Truth In Advertising

Posted on November 29, 2007 by Scott Jennings| 12 Comments

Stuck in traffic while passing a Walgreen’s on the way home tonight, I noticed their neon sign was advertising various products, all with the tagline:

BUY ONE – GET ONE

Why, yes, that is the essential promise of commerce that I expect when purchasing things.

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  • Caleb

    Full of lulz commerce is.

  • Bonedead

    There’s been a lot of 2 for 1 going on recently. I believe that Bunny Ranch in Vegas is doing a 2 for 1 if you mention Pimpin for Ron Paul. Also Digg has a little deal with Virgin Airlines where if you use the promotion code you buy 2 tickets for the price of 1. Of course there are always cigarettes as well, though sometimes they come in the awkward buy 2 get 1 package, which is just plain stupid to me.

    yay

  • Axecleaver

    Driving north through Virginia on my way to Pennsylvania, I started seeing signs for a fruit stand about forty miles out. If you ever drove through the Western United States and saw the Wall Drug signs, it reminded me of that. No context by themselves, but together they told a story and drew you in. When you passed Wall drug after seeing their signs for five hours, you were gonna stop there just to see what all that signage was about.

    These fruit signs started off innocent enough, but…

    “Ripe, succulent plums, 40 miles ahead”
    5 miles later… “Sweet, pale flesh”
    5 miles later… “You know you want it”

  • Please

    From the cover of the old Victory Games’ “Look at the Schmuck on that Camel”:

    Buy 1 Hat for $10
    2 Hats for $20

    At least Wall Drug lives up to its signage. They do still offer FREE! ice water, and five cent coffee.

  • Ajeba

    “SEE RUBY FALLS”

  • http://ambernight.org Amber

    My dentist’s office has a sign on the wall that says “Gift certificates available.” Nothing says you care like giving the gift of pain.

  • http://gordogga.com/ Neil

    While “Buy One Get One” seems obvious and stupid, it took me five minutes to figure out what the hell BOGO meant.

  • =j

    Do they have a Buy Two, Get Two promotion too?

  • Amaranthar

    There was an old historic hotel in my small home city. It burnt down years ago, but there was a picture in the newspaper of the building with smoke billowing out the windows and the sign in front above the front doors. The only letters that were still lit were HOT. (True)

  • http://www.plaguelands.com krones

    Buy One, Get One is a rip off. This is the fucking U.S.A., I expect to buy one and get five in return. First the Hulkster and now this crap. *shakes fist*

  • Bonedead

    Haha I feel so dumb, I finally get it!

  • blachawk

    I’ve seen the phrase ‘Buy One Get One’ used as shorthand for ‘Buy One Get One Free’. I’ve only seen it in rural Virginia and northwest Georgia, so maybe it’s a southern thing?