Wednesday, September 06, 2006
credit card commercials are dishonest
i'm watching tennis (like always). during the last break, they showed this commercial for american express. it featured this couple wedding ring shopping (but not wedding ringtone shopping). they found the perfect ring and obviously had no problems buying a diamond ring even knowing that to get the diamond some african kid had to lose an arm. (this wasn't stated explicitly within the commercial, but i feel safe with my assumption because everybody has to know this by know.) when they go to make the purchase the credit card comes back denied. but no worries, as american express informs us this couple can simply get another credit card. an american express brown card. (i don't know if that's what it's called. the commercial featured a brown colored card and i know, thanks to clipse, that there is such a thing as an american express black card. this card [the brown one] must be a step [or a couple steps] below the black.)
in short, if you have a lot of credit card debt, the solution, according to american express, is to get another credit card. as gavin pointed out while watching the commercial, being in debt doesn't matter as long as you're in love.
in short, if you have a lot of credit card debt, the solution, according to american express, is to get another credit card. as gavin pointed out while watching the commercial, being in debt doesn't matter as long as you're in love.
