AlphaNvmerik » minirant http://www.alphanvmerik.com = Shawn + Internet Sat, 02 Jan 2010 08:16:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Adventures in bad marketing http://www.alphanvmerik.com/2008/12/adventures-in-bad-marketing/ http://www.alphanvmerik.com/2008/12/adventures-in-bad-marketing/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:59:47 +0000 AlphaNvmerik http://www.alphanvmerik.com/?p=94 I was making an unplanned stop into the Costco near my work a couple of days ago and happened acroess a fairly good deal for USB memory.  3 4GB USB memory sticks with retractable connectors for $30!

12GB of gadgetry

12GB of gadgetry

So I picked them up and made it all the way back to my office before I noticed this little gem of a message on the packaging…

No, no, no, it really does say: "Now packaged with less plastic"

No, no, no, it really does say "Now packaged with less plastic":

Well, that’s noble.  Let’s see that “less plastic” next to a fairly popular book:

Size: Freakin huge

Size: Freakin huge

Really?  Less plastic?  How much freakin plastic did it used to have?

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