Chaos at £20,000 free petrol giveaway

[Draeger]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7599639.stm

Wow!!!

What a way to promote a product!!!

Anyone here get stuck in the jams?

 

[Bennah]

Wow, now that is some giveaway.

Do you think they rigged the pumps to just give £40 worth of fuel away then stop or just knock £40 off what ever thier fuel bill is?

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

Ridiculous idea? Surely it's just going to be a load of "olds" filling up for nothing, with no idea what Mercenaries is, and certainly no intention of buying?

"you're never too old for computer games..."

 

[melbourne720]

Good idea for the relatively low price of 20k. It's got us talking about it.

 

[Durzel]

Good idea for the relatively low price of 20k. It's got us talking about it.

Indeed, cheap advertising. Would hate to be one of the people living on the streets outside or near that petrol station though.

 

[fini]

Ridiculous idea? Surely it's just going to be a load of "olds" filling up for nothing, with no idea what Mercenaries is, and certainly no intention of buying?

Who cares about the people actually receiving the petrol - have you any idea how much adverts in magazines/tv cost nowadays? They've just got a huge amount of media attention for £20,000 - some PR guy just saved them a shed-load of money.

Is anyone else loving the Mercenary 2 adverts on tv by the way? I think the music just makes them so funny.

 

[Muffin`]

But one local resident was less than impressed.

The woman, who did not wish to be named, said: "What an extraordinary thing to do, it's totally irresponsible. I can't believe they've been allowed to do it.

hahahahahhaha



Complete genius from EA there, was gonna get the game anyway but now, I shall do it also, to annoy old people.

 

[mrk]

That £20,000 on free petrol meant £20,000 budget cut in graphical niceness in the actual game because it looks like a game made with playdoh.

 

[Muffin`]

Yes but you get to blowstuff up, find some more stuff and blow it up, then blow it up again! Just keep blowing stuff up!

 

[DragonWoLf]

now thats soo cool!

 

[gareth.e]

Good idea for advertising.. Although some people now hate you I'm sure the people loving you far outweighs it

 

[johnny6]

Originally Posted by BBC
But one local resident was less than impressed.

The woman, who did not wish to be named, said: "What an extraordinary thing to do, it's totally irresponsible. I can't believe they've been allowed to do it.

Someone didn't get any free petrol

To be honest who didn't see this happening. Its not like people are going to turn down free fuel.

 

[Peter Diffey]

What a completely genius way of advertising something, ofcourse its got nothing to do with the actual people recieving the free petrol, its going to be the coverage from the news etc.

 

[Goose]

All those people who queued for hours for £40 are mindless idiots.

 

[Peter Diffey]

All those people who queued for hours for £40 are mindless idiots.

Dont forget that £40 of petrol is worth more than £40 of real money

 

[mattpc]

All those people who queued for hours for £40 are mindless idiots.

Depends how much you value your time really doesn't it. It you are worth more than £10 per hour then you are robbing yourself. If you've got nothing better to do then why not?

 

[antijoke]

hahahahahaha brilliant.

 

[PhillyDee]

All those people who queued for hours for £40 are mindless idiots.

If they kept the engine running they are . . . .

 

[cheets64]

If they kept the engine running they are . . . .

Aye, I know we are in the "credit crunch" but are people really that skint to waste hours queuing up for free petrol, how many people would have had half a tank, so they are only getting £20 or less free.

 

[bobert50]

Thats sneaky