kusankusho Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Hi all. Mods – I’m posting in both the DCI and DCA forums – hope that’s OK….. Staples Business Depot is running an ad that insults drum corps. It is about how easy it is to correct mistakes like calling drum corps “dumb corps” which a laughing announcer goes on to say is “the leading edge of stupidity” or words to that effect. I’m not sure if they are in the USA but Staples is all over Canada, where drum corps is struggling. I’m asking you to boycott Staples and to let them know why. Here’s the website for the contact page. I used media relations. http://www.staples.ca/ENG/CSR/csr_contact_...DE16E6DB08695C2 It’s hard enough to get kids off the couch and out to a corps, we don’t need a social stigma being built up around a marketing ploy. Cheers Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just A Plain Old Fan Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Jim, can you possibly link to the ad before everyone files a complaint form on something they've never seen nor heard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy65 Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Jim, can you possibly link to the ad before everyone files a complaint form on something they've never seen nor heard? Thank you. You read my mind or what's left of it, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kusankusho Posted March 30, 2007 Author Share Posted March 30, 2007 Good point - I just had a look on the website and I can't find any links to their ads - I heard this on the car radio coming to work today. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einstein On The Beach Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 1) How is that insulting to drum corps at all 2) Why the hell is Staples talking about drum corps in their ads, you probably misheard it 3) This is a waste of time, who cares, I sure don't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy65 Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 1) How is that insulting to drum corps at all2) Why the hell is Staples talking about drum corps in their ads, you probably misheard it 3) This is a waste of time, who cares, I sure don't If only Staples would relieve "Borat" of his spokesperson duties. We'd be all the better for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einstein On The Beach Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 If only Staples would relieve "Borat" of his spokesperson duties. We'd be all the better for it. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy65 Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 ? It was a joke. I guess you would have had to seen "Borat". He was a TV guy from Kazahkstan. English berry berry bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshamello Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 I have a friend, who is also a big drum corps fan, who works at the corporate offices for Business Depot. I checked things out with him and got the following reply, "It is a radio commercial that has started airing recently and it is for Copy & Print. The situation is that some letterhead was produced with a typo so that Drum Corp was Dum Corp and the message was that with 39 cent colour copies, it doesn't cost much to redo the letterhead. I did not find it derogatory to drum corps but rather making fun of a mistake and recognizing that it would not cost much to fix it at Staples, Business Depot. It is intended to be light hearted and humourous and from my perspective the use of dum in place of drum was just being used for humour purposes." So, lighten up folks. Sometimes we look for controversy when there's simply humor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BozzlyB Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 This seems pointless to me. The only people who would "get" the ad would be those of us who love drum corps and could care less what Staples thinks of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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