Boffer Freebie Annoucements

bristolleedsfan

embraman wrote: »

Good grief. The Boffer spoof will have offended no-one but the dighted.

That said, fair play to you, you are adding to the joke - but is that really what you want?

Kevin

As can be seen in post 563 even by 20.03 a long established member from that forum didnt realise that what he and all of us had registered for, stayed up to midnight for and ordered was free delivery off a future offer, the future offer which was and still is unknown to us. _pale_

http://www.thedvdforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=515357&page=29

Before a pro boffer comes out with a sarcastic comment i thought the offer was 2 small teddys + a USB drive of unknown capacity, I did not think of consulting the dictionary at midnight. :eek:

"dighted", : What does that mean. :huh:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GZFA_enGB285GB286&q=dighted

Angie100

bristolleedsfan wrote: »

As can be seen in post 563 even by 20.03 a long established member from that forum didnt realise that what he and all of us had registered for, stayed up to midnight for and ordered was free delivery off a future offer, the future offer which was and still is unknown to us. _pale_

http://www.thedvdforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=515357&page=29

Before a pro boffer comes out with a sarcastic comment i thought the offer was 2 small teddys + a USB drive of unknown capacity, I did not think of consulting the dictionary at midnight. :eek:

"dighted", : What does that mean. :huh:



http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GZFA_enGB285GB286&q=dighted

Even I thought it must be for a USB drive!!!

kyssyn

I'm a long-time reader of this forum but never felt the need to respond until now. I've received four freebies from Boffer (Doom 3, Annie Lennox cd, photo paper and free postage) and I want to stick up for them because I don't believe they've done anything wrong.

Firstly, no contract was formed. It was free, and you need an exchange of goods to form a contract.

Secondly, EVERY joke makes fun of either the audience or someone else. If you've ever laughed at jokes about Stephen Hawking, Stevie Wonder, Heather Mills, Jews, Muslims, fat people...etc, then you have NO right to be offended by the joke Boffer played.

Personally I'm registered blind, and I will lose my remaining sight. I also wear hearing aids, I could lose my hearing too. I have absolutely no problems with people joking about my disabilities and I would be a huge hypocrite if I did.

If you're having trouble conceiving I give you my deepest sympathy but I won't pretend that the topic is now sacrosanct because it isn't. My advice to you is to grow a thicker skin, you'll need it.

bristolleedsfan

kyssyn wrote: »

If you're having trouble conceiving I give you my deepest sympathy but I won't pretend that the topic is now sacrosanct because it isn't. My advice to you is to grow a thicker skin, you'll need it.

Can u or any of the apparent pro boffers name anyone who has previously joked about those who have "trouble conceiving".

In any event thats not the only issue, One issue is that we was encouraged to register all our personal details, stay up to midnight, order what looked like two small teddies and a USB drive only to discover that all we was in line for was free postage for yet to be announced items which we would also have to stay up to midnight for.

Poor guy here thinks the free delivery is for anything on BigPockets Webpage.:rotfl:

http://www.thedvdforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=515357&page=29

embraman

You didn't have to stay up until midnight. You can still take advantage of the USB Fornication Optimiser offer right now, in fact. Or not; it's your choice.

Kevin

savemoney

It was a bad tasteless joke. Sure no actual harm done for many but I can see it could cause some offence

kyssyn

bristolleedsfan wrote: »

Can u or any of the apparent pro boffers name anyone who has previously joked about those who have "trouble conceiving".

In any event thats not the only issue, One issue is that we was encouraged to register all our personal details, stay up to midnight, order what looked like two small teddies and a USB drive only to discover that all we was in line for was free postage for yet to be announced items which we would also have to stay up to midnight for.

Well the feeling from some people (including papa-roo) was that Boffer was making fun of those who can't conceive. See http://www.boffer.co.uk/forum/post.php?post_id=19&page=12 If you're want another example of people making fun of the issue there's also a page of infertility jokes http://www.fertilityplus.org/faq/humor/ihumor.html

With regard to staying up until midnight, ALL the freebies/deals go live at that time. The exact nature of the items aren't revealed until they go live, it's a risk you take when you decide to stay up late to see what it is. All that was said about the freebie was, it was a joke people might find in bad taste, and that it was unlimited in supply. The fact it was unlimited in supply should have been a clue that it wasn't going to be something phsyical (my personal thought was that it might be an e-book). When the page for the freebie went live loads of people ordered without actually reading the description and felt slighted afterwards. It said it was for cattle for god's sake!

CLLC

Wouldn't that offer than be classed as phishing ??? because they got our details falsely?????

kyssyn

CLLC wrote: »

Wouldn't that offer than be classed as phishing ??? because they got our details falsely?????

Sure, you could consider it phishing if you like but not in a legal sense. Phishing is covered under the Fraud Act 2006 but you need to satisfy the conditions of section 2 (Fraud by false representations). Note:

(1) A person is in breach of this section if he—
(a) dishonestly makes a false representation, and
(b) intends, by making the representation—
(i) to make a gain for himself or another

Boffer didn't gain anything from it because the offer was free. You don't have to use the free postage if you don't want. They didn't even get your card details because there was no need to give them.

cushty2

stus_my_name wrote: »

Reply email from ASA just thought i'd post it to show i'm serious about taking this higher.

Thank you for submitting your complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority.
We have passed your complaint to our Complaints team.
A Complaints Executive will assess your complaint and will reply in full as soon as possible.
Please quote this reference number in any correspondence: *** ***

stu aka PAPA-ROO

omfg i cant believe u reported them!!it was a joke!!! sense of humour check!!! how did u not find it funny??!!!