Looking For Unusual Gift Ideas? Try A Puppy That Never Grows Old!
***EDIT – This is of course an April Fool on behalf of our client Shinyshack.com! I know none of you super-smart readers fell for it anyway… right? We will be adding a summary of the exposure, traffic, and links generated by this (slightly controversial) idea.
Online gift retailer ShinyShack are causing quite a stir with a very unusual gift idea; their new ‘Perpetual Puppy’ product, as seen here: Unusual Gifts
The basic premise is that you buy a real, living, wagging, woofing puppy aged 3-months, and then, when it reaches 9 months old, the purchaser has the option of trading the puppy in for a replacement 3-month old puppy. Customers are even rewarded with loyalty savings should they decide to opt for a replacement.
When asked, Tamer Shafik (MD of ShinyShack) defended the ‘product’ with the folowing quote:
“The real attraction of the Perpetual Puppy is that once the dog becomes too large, it can easily be replaced with another easily-manageable puppy. We believe this will help to lower the numbers of unwanted dogs in society due to people losing interest in their dogs, or due to an inability to handle the commitment that larger dogs require.”
Customers currently have the option of three breeds, the Yorkshire Terrier, the Basset Hound and the Chocolate Labrador, but the question remains as to how the reurned pooch’s will be re-homed.
This is certainly likely to continue to be controversial, and so I will be keeping a close eye on the fallout it is bound to create.
Whatever next!?
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