It is really heavy! Pick it up! Go ahead! Try! This was what met me several years ago when I was searching for an amplifier . I did not know anything about amplifiers then- little less than I truly know now. It seems that there is something to it. But at the time I just thought this very slight, elderly man was really very funny. I could not get away from him! Could not appease him with anything less than actually attempting to lift the damn thing. It WAS very heavy! It also sounded like shit. Well, at least I thought so at the time. Nice man, though.
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Here's one from just today for a pair of interconnects, a direct quote: "Smooth and tube sound cables" It's not the poor use of english that is as amusing as attributing a "tube sound" to a pair of interconnects. Incidentally, they are a pair of Goertz...like in that horrible interconnect-brassiere advertisement (on which there is another thread here on the Gon'). Perhaps he meant "boob-like" sound? Marco |
A joke: Two friends meet each other asking asking how things going well/bad... One of them sais: --Can you imagine I've got an Elephant for $10k! It's a beautiful animal. It waters my flowers and garden, plays with my children and dog and generousely helps me with home improvement! Another: --Wow I want also an Elephant can you sell yours to me? --OK I can only sell it to you for $15k since it's my very dear animal. --DEAL! In another week they meat each other and asking how things are going: --Oh So terrible! This beast almost stomped on my wife, killed my dog, stomped all over my flowers and garden, almost destroyed my house... I don't know what to do!!! --Eh, with this mood you're never going to sell your animal! |
Y'don't need no stinkin' blue LED's! Just tits and ass. You could sell pickled farts with T&A! Oh, and if I ever request my wife bend over that way, you can bet it ain't gonna be about reduction of standing waves. If you can get your wife to agree to having several asses around your listening room my hat's off to you my friend, although if I had several asses like that surrounding me in my listening room I think the music would be the last thing on my mind. Marco |
Yes, that type of advertising never gets old. Though for a second, I wasn't sure what they were selling. At first I thought it was some sort of acoustically inert thong that your girlfriend or wife could wear to reduce standing waves and that sort of thing (not that my wife's ass is that big mind you. Perhaps if I got several asses though…I’ll have to run it by her…). Though doubtless the thong would be made of some “proprietary” material, most likely cryo’d (insert frigid wife joke here), have blue LED’s and cost $999.99 so I guess I’m glad it’s not really for sale--because I would buy one. Then when I saw they were cables wrapped around her, I figured they would be made by “Dominatrix Cable Co.” or something along those lines. |
Â…The theory being the very best cables come from the bodies of the most scantily clad women. They grow'em right outt'a their breasts and derriers! Based on the same theory those automotive tool manufacturers use in creating those wonderful calendars. Personally I would not purchase a torque wrench that was not endorsed by a beautiful naked woman. Naked women are actually the authority on virtually all products that a man could ever want. Wann'a know the very BEST there is? Ask a naked woman...or at least a woman in a bikini. I wonder if there is an entire staff of scantily clad chicks behind Consumer Reports? I really should visit their home offices!! Ever notice how when your wife wants something from you in the ways of domestic chores, personal gifts, favors, or general consent on some issue, that it frequently is brought up before, during or after sex...when she is at least partially or fully NAKED!?! They know about the other head, and the pea-brain contained therein! Or maybe that should be "pee"-brain? Marco |
KP: I don't quite think that this is a marketing approach i want to take. Something about me supposedly being a groupie and the imagery that this would conjure up for most folks leaves a bad taste in my mouth... : ) Maybe i should do like the Clinton's did i.e. donate my old socks and underwear to Goodwill and take a tax deduction. After all, due to the high demand for these items, they are probably worth hundreds if not thousands of dollars : ) Sean > |
His originality in marketing paid off in a big way too. He was able to get $3500 for that used wedding dress. I wonder what i could get for some of my old socks and underwear if i were to come up with a creative story??? Should i try it here or on Ebay first??? Anybody wanna help me write the add??? : ) Sean > |
Here's the eBay listing for the famous wedding dress guy. It broke an eBay record with over 6 million hits by auction's end! You can find articles about him online doing a search under "ebay wedding dress guy" Marco |
Bigjoe- there was some guy on eBay a while back - perhaps he's still doing it - who was offering to 'host' an advertisement on his bald head! I forget whether it was a tattoo or temporary thing, but the price was pretty steep as I recall. By far the best sales pitch I've ever read on any e-trade site was on eBay and was widely publicized. It was some guy selling his ex-wife's wedding dress. He modeled the dress himself, hairy chest and all, but that wasn't the funniest part. The guy's sales pitch was bust a gut laughing hilarious! I think he ended up going on several talk shows as a result of the auction and his pitch. I'm sure you could still find the listing somewhere on the Internet though the auction was long over. I think it had something like 12 million hits when I viewed it and that is no misprint! Marco |
this 1 wins, hands down,BOSE WAS MADE BY MCINTOSH, im not kiddin one bit. there is some nut selling a bose 1801 amp on ebay right now claiming that bose was made by mac. i wish i had known this fact before i invested 15,000 in mac gear. i coulda saved a ton o cash if only i had bought a bose lifestyles system. mike. |
So, from what I read... "Not enough room in my stripper girlfriends rack because of her upgrade, my wife found out and won't let me keep it (or the girlfriend). So to my wife I say that I only opened it up once to play with the upgrade and then I put them back. Yeah, my wife's getting too much power too, so I decided to sell both the wife and stripper girlfriend on eBay to pay for another upgrade, but decided to downsize and get a Hummer instead, that is, a Hummer without a VIN." Enjoy... :) |
I always enjoy: Dumbell model 12 - much better than the model that replaced it" Of course it is. Maybe we should all buy old Pioneers, SAE's, Monster Cable and Advents to get the really good stuff. Or - "bought two, only needed one", then you see the second one come up a week later. Another favorite in the threads last week- Glowing reports about how your world's changed since acquiring your new sub while you've got two of them listed for sale, and guess what! - bought two only needed one (two available). This thread should be required reading before being able to place an AGon ad. |
I always like the ones that emphasize that the unit is "barely used" like it's some sort of collector automobile or something. I want to see something like, "used constantly, and it works and sounds like a dream". I also like the $100K speakers that "were bought five years ago, used for one day and then have been in storage since". |
"If you're looking at this ad, you know how incredible these XXXX are." Four paragraphs later, I think I'm beginning to get an idea. "If you pay my asking price (on a $350 interconnect cable), I'll include the shipping." Or, leave the retail price blank when it's only 10% higher than the asking price. |
What's a good reason to sell? I've bought way more stuff than I can use while trying to find synergy in my system. I'd like to sell some of the stuff that didn't stay in my system and all of it is nice gear with rabid fans -- it would be great in somebody's system, but I just can't use it all! And -- yes -- I even have a multi-channel amp that I bought thinking I would build another multi-channel home theater in the house somewhere and have never opened the box. Thanks to you guys, whenever I go to sell these items, I will be hearing snickers in my ears if I put ANYTHING in my ad to explain why I am selling. THANKS!!! |
