Scouting links? Cancel your Phones4U contract

[lukemg]

Think the ads are bad, you should try working for P4U, not for the faint-hearted...

[oraclesmith]

If you complain to Phones4U, you get a standard response from their press office "We like scout masters and in fact have a lot of respect for them and others who support the youth audience. blah, blah" yeah, right.

Here's my prediction - this campaign will backfire big time. The agency's big ticket clients include Lloyds TSB, Westfield and the Telegraph. So I wonder how many Scouts-positive people are among their management?

[bogeyman]

Think the ads are bad, you should try working for P4U, not for the faint-hearted...

Factoid: AtW used to work for Phones4U.

[oraclesmith]

Victory !!!

They pulled the ad !

"......However, due to the unplanned response the scout master ad has received, we have decided not to feature it in the Metro again. Unfortunately, the ad will be running in a couple of monthly magazines during this period as it is too late to pull these from the campaign as they have already gone to print....."

I can see it now - the agency rep in the Phones4U CEO's office ;

[oraclesmith]

Just spoke to an acquaintance of mine who happens to be high up in Reuters. He was the proverbial 'gobsmacked'.

[Sysman]

Aren't phones4u the dodgy offshore tax dodger people?

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/ar...2&in_page_id=2

Ah, John Caudwell. I vaguely wondered what had happened with his outfit.

[thunderlizard]

Just read this on the news. Nice one scouts!

[lexington_spurs]

well done!

[oraclesmith]

Just saw my first Phones4U Yes/No sticker today - slapped on an Essex County Council car park sign, presumably by a 'popular' customer of theirs.

Nice one Phones4U ! I mean, what is a typical 16-24 year old going to do with 50 x stickers? Put them on their bedroom door? Yeah, right.