Saturday, February 17th 2007
Red-faced Australian retailer caught advertising PS3s with an Xbox360
Australian retailers know just as well as we do that the PS3 will come to Australia and other PAL territories on March 23rd. Harvey Norman Bondi Junction decided to take advertising to a new level. In what they call "an innocent mistake", Harvey Norman took an Xbox360, a piece of cardboard, and called it a PS3. Of course, they weren't selling the "display model". Good thing too, considering they were caught by their own customers. Harvey Norman probably used an Xbox360 and a piece of cardboard to advertise the PS3 due to the lack of Australian availability of the PS3, as well as the price of getting an American/Japanese one to Australia.
Source:
The Inquirer
18 Comments on Red-faced Australian retailer caught advertising PS3s with an Xbox360
haha, thats H F@#KiN C -_- i mean...the box...is clearly noticable...they could've done better to hide it...(the xbox 360 that is) but hey you gotta do what you gotta do
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now that i look at it ...the only "cardboard" i see is the attachment that the PS3 "cardboard" resides on, the PS3 CUT OUT looks like a sheet of printed paper :P glued to cardboard!
Apart from that... LOL, I went to myers and they did the same thing LOL.
but yeah...for Harvey Norman thats pretty lame, Gerry Harvey can totally afford it.
Stores leave all stuff out on shelves with a bit of steel wire that connects to them somehow + a badge to set off the alarm at the front door of the store if they do choose to steal it.
It would definately be secured like that.
secondly, i dont think lasers are used any more in security setups, as infrared performs the same role and
i) cant be fooled (rerouted with mirrors like a laser can)
ii) is more versatile
iii) alot cheaper
lastly, importing the PS3 isnt required to advertise its availability for preordering
Does that answer your question :roll: