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Subject:Re: regarding the ad campaign for banks (there is a lie in it ... ?)
From:mike
Date:Wed, 3 Oct 2007 11:51:46 -0700

Must be Fryday someplace, I laughed. Pretty good.

Mike

On 10/3/07 11:36 AM, "Roger Whittaker" <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Dear Arthur Sulzberger Jr., Chairman & Publisher:
>
> In a story by LYNNLEY BROWNING covering a banks attempt to reach customers
> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/03/business/media/03adco.html?_r=1&ref=todayspa
> per&oref=slogin
> there is a line indicating the bus pictured is a ' 68 ...
> i belong to a VW van users group... V
> anagon.com whose members are knowledgeable about all things Bus / VAN ...
>
> The scuttlebutt around the users is that the van pictured is really a 72
>
> comments range from ...
> If you look carefully, however, the bus appears to be a '72-it's got the
> larger tail lights.   (name1)
> to ...
> Hey, the guy has $3,000,000. He built a time machine, went back to 1968 and
> convinced VW to make a 1 off '68 that had '72 modifications. (name 2)
> and  ...
> Nah, it's just typical of the world today, sloppy work and no attention to
> detail. If they wanted a '68 bus for the ad, they aren't that hard to find!
>     (name3)
>
> It is none of my concern but i suggest if you want the customer (bank) to
> have creditability in their ad program
> they may want to employ a technical expert along with an advert agency.
>
> thank you for your consideration
> yours
>
> --
> roger whittaker (1-604-414-6266)
> There are two kinds of jobs in the world:
> Picking up garbage and telling people things.
> Successful people do both, with the same good attitude. (riw)
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