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nice car...

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    #2
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,725 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    Carzone seem to have a lot of rubbish in there. Its their way of getting hits as people on forums (like this) link to them for a laugh


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    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,399 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Ha! Its down as "green". :rolleyes:


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    #4
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    kbannon wrote:
    Carzone seem to have a lot of rubbish in there. Its their way of getting hits as people on forums (like this) link to them for a laugh
    doubt it... I know CBG did it once but carzone haven't, call the seller and see...


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    Darven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 80 ✭✭Darven


    haha, what a laugh. i dont know if that comes from the website themselves or if somebody is maybe airing a private joke


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    #6
    lunar99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭lunar99


    It's not a private joke, it's a public one! I think it's art.


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    lunar99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭lunar99


    steve06 wrote:
    doubt it... I know CBG did it once but carzone haven't, call the seller and see...
    What was it cbg did? I don't remember seeing that.


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    #8
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,621 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    They linked from the add back to this thread :)
    Visit http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055051222&referrerid=&highlight=nice+car


    "CECI N'EST PAS UNE AUTO" is a reference to a surrealist painting.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treachery_of_Images

    But they got that wrong :rolleyes:


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    george_o
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭george_o


    ronoc wrote:
    They linked from the add back to this thread :)



    "CECI N'EST PAS UNE AUTO" is a reference to a surrealist painting.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treachery_of_Images

    But they got that wrong :rolleyes:

    I think the reference is a play on words - if you call it a car does it make it a car, or in advertising, how they're selling us an image of a product rather than the product itself, but I could be wrong


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    #10
    Mitch Connor
    Registered Users Posts: 45,786 ✭✭✭✭Mitch Connor


    Nice bit of advertising for Boards.ie......


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    george_o
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭george_o


    Tauren wrote:
    Nice bit of advertising for Boards.ie......

    But isn't it against advertising?


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    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    lunar99 wrote:
    What was it cbg did? I don't remember seeing that.
    got some photos of a LHD BMW M3 that were floating around the net, it was wrecked with paint etc and they reversed the pics so it was RHD, then advertised it for €1 and said in the comments something about b*stard husband cheating etc... wife selling the car cos it was in his name... bal bla, it was on the radio ect and they admitted that it was a hoax!


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    george_o
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭george_o


    Haha, Just got a call from Carzone and they're removing it and refunding me my money. Don't know why they're so annoyed. I just wanted to give people a bit of a laugh and maybe get them thinking. Funny most people thought it was an advertising stunt when it was supposed to be a take against it. back to the drawing board!


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    Mitch Connor
    Registered Users Posts: 45,786 ✭✭✭✭Mitch Connor


    george_o wrote:
    But isn't it against advertising?
    i dunno, whatever the point of it is, there is a nice link to this very thread.

    EDIT: or at least there was, the item has been changed now.


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    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    george_o wrote:
    Haha, Just got a call from Carzone and they're removing it and refunding me my money. Don't know why they're so annoyed. I just wanted to give people a bit of a laugh and get them thinking but obviously carzone.ie is just for selling stuff, boo hoo. Funny most people thought it was an advertising stunt when it was supposed to be a take against it. back to the drawing board!
    get people thinking about what? a bit of wood.....


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    upsfan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 77 ✭✭upsfan


    george_o wrote:
    Haha, Just got a call from Carzone and they're removing it and refunding me my money. Don't know why they're so annoyed. I just wanted to give people a bit of a laugh and get them thinking but obviously carzone.ie is just for selling stuff, boo hoo. Funny most people thought it was an advertising stunt when it was supposed to be a take against it. back to the drawing board!
    ...and just wait until your mother sees her credit card bill!

    I'm hear on the grapevine that the people in Carzone found it very amusing and it might still be there if you hadn't gone for the Sunday Times ad.

    Seems to be green now, maybe there is some truth in advertising.


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    george_o
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭george_o


    steve06 wrote:
    get people thinking about what? a bit of wood.....

    Well some people just have no imagination!

    Thats a pity about Carzone and the Sunday Times ad, my yearning for exposure was my downfall! But seriously, it would have been funny "Car of the WeeK"!


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    george_o
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭george_o


    Seems to be green now,[/url] maybe there is some truth in advertising.[/QUOTE]

    Deadly.


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    #19
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,725 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    steve06 wrote:
    got some photos of a LHD BMW M3 that were floating around the net, it was wrecked with paint etc and they reversed the pics so it was RHD, then advertised it for €1 and said in the comments something about b*stard husband cheating etc... wife selling the car cos it was in his name... bal bla, it was on the radio ect and they admitted that it was a hoax!
    Didn't the indo use up most of its page 3 on this - IIRC they managed to speak to the owners - lying dumbasses!


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    marymac99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭marymac99


    kbannon wrote:
    Didn't the indo use up most of its page 3 on this - IIRC they managed to speak to the owners - lying dumbasses!
    I'm sensing anger towards them!?


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    #21
    maidhc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,660 ✭✭✭maidhc


    marymac99 wrote:
    I'm sensing anger towards them!?

    The indo deserves anger anyway! I can't read it anymore. D'examiner FTW.

    I don't get the joke in these ads at all. Maybe it was an add for a yellow Alfa and a picture of a lemon.... I'll be off now. :)


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