# Is this a good promotional gimmick?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-promotional-gimmick/39806>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 5, 2000, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-promotional-gimmick/39806 "2000-11-05T12:38:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![KellyM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/57b2e6/32.png) [@KellyM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyM)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-promotional-gimmick/39806/1 "2000-11-05T12:38:53Z")

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I found this [business card](http://kelly.deirdre.org/businesscard.jpg) on the sidewalk this morning (note especially portion highlighted in yellow). Is this really something that customers of shops like this care about?

(And, yes, I added the highlight and blurred the name, address, and phone number to protect the guilty and assist the clueless.)

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**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-promotional-gimmick/39806/2 "2000-11-05T18:02:43Z")

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Hey, the kids can’t be tattooed to your skin so _someone’s_ gotta be looking out for them.

I think it’s funny that it’s behind a library. “Special today, buy any tattoo from our assorted Hell’s Angels selection and we finish your biochemistry thesis at no extra charge!”