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The Velveteen Ocelot

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8. Doesn't SGK sue them if they market pink stuff for "awareness"?

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Sat Feb 4, 2012, 02:28 PM

Feb 2012

I have intentionally avoided buying pink doo-dads (apart from the fact that I consider pink a color to be avoided if you are more than 6 years old) because even if it isn't an outright scam, it's a dumb feel-good fad. To be fair, SGK has done a good job with their "awareness" campaigns over the years but the whole thing has gotten ridiculous. Why would we not just quietly donate to PP or medical research organizations where our money will actually do something more useful than buy some tacky, useless pink bling?

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Marketing the Pink Ribbon - A Study in Selling 'Awareness' [View all] MineralMan Feb 2012 OP

I did a similar search a couple days ago. It almost seems like a scam to me. It is a scam nothing Justice wanted Feb 2012 #1

Yup. The sites themselves are a scam of their own. MineralMan Feb 2012 #3

I found it highly disgusting behold a pale horse Feb 2012 #2

Go ask the branch manager of your bank how much they're MineralMan Feb 2012 #4

I never thought of registering a complaint! I think I will next time. behold a pale horse Feb 2012 #10

It reminds me of the Support Our Troops yellow ribbons. Did any of the money ever go to our troops? jillan Feb 2012 #5

I'm sure that was similar, but this is a larger effort MineralMan Feb 2012 #6

OTOH, must of this stuff is bought by people with too much money. immoderate Feb 2012 #7

Doesn't SGK sue them if they market pink stuff for "awareness"? The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2012 #8

I don't think so. It all depends on how things are worded, really. MineralMan Feb 2012 #9

According to Wikipedia, the pink ribbon symbol is in the public domain in the USA. MineralMan Feb 2012 #11

Your money is better spent on lottery tickets. Quantess Feb 2012 #12