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April Fools ??? Your opinion

Group 5 minus 1 — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 16:39:27 GMT

Local business put a sign up yesterday (April 1) saying they were closing and going out of business and having a big sale. Today the big sign says April Fools!!! What is your opinion?

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scotttie — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 16:40:57 GMT

Dumb.

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straykatz — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 16:50:43 GMT

No harm done

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circles — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 16:53:59 GMT

I have never liked April Fools jokes....they are not funny....and sometimes very hurtful or plain ignorant....as to that closing sign...people should just avoid going there for a month or more.....see how funny he thinks it is then....

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chickenbutt — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 17:21:49 GMT

I've been a grown-up for quite a while now so most of it seems silly to me. Generally, if no harm is done (and they leave me out of it), I don't think about it.

But for a business to do that seems kind of stupid. Ok, REALLY stupid. First of all, you pi $$ off people who came in to check out the 'sale'. Secondly, everybody else figures you've gone out of business so they are going elsewhere. Not a smart marketing move, IMO.

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hckynut — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 17:25:10 GMT

On 4/2/2014 Bungo said:
Local business put a sign up yesterday (April 1) saying they were closing and going out of business and having a big sale. Today the big sign says April Fools!!! What is your opinion?

My opinion is it looks like they put up a sign and it is up to potential customers to figure out what it means.

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voyager1980 — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 17:30:16 GMT

Depends on the business & who their customers are.I can see a small business w local regular customers & casual friendly atmosphere might be ok.

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Peaches McPhee — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 18:48:33 GMT

So, did they actually have the big sale yesterday, 4/1?

What's the harm here?

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TaxyLady — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 18:49:21 GMT

I think it is great advertising. A restaurant did that here once.

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BeckiWV — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 19:00:58 GMT

On 4/2/2014 voyager1980 said:
Depends on the business & who their customers are.I can see a small business w local regular customers & casual friendly atmosphere might be ok.

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Love my grandkids — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 19:46:49 GMT

I don't care for April Fools OR the so-called ""jokes"".

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MrsSweetieBear — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 20:31:21 GMT

i don't really have an opinion on the case the OP sited.

However, I will say that I was grateful for an e-mail from one of my favorite e-tailers (Meow Cosmetics) for their little April's Fools Joke. It put me on high alert before I logged on to facebook and fell for the various entries from my friends there, LOL!