Spirit Airlines 'Romney Wins' Email: Will You Boycott for the Dirty Trick?

by Chris D Posted 2012/11/07 18:00:00

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	Boycott	36 votes	26%
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Spirit Airlines sent out an email to its subscribers Tuesday night declaring that Romney had won... way before the vote was even decided. It was really just a rouse to get people to open the mail containing a marketing message about "incredibly low fares." Should we boycott companies that sink to this level? Or just laugh it off?

FINANCE.YAHOO.COM reports:
Spirit Airlines sent an email to subscribers early Tuesday with a subject line, "Romney Wins!" But most consumers didn't find it funny and took to Twitter to complain.

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freedomsox 2012/11/07 19:14:27

Laugh it off

+3
Kinda hard to boycott something you never use.
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Avi Rosen 2012/11/30 06:59:40

Laugh it off

Spirit us Sant us... ...

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Michigan Wolverines† 2012/11/09 18:46:18
Cyberwolf 71 2012/11/09 02:29:33

Boycott

False advertising to the extreme. Romney lost, and so will they. (Loose customers, that is.)

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Dickens 2012/11/08 17:39:17 (edited)

Laugh it off

..they should have said "..What's-his-name Johnson (the Libertarian) wins the presidency.." That REALLY would have gotten peoples' attention..

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JoeMaggety 2012/11/08 16:05:28

Laugh it off

+2
very funny unless you are looking for spirit airlines to give you election results, I was watching CNN myself!

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M A 2012/11/08 14:37:45

Laugh it off

Never heard of them

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Kidasha 2012/11/08 08:14:27

Boycott

clicked the wrong one. I honestly don't care

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Sophie 2012/11/08 03:46:44

Laugh it off

it says and so does Obama on the ad.

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S123 to Sophie 2012/11/08 06:51:20

I think people were mad because they thought Romney won the ellection when they saw the subject of the email which was just "Romney Wins".

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Omni 2012/11/08 01:40:03

Laugh it off

That is hilarious

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Miss Fiona 2012/11/08 00:27:33

Laugh it off

+2
Only people living under a rock would believe it.

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lurx: the soda jerk 2012/11/07 23:43:39 (edited)

Laugh it off

+1

Financially exploiting low-information consumers is as American as Mrs Smiths Classic Apple Pie (now with even more yummy deliciousness!!).

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Chaguy 2012/11/07 22:25:55

Laugh it off

Why would anyone get tricked by this? I mean, it's ALL OVER THE INTERNET that Obama won

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S123 to Chaguy 2012/11/08 06:52:16

It was before the vote was decided.

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Chaguy to S123 2012/11/08 22:20:07

Still, then you could just check and see that it's not over yet.

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American Nate 2012/11/07 22:25:24

Boycott

It's just Spam, and ignore it

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Mindy 2012/11/07 22:21:39

Boycott

+1
I would laugh it off while boycotting. And, I would forever remember the names of the companies involved in the dirty tricks. They'd not get a penny from me ever.

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..::localeye::.. 2012/11/07 22:04:27 (edited)

Laugh it off

+1
I've been getting those coupons emails for weeks. They jump back and forth between Obama winning & Romney winning. Its a joke. I am on their email subscription.
Here is one I found in my deleted folder.

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Jessie M 2012/11/07 21:34:49

Laugh it off

NBC and CBS both declared Obama the winner with 5% votes counted.

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kevracer 2012/11/07 19:39:36

Boycott

never flown them anyway

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freedomsox 2012/11/07 19:14:27

Laugh it off

+3
Kinda hard to boycott something you never use.

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Chris D 2012/11/07 18:51:49

Laugh it off

+1
It's actually kind of funny - it didn't say he won the election just that he "Wins" by getting a low fare...like Mittens need to fly on a discount airline !

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Vieuphoria 2012/11/07 18:44:35

Laugh it off

It's evil and wrong or something

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S123 to Vieuphoria 2012/11/07 20:33:55

So, you meant to vote "Boycott"?

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Vieuphoria to S123 2012/11/07 20:40:15

+2
Sarcasm apparently doen't translate

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S123 to Vieuphoria 2012/11/07 20:48:52

Oh ok, so you think it was funny. Do you think it was a good idea? Personally I think it was a bad idea to do somthing that would annoy people but I don't think it's worth boycotting them.

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Vieuphoria to S123 2012/11/07 20:51:30

I don't think it was a good or a bad idea. I'm not really that fussed about it. It's just marketing aimed at the widest possible audience, which is what most companies try to do.

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