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Offline thundley4

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Report: GM Will No Longer Buy Ads On Facebook
« on: May 15, 2012, 08:36:09 PM »
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According to The Wall Street Journal and CBS News, General Motors is planning to pull its ads from Facebook.

That would be a big move because GM has spent about $10 million in Facebook ads and the news comes just days before Facebook goes public on Friday.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/05/15/152780824/report-gm-will-no-longer-buy-ads-on-facebook?ft=1&f=1001

Is it coincidence that this move comes after one of the Facebook co-founders renouncing his citizenship to avoid taxes?
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Re: Report: GM Will No Longer Buy Ads On Facebook
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2012, 08:38:08 PM »
I always labeled GM ads as "offensive" just for the hell of it.  :)
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Re: Report: GM Will No Longer Buy Ads On Facebook
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2012, 08:39:25 PM »
Quote from: Evil_Conservative on May 15, 2012, 08:38:08 PM
I always labeled GM ads as "offensive" just for the hell of it.  :)

I've never seen any since I use a pop-up blocker.
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Re: Report: GM Will No Longer Buy Ads On Facebook
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2012, 08:41:52 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on May 15, 2012, 08:39:25 PM
I've never seen any since I use a pop-up blocker.

Same here, but I did see them a lot when my ad-block wasn't working for some reason.  I labeled Obama ads as "racist" and "offensive" too.  It was a fun time waster.
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Re: Report: GM Will No Longer Buy Ads On Facebook
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2012, 10:02:58 AM »
Quote from: Evil_Conservative on May 15, 2012, 08:38:08 PM
I always labeled GM ads as "offensive" just for the hell of it.  :)

Quote from: Evil_Conservative on May 15, 2012, 08:41:52 PM
Same here, but I did see them a lot when my ad-block wasn't working for some reason.  I labeled Obama ads as "racist" and "offensive" too.  It was a fun time waster.

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Re: Report: GM Will No Longer Buy Ads On Facebook
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2012, 11:40:15 AM »
I used to be a GM guy. That was until they took my tax money to pay off the unions. Since then, I been leaning towards ford. Which is something I never thought I would do.
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Re: Report: GM Will No Longer Buy Ads On Facebook
« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2012, 11:42:06 AM »
I used to be a GM guy until I realized all their cars are parts-bin pieces of shit.  The ObamaMoneyTM was just the icing on the cake.
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Re: Report: GM Will No Longer Buy Ads On Facebook
« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2012, 11:49:12 AM »
Quote from: Evil_Conservative on May 15, 2012, 08:41:52 PM
Same here, but I did see them a lot when my ad-block wasn't working for some reason.  I labeled Obama ads as "racist" and "offensive" too.  It was a fun time waster.

 :lmao:  omg I thought I was the only one
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Re: Report: GM Will No Longer Buy Ads On Facebook
« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2012, 01:04:52 PM »
Quote from: Gina on May 16, 2012, 11:49:12 AM
:lmao:  omg I thought I was the only one
As if !
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Re: Report: GM Will No Longer Buy Ads On Facebook
« Reply #9 on: May 16, 2012, 01:11:40 PM »
I guess the ads aren't causing enough people to be re-VOLT-ing. :-)
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Re: Report: GM Will No Longer Buy Ads On Facebook
« Reply #10 on: May 16, 2012, 01:12:57 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on May 16, 2012, 01:11:40 PM
I guess the ads aren't causing enough people to be re-VOLT-ing. :-)
Or FIREd up.
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Re: Report: GM Will No Longer Buy Ads On Facebook
« Reply #11 on: May 16, 2012, 10:11:02 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on May 16, 2012, 01:11:40 PM
I guess the ads aren't causing enough people to be re-VOLT-ing. :-)

Or electric-teefied
Or re-volt-ing :killemall:
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Re: Report: GM Will No Longer Buy Ads On Facebook
« Reply #12 on: May 17, 2012, 08:10:34 AM »
This doesn't shock me at all.
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Re: Report: GM Will No Longer Buy Ads On Facebook
« Reply #13 on: May 17, 2012, 08:21:56 AM »
I was thinking about a closely related subject recently. Did you ever notice that, while the major car manufacturers may advertise crap cars like the Prius or Volt, you almost never see the local dealership advertising on tv or radio for their "great deals on a Volt!". It's cuz the dealers know that those cars ARE crap and wouldn't sell, while people will line up to buy a truck or sedan.
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Re: Report: GM Will No Longer Buy Ads On Facebook
« Reply #14 on: May 17, 2012, 08:32:20 AM »
Quote from: docstew on May 17, 2012, 08:21:56 AM
I was thinking about a closely related subject recently. Did you ever notice that, while the major car manufacturers may advertise crap cars like the Prius or Volt, you almost never see the local dealership advertising on tv or radio for their "great deals on a Volt!". It's cuz the dealers know that those cars ARE crap and wouldn't sell, while people will line up to buy a truck or sedan.

Very true.
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Re: Report: GM Will No Longer Buy Ads On Facebook
« Reply #15 on: May 17, 2012, 09:39:43 AM »
Quote from: docstew on May 17, 2012, 08:21:56 AM
I was thinking about a closely related subject recently. Did you ever notice that, while the major car manufacturers may advertise crap cars like the Prius or Volt, you almost never see the local dealership advertising on tv or radio for their "great deals on a Volt!". It's cuz the dealers know that those cars ARE crap and wouldn't sell, while people will line up to buy a truck or sedan.

People want vehicles with power, not something that can barely go up over a hill and be outrun by a bicycle.
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Re: Report: GM Will No Longer Buy Ads On Facebook
« Reply #16 on: May 17, 2012, 10:37:52 AM »
and run out of juice just when you need it.
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Re: Report: GM Will No Longer Buy Ads On Facebook
« Reply #17 on: May 17, 2012, 08:11:47 PM »
Quote from: docstew on May 17, 2012, 08:21:56 AM
I was thinking about a closely related subject recently. Did you ever notice that, while the major car manufacturers may advertise crap cars like the Prius or Volt, you almost never see the local dealership advertising on tv or radio for their "great deals on a Volt!". It's cuz the dealers know that those cars ARE crap and wouldn't sell, while people will line up to buy a truck or sedan.

The dealerships would probably wish the Volt would die. I think they would rather not sell a one since they have to send off one of their mechanics to train on how to fix one of these dogs. Plus, carrying parts is another big expense. A losing proposition considering how few a dealership would sell. I betcha the expense to repair a Volt or any electric car would be very high. 
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Re: Report: GM Will No Longer Buy Ads On Facebook
« Reply #18 on: May 18, 2012, 07:46:55 AM »
Quote from: Lacarnut on May 17, 2012, 08:11:47 PM
The dealerships would probably wish the Volt would die. I think they would rather not sell a one since they have to send off one of their mechanics to train on how to fix one of these dogs. Plus, carrying parts is another big expense. A losing proposition considering how few a dealership would sell. I betcha the expense to repair a Volt or any electric car would be very high. 

"Hey man, I hear these VOLT things have a lot of copper in them. Wonder what the motor and battery would bring down at the scrapyard?"
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Re: Report: GM Will No Longer Buy Ads On Facebook
« Reply #19 on: May 18, 2012, 08:23:38 AM »
Quote from: Lacarnut on May 17, 2012, 08:11:47 PM
The dealerships would probably wish the Volt would die. I think they would rather not sell a one since they have to send off one of their mechanics to train on how to fix one of these dogs. Plus, carrying parts is another big expense. A losing proposition considering how few a dealership would sell. I betcha the expense to repair a Volt or any electric car would be very high.  

I heard somewhere that it cost $15,000.00 to replace the damn battery in a Chevy Volt. That is ridiculous.
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