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Subject:Re: New VW Commercials
From:John Bange
Date:Fri, 10 Mar 2006 08:18:05 -0800

>     The premise was always the same. They were very loud, with an off the
> wall topic, a lot of action, noise, screaming, smoke bombs, lights, crazy
> costumes, make up, etc. When one came on, you would need to turn down your
> TV to stand it.
>     Well everyone hated them. People would see my uniform in public, and
> stop me to complain. People who weren't customers would call and bitch at
> the telephone receptionist. They even called the TV station. Folks were
> just
> plain mad about the ad's!

Of course it should be remembered that no one would ever make phone calls or
stop you on the street to say they DIDN'T hate the ads. All the people out
there who saw the ads and didn't mind them, well, it worked on THEM.

--
John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"