The Hoover "Fly for Free" Fiasco
Added 2024-02-21 12:31:29 +0000 UTCHere's another "Fascinating Failure" that I thought I'd share with you a little early (I'll be publishing it on the channel next week). This one covers the Hoover Holidays scandal, which was quite a big deal in the UK in the 1990s.
My family happened to have a Hoover-brand vacuum cleaner when I was growing up. I was too young to be tuned into the news at the time, but I do recall my father making a few sarcastic comments when it needed fixing - along the lines of not trusting Hoover to do anything right.
At the time, I suppose I thought he just didn't like that particular vacuum... but I realise now he was alluding to this ludicrous series of events. Mystery solved!
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There have been quite a few surprising miscalculations over the years. The Pepsi Numbers Promotion is another one that comes to mind... although that was a bit different in that it was a lottery-style giveaway that went (extremely) wrong
Fascinating Horror
2024-02-26 14:49:04 +0000 UTCThank you!
Fascinating Horror
2024-02-26 14:47:55 +0000 UTCBrilliant.
Māhealani Uchiyama
2024-02-24 08:27:42 +0000 UTCHave any other companies done something similar that came back to bite them?
Kathryn Clark
2024-02-23 20:00:06 +0000 UTC
