logo on it

Well, I get around that by waiting for the T shirts to show up at the local thrift stores. I recently found two of the "much coveted" Bloomsday T shirts, and I didn't even have to run the race!!

christopher_wolf · #5 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:39 pm

AlphaKilo470 wrote:Yeah, same concept as when you buy a t-shirt with a logo on it for many times more than what you'd pay for the same shirt without that logo. Abercrombie and Fitch comes to mind in that concept.

More than that comes to mind with Abercrombie and Fitch (ughhhh!).

440roadrunner wrote:Well, I get around that by waiting for the T shirts to show up at the local thrift stores. I recently found two of the "much coveted" Bloomsday T shirts, and I didn't even have to run the race!!

Hey, that's not fair!

#6 Post by **AlphaKilo470** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:43 pm

Even though this does stray slightly from topic, it's still advertising and it's funny enough for me to mention:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hx0lrxqMI3I& ... lintstones

#7 Post by **BillMorrow** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 3:51 am

i especially like the lawnmower..

we have lawnmowers like that in florida..

although they DO get out of hand on occasion and take down slow dogs and small children..
those poor dogs..

christopher_wolf · #8 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 3:53 am

BillMorrow wrote: those poor dogs..

I know the Fire Ants in certain areas are capable of doing that to small dogs as well.

Man, did I ever hate them and the noseeums...

JHEM · #9 Post by **JHEM** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:23 am

BillMorrow wrote:although they DO get out of hand on occasion and take down slow dogs and small children..
those poor dogs..

Leave it to Bill to have his priorities in order!

James

JHEM · #10 Post by **JHEM** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:25 am

christopher_wolf wrote:Man, did I ever hate them and the noseeums...

Known around these parts as "flying teeth!".

James

#11 Post by **KristianJ** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:36 am

My girlfriend and I saw the Visa version of Monopoly at a department store last week - she thought it was a bit weird, as do I after seeing it this second time! I find it a bit amusing that the price for Mayfair (and undoubtedly the other London landmarks) have kept the same prices and not been adjusted to more "21st century" prices

I'll stick with the classic version myself.

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