Bad Ads: DeVry Free Game Demos

These ads have been on for quite awhile… I actually haven’t blogged on them simply thinking they would go away. Instead, they’ve been “refreshed” with the same cruddy content… but with new people pitching the same, well, crud.

I have nothing against DeVry, or online universities. I actually think that schools which chose to avoid online classes are living in the stone age. But, the problem is not with DeVry’s teaching, it’s with their sales pitch.

Get free game demos when you check out DeVry! The horror, the horror. Let me get this right, you’re going to get me to check out your school, with the awesome reward of video game demos! Do I really need to go farther with this?

Let me pitch you this, visit PhoneNews.com, and we’ll give you free pictures of real phones! Or, visit a water park, and you can look at all the water you want!

There is no such thing as a free lunch, but don’t advertise a restaurant by telling us we can look at the building on the way in the door. Next stop on the Dullville train? A look at all the people who actually checked out DeVry’s web site with the lure of free game demos.

One Response

  1. Jay Jay the Jet Plane
    Jay Jay the Jet Plane July 10, 2008 at 4:47 pm |

    Free demos…. Haunting calls for ever and ever to go to their school! Its gotta be a cult or something!!!

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