Harry Richie Jewelers
It’s my day to be annoyed at commercials, I guess.
Only one in ten diamonds makes it to a Harry Richie’s
This has become their catch-phrase, but I am astounded not at their selectiveness, but their vast inventory! The statement says that one out of every ten diamonds PERIOD — no qualifications, therefore they mean every diamond in the world — goes to a Harry Richie’s jewel shop. I am highly skeptical.
That’s what comes of being an English major I suppose. I personally get very irked by investment company commercials which practically promise vast returns for little investment. And I was quite outraged at the Fred Meyer commercials advertising their new savings card – the whole concept of “the more you shop, the more you save” just drives me crazy! It’s blatantly false to state that if you spend an extra $100 (THAT YOU WOULD NOT OTHERWISE HAVE SPENT) thereby earing “rewards” of $10 that you have actually saved $10. You’re actually $90 in the hole! Anyway, that’s my pet peeve.
Ah, but Fred Meyer card actually works out to be worth about $1.00 on $100.00. Almost not worth the trouble of digging around in your purse trying to find the stupid card!!!
Maybe Harry Ritchie means that of the very few diamonds in the world that they actually LOOK at they choose only one in ten. Still it is misleading!!! Especially considering that if there were not a diamond cartel that they would be so plentiful they would be cheaper to buy than Cubic Zirconias!!!! Now, emeralds and rubys are another story! GRIN.
Exactly! That’s what they mean & what they are trying to say, but it’s not what they are actually saying. Not for deceptive reasons, but simply because they couldn’t craft a sentence! Choosing one diamond out of every ten conveys the exact opposite of what they want to convey.
It’s crazy. I can’t believe it made it passed the marketters. This is why I think all college grads should have to take more than English 101 & 102 — or maybe if colleges would only make 101 & 102 actually teach what they were designed to teach!
I could go on but, I am not going to continue to waist time on stupid people.
Thank goodness we have stellar examples like DK to show us what is and is not a timely waist. I’ve been a little concerned about mine lately.
Pant chronology aside, however, I am deeply curious to know about the techniques Harry Richie’s uses to perch jewelry. I’d never even heard of the practice before – perhaps I need to sign up for a class. Is it bring-your-own-bird, or are they already provided?
It’s a commercial! Do you people not have the common sense to figure out what they are saying? I mean come on. Do you really have nothing better to do than bitch about petty shit like that? Do something useful. I will even give you some ideas, our Legal System, School, War, Political Bullshit, Death Penalty, Tax’s, Social Services, I could go on but, I am not going to continue to waist time on stupid people.
Oh, Fred Meyer sucks all the way around. Harry Richie’s is a great store. They have beautiful jewelry, great prices, and can help almost anyone perches the jewelry they want.
I was wondering about the perching myself. Isn’t a perch a kind of fish? Or a bird? No, maybe a fish..