Ever wonder what all those advertising terms really mean?

Question

NEW - Different colour from previous design.

ALL NEW - Parts are not interchangeable with previous design.

FOOLPROOF OPERATION - No provision for adjustments.

ADVANCED DESIGN - The advertising agency doesn't understand it.

REDESIGNED - Previous flaws fixed - we hope.

YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT - We finally got one to work.

MAINTENANCE FREE - Impossible to fix.

MEETS ALL STANDARDS - Ours, not yours.

SOLID-STATE - Heavy as hell.



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Answer 1

New edition of a university mathematics or science textbook:

The order and the numbers in the problems have been changed so that students can't use an old edition of the book.

Comments

Lol - an excellent answer, T(h)ink!

Answer 2

I don't know them.

Comments

Thank you anyway, Kninjanin; this was a joke about how advertisers tend to think, when they use the terms "explained" above for the "not so perfect" products they are trying to sell. 

But not everybody has the same sense of humour.

Answer 3

But wait! We'll double the offer! Just pay extra postage and handling and whatever else we can charge you for!   

Comments

@ Rooster,

That means they make a profit on the item just for the "shipping and handling" cost.

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Lol - Rooster and T(h)ink; there have been cases, in which the shipping and handling costs brought the big benefits, while the products themselves were sold far under their value.

Answer 4

Well Marianne, I would be laughing...except that there is SO much truth in your 'advertising terms'...

    

Comments

Lol - yes, Virginia, it looks indeed more like lying to clients and to everybody.