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Post by beaver132 on Mar 28, 2015 8:56:05 GMT
We could cast a spell on them. Done it. I'm half Cornish, my auntie was a witch (sure of it) that's it, they're doomed. Is witchcraft still illegal, I don't want to be seen to have taken part on an illegal protest
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Mar 28, 2015 9:02:14 GMT
We could cast a spell on them. Done it. I'm half Cornish, my auntie was a witch (sure of it) that's it, they're doomed. Is witchcraft still illegal, I don't want to be seen to have taken part on an illegal protest As long as it was white magic, you're ok.
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Post by mumbles on Mar 28, 2015 9:54:38 GMT
I think it's important with any kind of protest to focus on what we want to get out of it and look at the best tools we have available.
To me the intention has to be to raise awareness of Sainsburys shoddy dealings in a way which impacts negatively upon their public image. This is the only thing the board will really care about. These days reputation is everything.
In terms of the tools at our disposal, we have good access to the media due to our promotion push as well as having journalists amongst our fan base. We also have a large fan base.
The main form of attack should surely therefore be through banners/songs at matches and through a mass sustained social media campaign.
I would be very carefully about doing anything at any stores. There really is no benefit in getting local people's backs up and the most likely media impact will come from one of our 'horse punching, Stanley goading' fans taking things a little too far.
For what it's worth I've been boycotting JSS ever since word of this came out. I've always thought a pledge site where you can pledge not to use them again, enter your average weekly shop and have a visual counter showing how much money they have lost out on would be good. I think they are something like £15k down from me alone. Accross the fan base it could be millions now.
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Post by beaver132 on Mar 28, 2015 9:58:04 GMT
Done it. I'm half Cornish, my auntie was a witch (sure of it) that's it, they're doomed. Is witchcraft still illegal, I don't want to be seen to have taken part on an illegal protest As long as it was white magic, you're ok. Oh........ Anyway, probably best to avoid the cheese for while...... And the salmon moose.........
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Post by dragonfly on Mar 28, 2015 11:20:18 GMT
"Daisy, Daisy"
Sainsbury, Sainsbury give us your answer do Sainsbury, Sainsbury, just who the f--k are you? Your board is be-t and vile We've farted in the ham aisle So ring those bells And run like hell 'cos Higgsy is after you
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2015 11:27:08 GMT
Heard that there may be some guys wearing orange tops with "Sainsbullies" printed on. If true, that would be good exposure if they get on camera.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2015 12:21:39 GMT
Heard that there may be some guys wearing orange tops with "Sainsbullies" printed on. If true, that would be good exposure if they get on camera. Orange shirts a plenty at Macc, sure to have Sainsbury's bricking it and coughing up 30m Monday morning, another masterstroke from the Chairman so full of great ideas!
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Post by Gastroenteritis on Mar 28, 2015 12:27:13 GMT
finally someone who is talking sense. We need public exposure of what Sainsburys are doing. All the other guff iv read on this thread will only hurt the poor workers of Sainsburys and public bystanders just trying to do their weekly shop. It's pathetic. A large banner the size of our surfer flag won't be missed on BT, it may even get a mention by the commentators bringing about a news story. You obviously did not read everything, then?
How does Landersgas idea hurt Sainsbury's workers or impact on the public?
It is this sort of selective reading/listening that causes so many problems in life, in my opinion.
If people read and obtain full facts and comment/act accordingly it makes life so much easier.
I apologise for failing to read every single post in this thread. I will attemp to rectify my sweeping generalisation by replacing 'all the guff' with 'most of the guff'. Allthough I would like to state that when I used the word 'guff' I generally meant the ideas that I concidered to be detrimental to our proceeding with Sainsburys. I do hope this clears things up for you. Il be sure take extra care in the way I convey my opinions in future posts.
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Post by yategas on Mar 28, 2015 14:40:18 GMT
Posted copy of landersgas letter on Shamesbury's Facebook page they have asked for my phone number. I have given them the option to reply by email or pm on Facebook too much law surrounding recording calls don't want to leave myself liable.
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Post by curlywurly on Mar 28, 2015 16:19:44 GMT
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Post by Gas-Ed on Mar 28, 2015 17:20:40 GMT
I was chatting to a Macc fan at the train station after the game and he was interested to know the reason behind the orange t-shirts. He said the sea of orange shirts looked "amazing". Did the commentators/pundits on BT mention them?
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Post by Strange Gas on Mar 28, 2015 17:28:06 GMT
I was chatting to a Macc fan at the train station after the game and he was interested to know the reason behind the orange t-shirts. He said the sea of orange shirts looked "amazing". Did the commentators/pundits on BT mention them? I don't think they did, definitely tried not to focus on them when they did a pan across all our flags and not many crowd shots. Producer probably worried about advertising revenue!
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Post by gassince1957 on Mar 28, 2015 17:29:04 GMT
I was chatting to a Macc fan at the train station after the game and he was interested to know the reason behind the orange t-shirts. He said the sea of orange shirts looked "amazing". Did the commentators/pundits on BT mention them? Not that I heard, but plenty of shots of them before the game.
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Post by yategas on Mar 28, 2015 17:32:09 GMT
Posted copy of landersgas letter on Shamesbury's Facebook page they have asked for my phone number. I have given them the option to reply by email or pm on Facebook too much law surrounding recording calls don't want to leave myself liable. Received this message back.
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Post by lympstonegas on Mar 28, 2015 22:08:36 GMT
Why can't we all just keep posting Yategas' image on Sainsbury facebook continuously - I'll start it off Saved his picture - went on sainsbury Plc page and posted it in comments - then blocked sainsbury on my facebook page. You can like the comment so if people keep posting it and liking each other comments it gives good publicity everyone can read
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2015 7:36:06 GMT
Posted copy of landersgas letter on Shamesbury's Facebook page they have asked for my phone number. I have given them the option to reply by email or pm on Facebook too much law surrounding recording calls don't want to leave myself liable. Received this message back. It looks like an advertisement for a Sainsbury's scratch card promotion.
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Post by dragonfly on Mar 29, 2015 11:20:20 GMT
It would be interesting and useful perhaps if we could estimate the yearly amount we are denying Sainsbury's by shopping elsewhere. Then we could gauge what that total sum might be across our support of 7,000. If that total sum was significant, we could make Sainsbury's take notice. My personal estimate is £1,300 p.a.
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Post by landersgas on Mar 29, 2015 14:57:34 GMT
I've been boycotting Shamesbury's for some time now, and so have friends and colleagues - once I've explained to them the situation that the Gas are now in. However, I don't think the board of directors of Shamesbury's give a rats arse about what won't even register as a minor blip in sales figures - our stadium issue probably wont even register on their radar - its too small in the big scheme of things for them, and even if it they know of any boycott they know it will probably recede after a while, people are basically lazy. I boycott because I can, and it feels like the only thing I can do.
However, Shamesbury's board of directors DO massively care about their carefully managed public image - it's one of the few things that significantly differentiates it from the others, such an image may well have taken several decades and hundreds of millions of pounds to promote and grow. It's why normally rational people go and spend a shed load of money in their stores on comparitively overpriced stuff (morrisons, asda lidl etc. often come out cheaper in price comparison surveys) So why do people go there if it's more expensive? basically they buy into the hype and marketing of Shamesbury's - you only have to look at their corporate website to see exactly what they are trying to do. Jamie Oliver, sponsoring charities, small gifts to local communities etc.... Not sure how Sainsbury's can continue to peddle their 'good for the community and ethics' line....without the public getting tired and seeing through it, the reported situation from our case doesn't seem to stack up with their carefully promoted image.
What may hurt them is a sustained (keep it legal) campaign to question their ethical and community values by: getting exposure on social media, the news, TV, in public areas, at matches, handing out leaflets to raise awareness of the issue etc. This image that they seem to have carefully promoted over several decades may be worth far more to them than the Sahmesbury's/ BRFC contract. So why not hit them where it hurts - write to them, go on twitter, get the news interested, make sure Joe Public understands the conflict between how they portray themselves and how they appear to be behaving on this issue, and how their silence on this issue is embarrassing to them, and is insulting to the people of Bristol, and their loyal customers who buy into their image.
What are you doing right now? It's probably p1$$ing down, crap on TV etc.... Spend just an hour:
Going on twitter and get this issue trending, tweet photos of gas wearing the shirt, retweet support for this Using Facebook to raise awareness of the issue, get images on there, encourage others to get involved Seek direct answers from the directors of Shamesbury's - go to their social media page, directors blog, and keep posing the questions...write the directors a letter, phone up customer service and ask polite but direct quetions regrading Shamesbury's' ethical priorities on this issue.
Keep it legal, keep it polite and constructive, but make sure that the general public are aware of this issue, and how it may conflict with the public image that Shamesbury's appear to portray. If enough of us do this, they will take notice of our case, they still may not give a rats arse, but in the super competive retail market that they compete in, they will be keen to protect their carfeully cultivated 'caring' image.
We can either do something or moan when things don't go our way - what have you got to lose?
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Post by Gas-Ed on Mar 29, 2015 15:32:12 GMT
Only Rovers could print the writing on the wrong side of the shirts!
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Post by lympstonegas on Mar 29, 2015 21:54:18 GMT
I've been boycotting Shamesbury's for some time now, and so have friends and colleagues - once I've explained to them the situation that the Gas are now in. However, I don't think the board of directors of Shamesbury's give a rats arse about what won't even register as a minor blip in sales figures - our stadium issue probably wont even register on their radar - its too small in the big scheme of things for them, and even if it they know of any boycott they know it will probably recede after a while, people are basically lazy. I boycott because I can, and it feels like the only thing I can do. However, Shamesbury's board of directors DO massively care about their carefully managed public image - it's one of the few things that significantly differentiates it from the others, such an image may well have taken several decades and hundreds of millions of pounds to promote and grow. It's why normally rational people go and spend a shed load of money in their stores on comparitively overpriced stuff (morrisons, asda lidl etc. often come out cheaper in price comparison surveys) So why do people go there if it's more expensive? basically they buy into the hype and marketing of Shamesbury's - you only have to look at their corporate website to see exactly what they are trying to do. Jamie Oliver, sponsoring charities, small gifts to local communities etc.... Not sure how Sainsbury's can continue to peddle their 'good for the community and ethics' line....without the public getting tired and seeing through it, the reported situation from our case doesn't seem to stack up with their carefully promoted image. What may hurt them is a sustained (keep it legal) campaign to question their ethical and community values by: getting exposure on social media, the news, TV, in public areas, at matches, handing out leaflets to raise awareness of the issue etc. This image that they seem to have carefully promoted over several decades may be worth far more to them than the Sahmesbury's/ BRFC contract. So why not hit them where it hurts - write to them, go on twitter, get the news interested, make sure Joe Public understands the conflict between how they portray themselves and how they appear to be behaving on this issue, and how their silence on this issue is embarrassing to them, and is insulting to the people of Bristol, and their loyal customers who buy into their image. What are you doing right now? It's probably p1$$ing down, crap on TV etc.... Spend just an hour: Going on twitter and get this issue trending, tweet photos of gas wearing the shirt, retweet support for this Using Facebook to raise awareness of the issue, get images on there, encourage others to get involved Seek direct answers from the directors of Shamesbury's - go to their social media page, directors blog, and keep posing the questions...write the directors a letter, phone up customer service and ask polite but direct quetions regrading Shamesbury's' ethical priorities on this issue. Keep it legal, keep it polite and constructive, but make sure that the general public are aware of this issue, and how it may conflict with the public image that Shamesbury's appear to portray. If enough of us do this, they will take notice of our case, they still may not give a rats arse, but in the super competive retail market that they compete in, they will be keen to protect their carfeully cultivated 'caring' image. We can either do something or moan when things don't go our way - what have you got to lose? Like I said earlier....Why can't we all just keep posting Yategas' image on Sainsbury facebook continuously - I saved his picture - went on sainsbury Plc page and posted it in comments - then blocked sainsbury on my facebook page. You can like the comment so if people keep posting it and liking each other comments it gives good publicity everyone can read - it's still there now !!
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