http://www.completetosh.com/weblog/2006/01/09/tabloid-price-war/ by Neil McIntosh Wed, 04 May 2011 13:45:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.completetosh.com/weblog/2006/01/09/tabloid-price-war/comment-page-1/#comment-598 Muz Wed, 25 Jan 2006 03:19:50 +0000 http://69.89.31.92/~complew7/?p=348#comment-598 People still buy newspapers? Whay do they do that then? Makes no sense, surely? :) People still buy newspapers? Whay do they do that then? Makes no sense, surely?

]]> http://www.completetosh.com/weblog/2006/01/09/tabloid-price-war/comment-page-1/#comment-597 Michel Bougalieu Fri, 20 Jan 2006 09:44:47 +0000 http://69.89.31.92/~complew7/?p=348#comment-597 "Free pint of beer for every reader" backfired horribly some time in the early 1990s for the Green Final (the Saturday sports paper produced by the Aberdeen Press & Journal). They forgot to put in the terms & conditions "only one voucher per person" or similar. Thus legions of canny (read: tight) Aberdonians sussed that all they had to do was buy multiple copies of the paper for 15p a go and they could drink as much McEwans Export as their pasty bodies could handle. Don't ask me how I know this. “Free pint of beer for every reader” backfired horribly some time in the early 1990s for the Green Final (the Saturday sports paper produced by the Aberdeen Press & Journal). They forgot to put in the terms & conditions “only one voucher per person” or similar. Thus legions of canny (read: tight) Aberdonians sussed that all they had to do was buy multiple copies of the paper for 15p a go and they could drink as much McEwans Export as their pasty bodies could handle. Don’t ask me how I know this.

]]> http://www.completetosh.com/weblog/2006/01/09/tabloid-price-war/comment-page-1/#comment-596 Nik Wed, 11 Jan 2006 10:22:07 +0000 http://69.89.31.92/~complew7/?p=348#comment-596 I like that idea: "Free 20p for every reader". It's also much more practical than the Evening Standard's occasional "Free pint of beer for every reader" which I find is never taped in securely enough and spills all over my trousers. Particularly embarrassing with fellow commuters glaring angrily. I like that idea: “Free 20p for every reader”. It’s also much more practical than the Evening Standard’s occasional “Free pint of beer for every reader” which I find is never taped in securely enough and spills all over my trousers. Particularly embarrassing with fellow commuters glaring angrily.

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