{"id":6560,"date":"2011-05-18T11:06:27","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T16:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/?p=6560"},"modified":"2023-12-13T09:49:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T15:49:54","slug":"vodafone-fakes-losing-their-xperia-play-shipments-are-jerks-bad-marketers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/05\/vodafone-fakes-losing-their-xperia-play-shipments-are-jerks-bad-marketers\/","title":{"rendered":"Vodafone Fakes Losing Their Xperia Play Shipments, Are Jerks, Bad Marketers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-thumbnail\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/05\/vodafone-fakes-losing-their-xperia-play-shipments-are-jerks-bad-marketers\/vodadouche\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6561\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-attachment-id=\"6561\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/05\/vodafone-fakes-losing-their-xperia-play-shipments-are-jerks-bad-marketers\/vodadouche\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/vodadouche.png?fit=554%2C232&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"554,232\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"vodadouche\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/vodadouche.png?fit=554%2C232&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/vodadouche.png?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6561\" title=\"vodadouche\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/vodadouche.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/vodadouche.png?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/vodadouche.png?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier today, Vodafone New Zealand announced via Twitter that their shipments of Xperia Play devices were stolen. Welllll&#8230;turns out that was a big fat lie. Y-you see, it&#8217;s actually quite funny! Haha! See, Vodafone just <em>made crap up!<\/em> Hilarious, right? Yeah! Except. Not really.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vodafone later confirmed with <em>The Australian<\/em> that the whole thing was shenanigans. Which means the <a title=\"Vodafone store security footage [HQ]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/video\/video.php?v=10150253281955466\">video they released<\/a> was similarly pure hogwash. Which means they put a lot of effort into making people think there was a huge crime committed. Sony probably freaked out over lost merchandise! Awesome! Haha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No idea yet whether this was a rather lame attempt at viral marketing, or if some bone-headed executive thought that faking a theft would be a good way to explain a shipment delay better than the Japanese tsunami. Either way, expect that someone you&#8217;ve never heard of will be receiving a big fat pink slip pretty soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2011\/05\/17\/xperia-play-shipment-to-new-zealand-stolen-vodafone-launch-dela\/\">Engadget<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vodafone fakes Xperia Play theft in bizarre marketing stunt, video and all. Hilarious? 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