XFX 5970 Black Edition STOLEN

[Planet]

Definitely fake and a publicity stunt. Yet nobody noticed the English fail in the email.

we believe it to have been illegally obtained as the product has yet been released per the embargo date

[Marvin54]

I do not think is that the stolen

[Manicdan]

lets all just spam the email they have posted with the ebay link and say we want to see a lawsuit or we will boycott xfx

[Humminn55]

Definitely fake and a publicity stunt. Yet nobody noticed the English fail in the email.

Although the email is just marketing, the English fail is almost expected these days, given what passes for grammar on web sites, advertising, etc.

[Smellydeli]

Why is this news?

[Jor3lBR]

1. Gamertainment

An advertising campaign cleverly disguised within a classic gaming plot scenario. Advertising that entertains as if the viewer is in middle of an actual game."


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[dengyong]

XFX 5970 Gay Advertising Edition STOLEN.

[Jowy Atreides]

I reported it to ebay as a fraudulent listing with no intent to sell.

Do the same.

[initialised]

At least Apple did it with some style.

[PaganII]

Ha ha, just noticed it in trash (spam filter working).
Thief would have taken 2 (#69). Pro would have taken a pallet.

[jaredpace]

I heard they used the XFX 5970 BE Limited to assassinate the Polish president

[Sly Fox]

I heard they used the XFX 5970 BE Limited to assassinate the Polish president

I hope no Poles take offense, but this cracked me up.

[krogen]

I heard they used the XFX 5970 BE Limited to assassinate the Polish president

Not funny mate. There are a lot of Polish people on this forum, I am one of them.

[Duniek]

I hope no Poles take offense, but this cracked me up.

no problem for me but what is funny in it ?

[jaredpace]

Oops. No offense to the Polish members here. (There are assassinations of presidents in US too, Poland was just in the news recently so I say that.). Sorry for bad taste joke - I was just adding to the marketed mystique surrounding the "XFX 5970 BE" that has been stolen.

[Sly Fox]

no problem for me but what is funny in it ?

Just that this whole XFX Black Edition thing is such a crockpot of rumor and conspiracy, and it's ironic to link it to something else with a lot of drama about it.

Like I said, I hope no one takes any offense, I have a few Polish friends myself and know first hand how sad the situation is for them.

But, they say you either laugh or cry, and I've always felt that laughter is the best option.

I was just adding to the marketed mystique surrounding the "XFX 5970 BE" that has been stolen.

This is what I was getting out of it, nothing more.

It's not mocking the Polish President, rather mocking the hype of this stupid marketing campaign.

[sniperbob]

The fact that this made the Newsreel on most Tech forums means we are already too late and that this silly campaign is actually working. Now that's irony...

...You got me good XFX "fool me once shame on you, fool me twice... "

[antiacid]

Oh so the OP is a paid plant because he posted about a product WE ALREADY KNEW ABOUT. XFX is very cunning. I'm glad the conspiracy has been brought to light. How dare a company fake a robbery so that it could send e-mail to the people on its mailing list THEN make fake posts about it on a site that had already discussed the product.

I'm going to be making some fake replies to superfaketifies your fake thread.

[Dainas]

XFX=sleezebags, like anyone is surprised they would pull this.

[kevikev]

I can't believe you guys are so gullible...

This is all part of a viral mkt campaign. A pretty good one and after seeing this thread, very effective.

Edit: link to the viral films:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dWziA_u5OU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJtgg...watch_response

Yeah, it would appear to be part of the campaign, as if you see the author of the films:

http://www.youtube.com/user/robbyyung

Read the comments section, where he reveals what his gamertag is:


And then, we check out the eBay auction seller:


Created 04/19/10:
http://www.maximumpc.com/user/robbyyung

"You have no idea what I went through to get this card"

Hmmm ... anyone see the connection

[metalop1g]

I'm starting to love this marketing campagn

[HelixPC]

When i got the email, i thought they were telling me my 5870's i have registered with them were stolen

[Russian]

Definitely fake and a publicity stunt. Yet nobody noticed the English fail in the email.

I lol'd at persecution.

[tajoh111]

Oops. No offense to the Polish members here. (There are assassinations of presidents in US too, Poland was just in the news recently so I say that.). Sorry for bad taste joke - I was just adding to the marketed mystique surrounding the "XFX 5970 BE" that has been stolen.

Really really bad taste honestly. The timing is the biggest problem and even without that, its bad taste. The polish president died a week and a half ago. Compared to American presidents that have died half a century ago.

If Obama died yesterday and you made the same joke, you would get a crap storm that might get you banned.

[STEvil]

/failmarketing