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12-18-2005, 02:52 PM | #1 |
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Aquarium 3-in-1
Is anyone else alarmed that Marine Aquarium 2.5, Goldfish, and Sharks are available in one box at major retailers for $19.99 - $10 rebate?
Isn't this usually done as a sign of desparation?
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12-18-2005, 06:31 PM | #2 |
Smilie Dragon
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WOW.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
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12-18-2005, 06:35 PM | #3 |
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I saw this at a local Sam's Club, my first thought was are they doing this for free or is it really like this.
Michael
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12-18-2005, 06:52 PM | #4 |
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It's a marketing strategy by Encore to squeeze a little more life out of a 6-year-old product. I was talking to an Encore VP at Reichart's party last week, and he said that MA's life has not just been long, but unprecedented.
Regarding the rebate, few people ever send it in. For a while, we had a rebate program going where the product would have actually been free, but still made a good profit on it because of this phenomenon.
Jim Sachs
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12-19-2005, 06:07 AM | #5 |
the Doc
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Which is why everyone on the planet hates MIRs, they just work so darn well...
I don't watch commercials.
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12-19-2005, 09:16 AM | #6 |
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eh- I always mail them in.. I have actually gotten most of them but there have been a few I did not ever recieve.... hahahaha... I must be in the minority
I use to skinny dip, now I chunky dunk!
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12-19-2005, 09:29 AM | #7 |
Smilie Dragon
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I'm with you. My wife sends them in when ever we get one.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
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12-21-2005, 02:02 PM | #8 |
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I always send mine in and raise hell if not getting the rebates as promised. So, where is MA 2.5? Does it have the 2 new fish? I am still on 2.01???
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12-21-2005, 05:48 PM | #9 |
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MA 2.5 is a misnomer. It's Marine Aquarium 2 + Marine Aquarium Time 2, both of which can be read about on serenescreen.com.
"Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell
"If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman |
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