No Delta, my bag is NOT for free advertising - SEA
Mar 25, 2014, 9:54 pm
#136
Join Date: May 2012
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Yep, I just downgraded to the Gold Delta card
Mar 25, 2014, 10:37 pm
#137
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: West Coast
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On every car deal I've ever made, new or used, I include one stipulation: No dealer advertising on my car, unless they want to pay me $100 a month for the privilege.
So far, not one dealer has taken me up on my generous offer, nor even attempted to haggle my price down! A couple have told me, "Well, we've already applied the decal/license frame/whatever."
"Get it off, unless you're paying me to advertise. Otherwise I'm not taking the car."
Amazing how motivated they get when a sale is on the line. I almost felt bad for the poor guy out there with a heat gun and fishing line getting that crappy plastic emblem off the paint, but hey, it was the dealer's choice to deface it in the first place.
So far, not one dealer has taken me up on my generous offer, nor even attempted to haggle my price down! A couple have told me, "Well, we've already applied the decal/license frame/whatever."
"Get it off, unless you're paying me to advertise. Otherwise I'm not taking the car."
Amazing how motivated they get when a sale is on the line. I almost felt bad for the poor guy out there with a heat gun and fishing line getting that crappy plastic emblem off the paint, but hey, it was the dealer's choice to deface it in the first place.
Mar 25, 2014, 11:50 pm
#138
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: MSP
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Arrived in SEA this afternoon. Got in at the B gates (first time ever, as I always have arrived at the S gates before on my last 10+ flights to SEA)
Total time from aircraft door open to start of bag delivery at the carousel : 17 minutes
Number of Amex advertisement tags on my bag : 0
Estimated Kettle bags spit out before the first Priority bag: too many to count
Total time from aircraft door open to start of bag delivery at the carousel : 17 minutes
Number of Amex advertisement tags on my bag : 0
Estimated Kettle bags spit out before the first Priority bag: too many to count
Mar 26, 2014, 12:18 am
#139
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: BDU
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I can say grass isn't green. That's very different from being able to explain why grass isn't green.
Last edited by CJKatl; Mar 26, 2014 at 3:58 am
Mar 26, 2014, 1:10 am
#140
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Just like you get your bags off of a conveyor belt they are placed on one down in the handling area. I couple of well trained monkeys sitting at the end of the belt before it goes to the carousel could attach the tags as the bags go by. total time lost in the transaction from moving bags from the baggage train to the belt to the carousel is ZERO seconds.
Some people need to work on critical thinking. The act of tagging the bags does not in any way affect the delivery of the bags. That said the speed of the less motivated ramp rats could easily explain the lost time. Place blame where it lies.
Some people need to work on critical thinking. The act of tagging the bags does not in any way affect the delivery of the bags. That said the speed of the less motivated ramp rats could easily explain the lost time. Place blame where it lies.
Mar 26, 2014, 1:59 am
#141
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I wouldn't. I'm just going to start putting stickers for American Airlines and United Airlines in the cabin next to my seats, in the lavatories, or maybe just their latest inflight magazines (Hemispheres, American Way) in the seatback pockets whenever I'm on a delta flight.
Let's see how long it takes for them to notice?
A little guerrilla marketing of my own :-)
Let's see how long it takes for them to notice?
A little guerrilla marketing of my own :-)
Of course delta should receive a formal complaint for tagging bags this way. They must be crossing some sort of legal line here
Mar 26, 2014, 4:32 am
#143
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I wouldn't. I'm just going to start putting stickers for American Airlines and United Airlines in the cabin next to my seats, in the lavatories, or maybe just their latest inflight magazines (Hemispheres, American Way) in the seatback pockets whenever I'm on a delta flight.
Let's see how long it takes for them to notice?
A little guerrilla marketing of my own :-)
Let's see how long it takes for them to notice?
A little guerrilla marketing of my own :-)
Mar 26, 2014, 7:21 am
#146
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And this is different from:
--- Eating from a movie theatre popcorn bag advertising the next big movie or Best Buy
--- Getting your Master Card bill with inserts from Geico, 1-800 flowers, and HSN
--- USA Today with a Dell insert that you throw out
--- The 100 e-mails you delete today until you got to the 1 e-mail you really wanted
--- Proudly walking around the locker room in your Jockey underwear with Jockey written 6 times on the waistband
--- Searching for information on Universal Studios and then seeing a ads for Universal Studios on the next 47 pages your surf.
--- Having Netflix recommend you rent "Frozen" - which is ironic since you just just returned in a couple of days ago.
--- Having "Harvey Ford" on your license plate.
Just pull the two tags off your bag at the same time, doesn't take too much more effort.
--- Eating from a movie theatre popcorn bag advertising the next big movie or Best Buy
--- Getting your Master Card bill with inserts from Geico, 1-800 flowers, and HSN
--- USA Today with a Dell insert that you throw out
--- The 100 e-mails you delete today until you got to the 1 e-mail you really wanted
--- Proudly walking around the locker room in your Jockey underwear with Jockey written 6 times on the waistband
--- Searching for information on Universal Studios and then seeing a ads for Universal Studios on the next 47 pages your surf.
--- Having Netflix recommend you rent "Frozen" - which is ironic since you just just returned in a couple of days ago.
--- Having "Harvey Ford" on your license plate.
Just pull the two tags off your bag at the same time, doesn't take too much more effort.
Mar 26, 2014, 7:42 am
#147
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I was heading to this myself, its the same with the junk thats placed under the wiper on my car. The Exception is none of the items listed above causes me to wait longer to get the item I wanted. With DL it seems the bags are coming out alot later due to having to tag them 1st with the Amex junk
Mar 26, 2014, 7:49 am
#148
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If implemented carefully, this would have been good marketing. Instead, Delta ticked off its customers.
Harvard Business School case study, coming up!
Mar 26, 2014, 8:16 am
#149
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Mar 26, 2014, 8:33 am
#150
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To affix advertising to someone's personal (already-owned) property is a bit aggressive. Aside from someone putting fliers on a car's windshield, I can't think of another example. Not that there aren't, but I'm sure most would find that just as aggressive.