T-Shirt Hell pulls a fast one; closing message a troll for more business(tshirthell.com)
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T-Shirt Hell pulls a fast one; closing message a troll for more business
http://www.tshirthell.com/hello.php
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Shock of all shocks. NO ONE saw this coming. eye roll
Yeah no joke. Every comment on every submission of the original story to every social news site on the internet expressed suspicion that this was marketing.
And yet they kept discussing it and were interested in the (non)story. Proves human nature.
I see the McRib is back.
I believed it. A guy who changes his name to Sunshine Megatron might do anything.
I guess they learned something from furniture stores
Perhaps they should now create a new shirt that says, "I got suckered by tshirthell.com". That's sure to create more buzz for them.
100K shirts sold in 3 weeks. Brilliant. Props to the marketing concept.
Obnoxious isn't a marketing concept.
It can be - it's just rarely a good one. Rich Jerk is a great example of this - a heavily cross-promoted product that's done very well.
yes props for making each and every one of those customers feel like suckers, brilliant marketing move that's sure to pay off handsomely over the long term . . . although something tells me t-shirt hell's customers don't have a problem with being made to feel like suckers.
I didn't say I respected them. The whole company is about treating everything as a joke. They aren't selling expensive software licenses here. They aren't fishing for respect. They want the "wow" factor. And they are good at getting it.
I understand their deal, I just don't think manipulating your customers into making a purchase is a good longterm strategy, even if some of the customers get the joke . . . time will tell I guess.
Also, props usually means proper recognition/respect . . .
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=props
just sayin . . .
A lot of Microsoft's customers feel like suckers but most keep paying for upgrades and buying more. It works.
Would've appreciated an NSFW on this.
Already flagged and deleted yesterday: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=484639
The discussion and votes given seem to indicate people are interested in the story nonetheless. censorship--
Quality control != censorship
Censorship is the suppression of speech or deletion of communicative material which may be considered objectionable, harmful or sensitive
Quality control would be removing spam, nonsensical content or, in some cases, content that's wildly off-topic.
Considering the original T-Shirt Hell story was run here without being "quality controlled" away, it seems reasonable to accept that a followup is, therefore, not off-topic for HN. That makes the removal of said story censorship and not quality control.
Quality control would be removing spam, nonsensical content or, in some cases, content that's wildly off-topic.
Considering the original T-Shirt Hell story was run here without being "quality controlled" away, it seems reasonable to accept that a followup is, therefore, not off-topic for HN. That makes the removal of said story censorship and not quality control.
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i bought 3 shirts... you got me.