7-11s around the nation turn into Kwik E Marts

[Miyaka Takashi]

I just got a Mountain Dew Squishee, tasted pretty old, Kwik E Mart material.

[LLaMaSaUceYup]

Actually, theres a 711 a block away from me, which I go to all the time,

Indian people work there, which really does REMIND me of the SIMPSONS.

Awesome

[mitchr90]

who in their right mind would think this is selling out?
imagine how much work they put into doing this!
probably not alot but its still really clever
to be honest though when i read this i thought it meant all 711's are becoming kwik-e-marts, that would have been sweet
for awhile..

[g4z33b0]

Originally Posted by mitchr90

who in their right mind would think this is selling out?
imagine how much work they put into doing this!

me. a lot of work, yes to use a ploy to attract sales, known as selling out. not to mention the perpetuation of a stereotype.

[GuidoHunter]

Originally Posted by g4z33b0

me. a lot of work, yes to use a ploy to attract sales, known as selling out. not to mention the perpetuation of a stereotype.

Businesses can't "sell out" (or, if you want to twist the definition, EVERY business "sells out"). Their sole purpose is to make money.

People/bands/etc. "sell out" when they focus more attention on making money via endorsement deals than on doing so via their primary form of income or somehow revoke some principle for the sake of money.

What is it that 7-11 does to make money? Oh yeah. THEY'RE A CONVENIENCE STORE.

Plus, do you or anybody else hold some special attachment to 7-11? This isn't like a band's following suddenly boycotting new albums because they endorse something wrong or anything like that. This is a convenience store doing some damn good marketing.

The very idea that a convenience store can "sell out" is laughable.

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

[g4z33b0]

I do see your point, their goal is to make money, but the same can be said for musicians. For example, The Black Eyed Peas "sold out" when they changed the name of their hit single "Lets Get Retarded" to "Lets Get it Started" because Wal-Mart threatened to not sell their album. I say 7-11 "sold out" because they aren't just a neighborhood convenience store. 7-11 has a sort of cult following that not all stores have, and they changed the store's entire image. Maybe I'm just rubbed the wrong way by this because I dislike The Simpsons.

And how is my avatar perpetuating a stereotype?

[GuidoHunter]

I never suggested it was perpetuating a stereotype. I was, to my amusement, equating the level of intelligence of the post with that of the person in the avatar.

Anyway, bands make money by making music. They sell out when they do endorsement deals and the like. Changing some lyrics to a song does not constitute "selling out" to Wal Mart; it means they're trying to survive by doing what they do: making music. They didn't endorse Wal Mart or anything like that.

7-11 was a convenience store and still is a convenience store. Now they're just one that pulls in customers better than others. I would wager that they're paying whoever owns The Simpsons to be able to do this. It's hardly "selling out" if you're buying the publicity. It's advertising.

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

[g4z33b0]

Don't even compare the intelligence of my post to that of Al Sharpton. No matter how low that of the post may have been, it is still higher then Al Sharpton's.

I seriously, seriously, seriously doubt that 7-11 is paying The Simpsons to participate in a large-scale advertising campaign for an upcoming movie. Is Myspace paying them as well? This is advertising the movie, not the store.

[madmatt621]

Originally Posted by g4z33b0

This is advertising the movie, not the store.

Duh.

[lord_carbo]

Originally Posted by g4z33b0

Don't even compare the intelligence of my post to that of Al Sharpton. No matter how low that of the post may have been, it is still higher then Al Sharpton's.

I seriously, seriously, seriously doubt that 7-11 is paying The Simpsons to participate in a large-scale advertising campaign for an upcoming movie. Is Myspace paying them as well? This is advertising the movie, not the store.

Both.

Do you know anything about viral marketing?

[g4z33b0]

Originally Posted by lord_carbo

Do you know anything about viral marketing?

No, I don't.

[Smok3y]

It's marketing, but marketing doesn't get much cooler than that, I wonder if the ones around my area will do this as well...

[Cj_leonine]

Originally Posted by Smok3y

It's marketing, but marketing doesn't get much cooler than that, I wonder if the ones around my area will do this as well...

Legendary.

[chunky_cheese]

The black eyed pees selling out would be if they changed the song name from "let's get retarded" to "Let's all get down to wal-mart this weekend for some stuff!"

I think the Kwik-E-Mart thing is a great idea, 7-11's here in Alberta are just DYING to Mac's, and they one's that are still up are really run down, if only that change came to Canada.

Also, I hope this change stays permanent. 7-11's are going 24 hours and it's an outdated name anyways. The founder made the name because of the hours, and now that they changed the hours because of today's society, it calls for a change, a Kwik-E-Mart change!

[hoochan]

Oh God, what I would do to have a real life Apu sell me a some chips...or something.

[jewpinthethird]

Originally Posted by g4z33b0

wow i just lost respect for 7/11. selling out in the worst way.

Go die in a fire. Get some flams all up in your bunghole.

Also, this is the greatest form of advertisement ever.