Bah Humbug!
Posted in Technology by RB on November 6th, 2007 All my friends know that I’m really not a big fan of Christmas. Put me in the Charlie Brown camp - the overcommercialization of a religious (pick your favorite religion - Christianity, ancient Roman Paganism, etc.) holiday combined with the ever increasing time we have to endure the insufferable ads makes me grumpier than usual.
Last night I was flipping channels between Mythbusters reruns and Monday Night Football. I don’t remember which channel ran the ad, but the advertising assault has begun. Garmin, the maker of an amazing line of GPS receivers, was running an ad for its latest product, but it did so by ruining Carol of the Bells. Why do we have to see snowflake ads when there isn’t even any snow to speak of in the Rockies, and why did they have to bastardize an otherwise great song???
I happen to be buying GPS equipment for work these days. I’m glad my customer is using another product. I really don’t feel like buying $12,000 worth of product from Garmin right now. Talk about backfiring marketing!
