Which products, which are being heavily advertised at the moment, do you expect to crash and burn?
I mean that figuratively, not literally.
I'm thinking along the lines of the early 2000s website pets.com, which heavily advertised before going broke.
Have you played Atari today?
There's one that I thought was a joke when I first saw the ad: VIPooh.
Despite ridicule by Joan Rivers among many others, "I've fallen and I can't get up!" seems to just keep chugging along.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQlpDiXPZHQ
It's one of the ad campaigns that you might expect to crash and burn but hasn't so far. Wikipedia says they started in 1987 and have had some setbacks and reorganizations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Alert_Emergency_Response
"Talk amongst yourselves." ~ Linda Richman
I remember in the late 90's there was WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK which guaranteed loans and mortgages at the drop of a hat. they went under quickly because they didn't ask for enough collateral or proof that you could afford it.
I have a hard time believing some things are going to make it due to the fact that they are advertised where they are not sold...
in nyc there is no way to get to a SONIC, RED ROBIN, WALMART, in NYC... KFC is only in Queens.
Oh God. Fortune vomits on my eiderdown once more.
That Simply Fit board, a lot of reviews say the board cracks under less than half its holding weight limit.
shareThat could be a question of weight distribution. Those weight limits are usually given for the weight being spread out over the surface, but put even half the weight at the farthest point from the support and it's toast.
I don't trust any of those companies that are pushing "reverse mortgages." If your property is paid in full why would you allow some bank or mortgage company to get its claws on it?
I don't fully understand the concept but to me it sounds awfully suspicious. As more people wake up and do some serious research we may see this fall by the wayside in the future.
This was one of Reagan's brainchildren. And you know how dumb and his advisers were about economics. For most seniors, it's a disaster, but for some folks who are very, very old, it can keep them in their homes a few more years.
Reagan and his advisers weren't dumb, they were devious. They conned the naïve public into believing supply-side economics would benefit everyone. We are still suffering the consequences of these policies to this day, with an ever-widening wealth gap. The latest statistics I've seen show 40% of this country's wealth being in the hands of the upper 1%.
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