All I can say, is AMEN Brother!!! You hit the nail on the head!
I am going to avoid ever buying Nordstrom products. I figure when I have
bought enough shoes to cover the replacement cost of that Cadillac, I may
buy some then. That could be a couple of centuries from now though.
Phil Patterson
Dave Stragand wrote:
> My letter to Nordstrom about their commercials.... I'll forward their
> response to the list.
>
> -Dave
>
> "After seeing your commercial where a classic car is crushed to "make
> room for shoes", you can rest assured I will never purchase -anything-
> from Nordstrom.
>
> "As a classic car buff, I am horrified at the thought. As a man, I am
> embarassed that you can portray women so narrowly as being obsessed with
> shoes. As a person, I am saddened that this represents a total lack of
> communication between husband and wife.
>
> "If your commercial portrayed a man throwing out of of his wife's shoes
> to "make room for classic cars", women's groups would be horrified and
> shocked. Why is it appropriate to crush a car to make room for shoes?
> Many men put in thousands of hours in a labor of love to restore
> important automotive milestones. To show a woman crushing the car "to
> make room for shoes" shows the woman as shallow, cold-hearted,
> unfeeling, ignorant of the feelings of others, and trivial. This is
> embarrassing to your company to say the least. To say it is highly
> insulting to your target market of women is more the truth.
>
> "Show respect for the attitudes and opinions of men, and they will show
> respect for the attitudes and opinions of women."
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