Angvir wrote:I worked in the marketing world for a while. I have to say that I hate marketing... because it works. Companies will even turn a product sideways, say its a different shape, sell it as a "limited time special edition". It will be the exact same product. It's all about presentation.
Think I heard about that one.
If I remember it was a cereal of shredded wheat shaped into squares.
For a limited run they rotated the box photo 90° and called it a special limited "diamond edition".
Although my memory is fuzzy, and this so far has also taken on the air of an urban myth.
I wouldn't defend the legitimacy of this with any veracity.
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