Tag: Reading
Name and shame the door drop marketers
It’s about time I started fighting back! What is the point of having a ‘no junk mail, commercial leaflets or flyers please’ sticker on our front door if it is ignored? So, to make me feel happier about the junk mail I’ve decided to name and shame. Today’s lucky entrant is Bracknell. Yes, Bracknell, that…
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Variable Volvo service
I thought car customers were hard to get hold of these days. You wouldn’t believe it at Motorworld Volvo in Oxford. I asked to talk to someone about leasing a Volvo and I was told to phone some number in Chipping Norton. Now, as I had bothered to walk through the door and there was…
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Marketing basketball
Reading Rockets have set a fine example to sports clubs with their recent marketing activity. Via local schools they distributed flyers for a home match that gave the pupils free tickets. Accompanying adults got a £1 discount against the full £7 regular tariff. Basketball is a bit of a minority sport and I expect their budgets…
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Hospital Fashions
The sign at the Royal Berkshire Hospital presents an unintentionally humorous and potentially confusing message: “Today, ladies fashions, off the rails.” This seemingly innocuous announcement inadvertently creates a double entendre that merits closer examination. At first glance, the sign appears to advertise a sale or event featuring women’s clothing. However, the phrase “off the rails”…
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Petrol down to 99.9p per litre
Petrol was down to 99.9p per litre in Reading, Berkshire today. Fabulous. Just two days ago it was 105.9p. It cost me £3 less to fill the tank. We are all happy enough to moan at the speed prices increase. So I’m giving praise to BP for the rapid deflation. p.s. the petrol station mentioned…
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Hospital waste and bugs
I think our local hospital, The Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, is excellent. That said, at a time when we are all concerned about bugs being transmitted through wards I think they could manage the message a little better. This photo shows waste bags piled up in a main thoroughfare. The yellow bags on the…
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