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Recession iPhone Case

Dan Schlegel — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:00:49 +0000

If you decided to spring for an iPhone just before the recession kicked in and find yourself now unable to buy a case for it, well Mashable has found the case just for you! The $1 iPhone case! Made from biodegradable earth-friendly materials, could you really find a better deal?

iPhone Recession Case

An Idea to Cheapen my Cell Bill

Justin Laird — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 23:41:50 +0000

So I was thinking a lot about the commercialization of our personalities when it occurred to me, how come I’m not allowed to sell my ringtone or ringback tone?

Wouldn’t it be great if I could pay $10 less a month to have Verizon change my ringback tone to a simple ad for some product (their own service or some other service).

I personally wouldn’t take part in this, but I know many people who would. These are hard times and any money saved is great. Also, advertisers are having a much harder time finding a captive audience, and what more captive audience is there than someone on the phone.

I don’t know, just something to think about.

Press Releases Laden with Recession Speak

Dan Schlegel — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:17:35 +0000

Earlier today I was reading through the technology news as I always do and saw an interesting device coming out soon – an internet streaming audio/video set-top box. I decided that it would be a good idea to dig in and read the press release about this device. In the second paragraph I found this:

“In today’s tough economic times, there are people facing the decision to either cancel their cable subscription or their Internet connection to make ends meet,” said Syabas COO, Alex Limberis. (Source)

This is rather disappointing if you ask me. This device in question is $299 – definitely outside of the budget of someone considering cancelling their cable or internet connections. In reality their claim is flawed anyway – cancelling your television subscription in many cases raises the price of your internet if you are subscribing to the Time Warner or Verizon models.

It seems everywhere we turn someone is trying to make a buck (or quite a few bucks as in this case) by saying something to the effect of “Given these economic conditions, you NEED our product more than ever!”

Perhaps we can summarize this problem by saying – in these economic times, sales tactics such as these are necessary.