Does anyone else Read Road & Track magazine? Are you as sick as me of turning through the pages at the back of the magazine and finding the Penis Enlargement ads?
What the hell is up these guys? Are they THAT broke? I mean, as I read through the magazine and see Ferraris, Bugattis, and other $100,000+ vehicles it makes me wonder why I’d see these spammy fake pill ads in the exact same magazine.
I think the problem with these magazines is that they have absolutely no shame about hiding these ads in the back of the mags, so maybe what they need is a little public attention to let them know that we are all sick of it, and it’s not worth whatever tiny ad revenue they are getting from it. If you agree, how about helping to spread the word by tweeting, blogging, Facebooking, or otherwise bookmarking this article?
And if you’ve got other examples of magazines running the same sort of fake pill crap please scan an image and link to it in the comments. We’ll get it added to the list…
People who get all worked up about these kinds of ads are foolish to waste their time on dumb stuff like this. We will always have these ads in a free and open society. It’s part of the price of freedom. Just ignore these ads. Spend your valuable time on worthwhile activities such as your family, work, hobbies, or use your talents and skills to help out in your community by donating your time to a worthy cause.
Those who advocate you take action against these ads are only trying to get your attention for their own selfish reasons. Don’t let them suck you in.
Use your time for something constructive!
RK
I hate these fraudulent ads, too. But I think these magazines just sell the ad space to the highest bidder. And apparently the “enlargement business” is profitable enough to pay the price. ;-)
I work for an email marketing company and we don’t let this kind of ad send through our servers. It’s just spammy anywhere you find it. Nobody wants that pushed in their face. Not in their email inbox, not in a magazine, not on a website. It’s about as welcome as Napoleon Dynamite’s Uncle Rico handing out “Bust Must” flyers.
I agree – it’s annoying. Popular Science has a lot of this junk as well. Though really, for car mags, isn’t everything in there really some kind of penis enlargement product? ;)