More Vending Machine Madness…
by Fred Roed on 27/01/09 at 11:53 pm
3 comments
Surely. Surely. Surrrrely this must be a joke??
Someone’s got to put a stop to this now.
After last week’s dig at Die Burger, I think our SERPs for ‘Vending Machines’ must be overheating.
This, hot off the press…
The email reads as follows:
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Hello,
My name is Rick,I’m looking for VENDING MACHINES to order.I need this machines for our orphanages program which comes off every year in the world.Can you email me with the models and prices ranged you have for novelty vending machines,Roadrunner series of gumball machines Bounce A Roo series of Super ball vendors and also do you have the Gumball coaster called “Sports Ball” and the giant machines “Jr. Giant” and “Jumbo Giant which have inner globes for jumbo giant gumball machines
I will like you to get back to me, if this can be taking care of with the price quote for the Units specified below.Quality will depend on the types of pricing i get from you and also let me know if there is surcharge on visa or master card types of payment you accept.I am looking forward to work with you.Exclude shipping from quote since i will be picking up from your location.Let me read from you very soon.
Regards,
Rick
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Rick. reveal yourself. Shane, you taking the piss mate?
Or Eve, is that you?? Louis? Dave? Eric? Jon?
Whoever you are: Please. Make it stop. Make the nightmares stop.
…on the other hand, Rick, if you’re a real live person, and you’re seriously looking for vending machines, I’d suggest phoning Mariaan at the Promotions Dept. at Die Burger - 021 557 1348.
Tell her Fred sent you.
Fred Roed is the marketing guy in the Ideate crew. Fred is the CEO of web marketing company World Wide Creative and the co-founder of online learning portal Heavy Chef. Fred loves writing about people out there doing marketing right. Follow Fred on Twitter here. View more articles by Fred Roed.
Tags: vending machines
Dave
Feb 1st, 2009
Lol, I used to get people trying to book their flights through my site based on this blog post:
http://daveduarte.co.za/dont-be-a-mango-sem/2006/12/07/
Robbie
Jul 15th, 2009
Hey im looking to buy a coffee vending machine can you help me?
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