$25 to put your name on a Congrats Obama newspaper page! WTF

[azmouse]

I saw an ad in today's AZRepublic about listing your name on their 'Congrats Obama' page on Jan 21.
Sounds like a neat idea, huh? Yep, I thought so to... til I went to the webpage. (https://subscribe.azcentral.com/congratsobama/index.php)

For *only* $25 you can have your name included. Un-bleeping-believable! The ad doesn't mention any fee involved.
I'd rather give the money to a charity who could really use it than waste it on this.

Anyone ever hear of a newspaper pulling this crap before? :grr:

[SteppingRazor]

1. At this point, newspapers are desperate for any revenue they can get.

I haven't heard of something like this before, but it doesn't surprise me. Print journalism's financial state makes the auto industry look like an economic powerhouse.

[ogneopasno]

2. Newspapers trying to make money? NO WAY!

[azmouse]

4. I don't object to them making money, it's the dishonesty

of not mentioning a fee in the ad and then charging $25 in tough economic times for just printing a name in the paper.

[Xipe Totec]

3. For $2.42 you can send a personal greeting card to the man himself

$2 for the card, plus 42 cents postage.

Mail it to:

The President of the United States
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20500


via the United States Post Office.

[azmouse]

6. That's more like it!

:)

[Xipe Totec]

13. I sent one to Bill Clinton

I still have the nice reply letter on White House stationary.

Probably a form letter, but it's more than I expected... :hi:

[azmouse]

14. That's a nice keepsake.

I may give it a try and see what I get back. :)

[MADem]

12. Send a postcard. Better chance of getting there.

All of the WH mail goes to a "processing center" because of the anthrax nonsense. Post cards have a better chance of getting through.

[countingbluecars]

5. For $25 you get a keepsake

with your name on it, and the newspaper makes money. Sounds ok to me.

[azmouse]

7. I'll hand write my name on the paper when it arrives that day

and send the $25 to a charity where it will do some good. That'll work.

[countingbluecars]

8. That's good too. n/t

[lies and propaganda]

9. AZCrapublic is doing this?

WJW!

my old rag of a paper, owned by the Quayles, who hates Mexicans and loves Arpaio, loves speculating over the Gov's sexual orientation and has picked every repuke for years..

Im surprised but its still not enough to get me to buy one of those rags.

[azmouse]

10. They've been slamming Sheriff Joe lately. Amazing, huh?

Not too surprisingly though, they did name McCain Arizonan of the Year... :eyes:
Some things won't change.

But it's the only paper in town any more so I read it and try to glean what news I can from it.

[MADem]

11. They're essentially selling a WANT AD.

It's a revenue scheme. They think people will save the paper, because it is "historic."


I strongly doubt that Obama will open the paper and read the stupid names, anyway. If anything, the AZ Democratic Party might check those names against their donor lists, but that's about it....

[Javaman]

15. I'll just put it in the classifieds for free. nt