Bizarre Marketing Idea no. 476

[robinbloke]

The 'Death Bar'

Comes with a EULA which you agree to automatically when you open it, that you won't sue the company. Each Death Bar is made from luxury chocolate, caramel and exotic flavours to provide the most delicious taste ever. However, one in every 10,000 Death Bars is filled with fast-acting deadly toxin that will kill you stone dead. Are you brave enough to eat a Death Bar?

Comments

[teknostatik.livejournal.com]

Great idea, but it needs a twist.

Ensure that the poison has an antidote, that can only be found in another product. Therefore you get to sell the excellent chocolate and something truly vile that's made from sheep innards. Twice as much money, and no angst.

Of course - then you just stop adding both the poison and the antidote to save further money, but who would dare risk it?

[zotz]

Some years ago, a friend of mine wrote a play abut the life of Rod Serling, who was mostly responsible for The Twilight Zone. He died from the effects of his impressive smoking habit - they asked for, and got, sponsorship from Death cigarettes.