Comments on: The Laptop Shop badvertising

By: le craic » Laptop Shop Advertisement judgement from the Advertising Standards Authority

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:25:19 +0000

[...] The Advertising Standards Authority came out with their judgement on the ad after receiving many complaints (note: I didn’t make any representation to the ASAI as I felt the issue was reasonably explained in the end – as you can see in the comments on the original post). [...]

By: aj@lecraic

aj@lecraic — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:56:11 +0000

Thanks Moss, of course you are correct and I’ve posted the updates above so as far as I’m concerned it’s a closed matter. For that reason I’m closing comments on this post now.

By: Moss

Moss — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:26:45 +0000

People have mentioned going to ASAI on this. This will be pointless. Any complaints made on ads, if upheld, will just be published in some long list with all the other complaints by people with nothing better to do with their lives.

These guys made a mistake. People make mistake every day so give them a break. Personally, I think Fergus feels bad enough so why go on about it to make it worse for him. He’s just another guy tryig to do his job like all of us. If I got this kind of attention everytime I made a mistake I’d never have a moments peace. It seems very clear that this was not planned by them and they obviously regret it.

Fergus and Robert have apologised and explained what happened. . . . now how about we let it go and get on with it.

By: aj@lecraic

aj@lecraic — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:00:05 +0000

Comment was in the moderation queue still – hadn’t seen it earlier

By: WhyDoIBother

WhyDoIBother — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:57:36 +0000

my earlier comment was deleted for some reason.

so I’ll repeat the jist without any cursing in case that what the reason my post was deleted

Basically, the client in this case, the laptop shop should not have gone to the agency with a last minute request for an ad. That causes major pressure on the studio in the agency to respond and no doubt it was late on a friday AFTER the copy deadline passed.

And clearly the ad that was printed was obviously considered at an earlier stage so it could have been approved just as easily.

Anyway, these things are not important in the scheme of life.

By: Dress like a Mad Man « Groves Media

Dress like a Mad Man « Groves Media — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:51:46 +0000

[...] is the questionable advert for an Irish laptop retailer highlighted by Le Craic. Read the comments as it includes a defence [...]

By: Twenty Major

Twenty Major — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:48:34 +0000

Well then you’re not one of ‘those’. Their more reasonable cousin, perhaps.

By: aj@lecraic

aj@lecraic — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:00:10 +0000

Can’t speak for everyone, but I’d replace the “always” with “sometimes” to describe myself.

By: Twenty Major

Twenty Major — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:45:04 +0000

I suppose there are those that will always find things offensive.

By: aj@lecraic

aj@lecraic — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:04:14 +0000

When I saw it I immediately thought of

http://www.friendsofalandoherty.com/

again though, every has their own take on the ad – mine just differs from yours.