'Best worst shop slogan... can you beat TK Maxx?' blog discussion

ThinkingOfLinking

Yes; "Everything must go!" Well, duh. Hmmmm, or what?

isirta

In TK Maxx shop window:

“Always up to 60% less”

Or, to rephrase:

"Guaranteed - never more than 60% off"

hamstar_2

Loved the line in the DFS advert: "Everything in the sale is reduced!"

There's obviously some other sort of sale that I haven't heard about:rotfl:

megsykins

It's not misleading (they're pretty cheap) but I love Bargain Booze: Making Life Richer, For The Pourer.

Also, McDonalds a few years back rebranded chicken nuggets - "now 100% chicken" - !!!!!! was it before?? (apparently this ad ran in the States as "100% white meat")

vegankris

irrelevant wrote: »

Ah, now that reminds me ... another pet hate, used repeatedly by a certain home diy/furnishings shop I can think of:

CLOSING DOWN SALE
for refurbishment

Or for stock taking, re-branding, or similar ... and when they are subsequently closed for about half a day...

Agreed. There's a certain bookshop that does this too...:mad:

prowla

I recently almost bought some socks in TK Maxx that were marked RRP xxxx, Our Price yyyy, but there was a manufacturers tab on the label stating the price as yyyy. So the "RRP" was made up to satisfy the up to 60% off monicker.
Since then, I've not really bought so much there.

wolvesinwales

young_victor_meldrew wrote: »

One from the archives that makes me cringe... And I shouldn't even be involved in this thread BUT

"Safeway, everything you want from a store and a little bit more"

Erm, if its EVERYTHING I want from a store, then what is the little bit more? Something undesirable?

From what i remember of Safeway the little bit more was stupid stickers stuck on packs of bread rolls saying 'Split and fill' before seeing those invaluable stickers i had gone through life spreading butter and putting the 'filling' on top of the rolls :rolleyes:

dave11thnun

One that annoys me is our local car tyre and exhaust company that brags: "We guarantee the lowest prices in the area!" and the "You will not find these prices elsewhere - guaranteed!"

Then underneath it states that the "area" classes as a rather precise 2.75 mile radius, a distance that takes them to within sneezing distance of the only other tyre and exhaust supplier in town!

Very clever! :cool:

damanpunk

My favourite is a local window blinds company, across the side of his work van in huge writing is

"THE BLIND MAN"

If he is blind what is he doing driving? And should he really be advertising it?

twentypenceoff

boyfriend buys cans of dubious foreign tinned spaghetti with a picture of it on a plate and the words

serving suggestion

so in other words, it doesnt have to be served on a plate? it can be eaten off the floor? or out of the tin?