tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5319969.post114232189449491414..comments2023-07-31T20:01:33.958+05:30Comments on Ramesh Gandhi: Ramesh Gandhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17448755601343354802noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5319969.post-1142625142977342452006-03-18T01:22:00.000+05:302006-03-18T01:22:00.000+05:30Hi,I am a big follower of ads. I hate bad ads as m...Hi,<BR/><BR/>I am a big follower of ads. I hate bad ads as much as I love good ads. And here, I am writing about an ad that I liked... no, make that <I>Loved</I>.<BR/><BR/>A pickpocket can't continue his profession, thanks to a cashless world. So he goes for the hardwork jobs. Given that this kind of work won't pay as much as his previous job, he isn't happy.<BR/><BR/>So what's wrong with this ad? Nothing. The ad is supposed to show a world where everybody is able to have the convenience of a debit card. At the same time, it shows how difficult it is to earn money, and how disrepectful it is to pick pockets. What more should be expected out of an ad by a GOI undertaking?Niravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04848561844975409918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5319969.post-1142502806091233502006-03-16T15:23:00.000+05:302006-03-16T15:23:00.000+05:30Hi Ramesh.I have seen the ad, and I did not find i...Hi Ramesh.<BR/>I have seen the ad, and I did not find it offensive. The message conveyed (as I got it from the ad) is that the pickpocket is out of business due to Cashless transactions, and hence he has to earn his labour like many others (which he is not happy doing, as he is used to the spoils of pick pocketing).<BR/>I guess its the difference in how different people interpret the same image. So rather than condescending or judgemental on someone else, we should try to put across our views as best we think we can, wherever we can.<BR/>thanks,<BR/>Harty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5319969.post-1142495060551778202006-03-16T13:14:00.000+05:302006-03-16T13:14:00.000+05:30Hey Ramesh I believe there is nothing wrong in ad....Hey Ramesh <BR/><BR/>I believe there is nothing wrong in ad. No doubt your version of story sounds better and will win some hearts .But real life main aisa nahin hota hai.<BR/><BR/>I am not into advertising but as a ad maker I think nothing wrong into it.I am only concerned about mind space in customers and this particluar ad is giving me a space in customers's mind by letting hinm think.<BR/><BR/>Biren Nahata<BR/>birendranahata@gmail.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5319969.post-1142398883264302222006-03-15T10:31:00.000+05:302006-03-15T10:31:00.000+05:30I think your version of the ad is more appropriate...I think your version of the ad is more appropriate. I haven't see the original ad. Will keep an eye out for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5319969.post-1142361412596840272006-03-15T00:06:00.000+05:302006-03-15T00:06:00.000+05:30That is very cool! :-)I think this version will ha...That is very cool! :-)<BR/><BR/>I think this version will have a much better impact (both sales wise and morals wise) than the original.. <BR/><BR/>Really like it... <BR/><BR/><I>Even though, as I've said in Nancy's blog, I wasn't really offended by the earlier one. But I do think this version is much better anyway you look at it. Particularly since the last line makes a lot of advertising sense which "Welcome to the Cashless world" does not. </I>swamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881020350048730809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5319969.post-1142332121706573152006-03-14T15:58:00.000+05:302006-03-14T15:58:00.000+05:30I think your vision of how the message shouldve be...I think your vision of how the message shouldve been put across is shared by everyone who's been angered by the original ad, including me. The ad should not have potrayed the man as someone bitter and angry about his supposed ill-fortune as it was made out to be but as a reformed pick pocket who was now embracing an honest life.Axonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06933909421444811015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5319969.post-1142329094354269842006-03-14T15:08:00.000+05:302006-03-14T15:08:00.000+05:30Thanks for your comment. I'm curious. Either you...Thanks for your comment. I'm curious. Either you haven't seen the commercial, which is fine; or else, if you have, I would like to have an alternate view of the impression the visual & the text made on a thinking viewer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5319969.post-1142324266272140692006-03-14T13:47:00.000+05:302006-03-14T13:47:00.000+05:30I like your ad but I think the emphasis is more o...I like your ad but I think the emphasis is more on reform than the SBI credit or debit card!! I think you are reading too much into the original ad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com