Jeff
14-07-2003, 14:16
Was gonna post about this the other day but forgot, I reckon it's a top idea :)
In the local Esso garage the other day putting petrol in the wife's Va***all Ashtray :wack: and when I went to pay there was a little dish on the counter with copper coins in and a sign saying something like:
"If you find yourself worrying about the penny's, help yourself"
What a brilliant marketing ploy! How many people do you think will bother picking out a few pence? I reckon roughly none (I was too confused to take any :wack: :o ) but people who see it probably won't worry so much about paying an extra penny or 2 at their local Esso cos they have been given the chance to take the few pennys and realised it's not worth it.
Won't last long though, ext time I go in there I'll be a bit more awake and will pocket the lot :D
Any one else noticed Esso doing this or is it just my local one?
In the local Esso garage the other day putting petrol in the wife's Va***all Ashtray :wack: and when I went to pay there was a little dish on the counter with copper coins in and a sign saying something like:
"If you find yourself worrying about the penny's, help yourself"
What a brilliant marketing ploy! How many people do you think will bother picking out a few pence? I reckon roughly none (I was too confused to take any :wack: :o ) but people who see it probably won't worry so much about paying an extra penny or 2 at their local Esso cos they have been given the chance to take the few pennys and realised it's not worth it.
Won't last long though, ext time I go in there I'll be a bit more awake and will pocket the lot :D
Any one else noticed Esso doing this or is it just my local one?