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Laptops Direct can help with your Funeral Costs
In these difficult credit-crunch times we understand that it’s not easy to give your loved ones the send off they deserve. With funerals costing up to £5000 it makes sense to get help.That’s why we’ve put together this unique sponsorship package, giving you the opportunity to cover all your costs.
We will help you pay for some, or all of the funeral expenses, depending on the package you choose. We have a range of subtle and tasteful sponsorship positions available throughout the service each bringing you a contribution cost. Please note that in order for us to be able to offer this service we do require a minimum of 50 mourners, this ensures we will get the exposure required to cover the cost of the sponsorship.
All our sponsorship opportunities are designed to be non intrusive to the proceedings. We can tailor the list of options to your requirements giving you complete control of the service. You will have a dedicated funeral assistant at Laptops Direct who can help with any queries you may have.
The clincher is the list of price quotations, in British pounds, find it here. I thank Erik Walz for the pointer.
Addendum: It turns out this isn't true! A fraudulent report.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on April 4, 2009 at 06:31 AM in Economics | Permalink
Comments
It's an April Fool's joke.
Those who don't realise that and spread the OUTRAGE!! will give them a lot of free advertising, though.
Posted by: david at Apr 4, 2009 6:55:49 AM
@David:
I doubt that - did you follow the link? The press release is dated 30th of March, 2009.
Posted by: US at Apr 4, 2009 8:15:54 AM
@US:
Many tech sites begin releasing April Fool's day jokes on the 30th - see, for example, Slashdot. Most of the world see April Fool's day well before North America, after all. International jokes for an international audience.
Posted by: david at Apr 4, 2009 9:12:25 AM
(and yes I am aware that April has 31 days. Publish on the 30th US time, audience on the 31st.)
Posted by: david at Apr 4, 2009 9:15:22 AM
@David:
I did not know that (...and/or hadn't thought about that). Thank you for the explanation.
Posted by: US at Apr 4, 2009 9:26:35 AM
I didn't know April has 31 days either ...
Posted by: Hei Lun Chan at Apr 4, 2009 3:33:01 PM
I received the email at 00:37 April 1st UK time.
Posted by: Andrew McG at Apr 9, 2009 3:53:37 PM
