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I wonder if anyone gets anything back from the company if they send in the \"survey\"...
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I wonder if anyone gets anything back from the company if they send in the \"survey\"...
You're in the kitchen ready to make a salad. Bac' o' Bits or real Bacon?
Turn to page 6 to continue this story.
YOU choose the adventure! :oD
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Either it was written by someone who doesn't understand a word of english and was getting their translations through a message board, or they are having fun with it.
Thats so full of awesome. Wonder if any of their shoes are in my price range...
@OminousG: I usually pay full retail for them, but they're affordable and the best shoes I have ever owned. I have 3 pairs that I wear right now, and I never buy a different casual shoe brand. They fit fantastic and have ridiculous build quality.
@OminousG:
$60 for a pair of flipflops. A consumerist reader bought, at cheapest, a $60 pair of flipflops...only to be confused by the comment card? They're a douche.
Sometimes I wonder if advertising departments pull one over on the consumerist.
I'm now putting Diesel beside Woot in the bag of \"out smarted\" the consumerist collection.
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@OminousG: For the record, it wasn't flip-flops, the original purchaser doesn't read the Consumerist, and you are the douche.
@OminousG: What? Outsmarted how? This isn't being shown here as an example of bad customer service. No one was 'confused' about the comment card, just curious. And calling someone a 'douche' just because they buy fancier flipflops than you, that's just ignorant. We all have things we value and spend money on, for this person it was fashion. For me, it's musical instruments. Are you going to tell me every aspect of your life receives only the most baseline, spartan budget possible?
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@OminousG: I got to give a consumerist reader more credit than buying $60 flip flops. I've seen diesel shoes for cheaper than $60 at places like dsw and famous footwear.
This is not that hard:
1. Actively agree = agree.
2. Passively agree = neutral.
3. Falsification of the truth = disagree.
4. Can you repeat the question? = no response.
See, the only difference is that they're being witty and funny.
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@Erwos: Or, for more appropriate answers:
1. Actively agree = banana
2. Passively agree = it's time for Family Guy!
3. Falsification of the truth = accordion music bites
4. Can you repeat the question? = I have ten fingers, almost.
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@Erwos: I think witty and funny is a real stretch. It sounds like they hired a cynical and overly sarcastic high school girl to write that thing up. Or maybe a writer for MTV
@downwithmonstercable: Or maybe were laying off his entire department and asked him to do one more favor (writing survey card) for them before he left the company?
makes more sense than the survey. Flip-flops? Cheddar with muskrat belly hairs, please!
Extremely cool, and it felt like a carbolic smoke ball AD for some reason. :D
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Sacha Baron Cohen really is everywhere.
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@lalaland13: Is correct?
/wood chipper
Seriously though - they've at least succeeded brilliantly on getting their company's name on the lips of everyone around the water cooler in my office.
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I wish everything came with a survey of that caliber. Totally amazing!
I'm guessing the questions are pulled from actual letters they've gotten from their customers. You can't just make some of that stuff up!
I think whoever wrote this, wrote it with fun for the consumer - it's very clever and brave.
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@oilburner: Me too! I think it's international comments translated into English without corrections for grammar.
If it's not that, then lord knows what's going on.
Either way, I was tickled while reading this.
now i wish i looked at the surveys that came with my diesel jeans.. top notch.. i wonder what their underwear have to offer.. support and wit?
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It's like someone took one of those annoying personality things they stick in job applications and made it extra crazy.
As a graphic designer and vet of the ad industry, I can tell you these are the types of projects that creatives LOVE. I guarantee you that the copywriter enjoyed every second of the project...
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8. I'm a market leader in developing marketing campaigns with 100% no relevance to anyone. You want to throw some money at me?
The best line.
I appreciate the humor. I have no expectation that a maker of coture footwear will care at all what I think.
Maybe Rob at Cockeyed.com has something to do with it...he recently did some pretty funky job applications...
The comment card is mocking you for thinking you purchased high end luxury shoes, when you actually haven't.
Are you kidding me, this thing is AWESOME. Too often these things ask banal questions with completely useless answer. At least they made this interesting. I think this is one time when you should appreciate it for exactly what it is.
I work for a company with a similar set of thoughts when it comes to comedy. A recent catalog was filled with our models being doused with baked beans, pudding and potato salad. Our clothing line is named after semi-obscure movie characters. Inside the company, we have memos and daily communications that include why it makes your life better to eat ice cream every night before bed. We answer the phones by yelling the name of the company in some sort of sing-song meets a cow moo way.
The mix is about 75% for, 25% against how we do things. We have folks who call our customer service line just to show friends \"See, they really answer the phones this way!\" and most people say things like \"I love your company. You're not like anyone else!\". We also had a few people call about the above mentioned catalog in the 25% category. One man said it was \"disgusting and vile\" to show people being covered in food like that. We got a handful of people calling to complain about the waste of food.
Basically, some companies are choosing to not do things in the 'typical American white-male\" way of doing things. As we watch two of The Big Three about to sink into bankruptcy, with doing things the 'good old boy' way is what helped get them there, perhaps we need to applaud the companies choosing to try something different.
@hedonia: I think MooseJaw is the company he's talking about...if not, there are now two companies with a strange obsession with throwing food at models wearing their clothes.
I....... like it.
The possible reasoning or methods behind this madness I see as only one of two things:
1) A commentary surprisingly in touch with their target market, poking fun of larger corporations inept ability to show actual thoughtfulness and care towards their customers.
or
2) Someone drunk. And having a field day, being possibly the only proficient English speaking person around at the time.
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Is that Rudolf Diesel's signature on that certificate?
I'm going to go with \"Intern was told to translate the comment card into 12 different languages. Instead of translating from English into each other language, he translated them sequentially, from one language into the next. Next week, his boss wanted to know what the incomprehensible gibberish was and translated back to English. The results were too hilarious not to use.\"
I bought a pair of Diesel shoes online last week. Now I can't wait to get them so I can get one of these cards.
Wow. What a bunch of tight asses. They're just trying to have fun with their customers and I'm pretty sure most of their loyal customers are into that stuff. I'm starting to feel as if The Consumerist is getting worse every day, being extremely biased against the companies (e.g. one-sided journalism, lack of investigation if consumer \"stories\" are actually true). Not so fair.
Honestly, this makes me want to buy something from them in the off chance I will also receive a survey as full of ridiculously nonsensical WIN as this one.
Diesel, if you're out there...can you just send me a survey anyway?
I think the primary purpose of the comment card is realized in this post...get people talking about Diesel Shoes. Ooops - you fell for it Consumerist.
Life to you is a dashing and bold adventure.
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It's just a cute little \"thank you for buying our shoes\" thing to put a smile on your face and keep them in your memory the next time you go shoe shopping. My pairs of P.F. Flyers with removable insoles each came with a little aphorism on a green square of fabric hidden underneath one of the insoles.
This is a brilliant marketing ploy - honestly! Look at all the free publicity the internet is providing, and I expect their target demographic includes the type of people who will find this outrageously hilarious and come back again and again just to see what other bizarreness the company throws at them.
Absolutely brilliant, clearly a very clever, creative and funny copywriter - the thought processes that must have gone through his/her mind whilst composing those questions - i wonder how long it took the business manager of that brand of Diesel shoes to accept the idea of promoting obscure, zany yet very funny poking questions to the unsuspecting consumers. Creative idea and simply brilliant... Diesel must employ some clever creative types, especially those responsible for this piece of work... nice shoes as well...
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Whoever made that was high.
@nakedscience: Yep.