Marketers want their products and services to be noticed and applauded, but sometimes the attempt backfires. When it does, our eagle-eyed readers let us know, submitting examples of rip-offs, poorly worded ads, half-empty packaging, outlandish claims, and goofs that have made them laugh out loud.
Signs of the Times
These mixed signals will have you all turned around.
Inquiring Signs Want to Know
We're worried if even the road sign doesn't have a sense of direction!
Submitted by Sharon G., via email
Yes, Thanks. We're Happy to Go It Alone
How awkward if a hostess wanted to seat us instead!
Submitted by Pam Suess, Soquel, CA
Push Your Luck
So what happens if we press the big red button?
Submitted by Gary Rubin, Morton Grove, IL
What a Relief!
No matter how you cut it, looks like there won't be any fumes here.
Submitted by Randy DiBella, seen in West Cornwall, CT
Be on the lookout for goofs and glitches like these. Share them with us via:
- Email: [email protected]
- Mail: Selling It, Consumer Reports, 101 Truman Ave., Yonkers, NY 10703
Send us your funny ads. Please include key information, such as the publication's name and date. We might publish your submission here.
See our Selling It archives for previously published silliness.
Editor's Note: This also appeared in the June 2020 issue of Consumer Reports magazine.