AOL Has stooped to a new low! - GoFuckYourself.com

llabtaem · 03-31-2004, 07:59 AM

I wake up this morning and go outside to get my newspaper. I pick it up (It's in a plastic bag to keep it safe from the elements). Anyways, I bring it in and low and behold guess what's inside? You guessed it - a fucking AOL CD.

This wasn't just stuffed in the bag with the paper. It was in it's own hot sealed compartment in the bag. I'm not saure if this is common practice where you live, but a definite first for me.

AOL will do anything to get subscribers to their crappy service.

okny · 03-31-2004, 08:01 AM

I get like 3-4 cd's a month of that shit, i wonder how many copies they send out every month.

candyflip · 03-31-2004, 08:01 AM

They've got cashiers dropping them into bags as people check out at the grocery store that I go to.

llabtaem · 03-31-2004, 08:02 AM

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Originally posted by candyflip
They've got cashiers dropping them into bags as people check out at the grocery store that I go to.

Jesus Christ!

jhauser · 03-31-2004, 08:03 AM

I would love to see some artwork made from AOL cds.. Like a pyramid of cds on fire!

MakeMeGrrrrowl · 03-31-2004, 08:03 AM

AOL is giving away a porche that was repo'd from a spammer! I dunno where the link is now, but I signed up =)

okny · 03-31-2004, 08:05 AM

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Originally posted by MakeMeGrrrrowl
AOL is giving away a porche that was repo'd from a spammer! I dunno where the link is now, but I signed up =)

Well if they drove up in a porsche to my house and handed me the cd and the car, now we talking

cool1 · 03-31-2004, 08:05 AM

I get lots of those AOL cd's

I give them to my kid to play with.
Keeps her from playing with my good cd's
So they are usefull

candyflip · 03-31-2004, 08:06 AM

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Originally posted by jhauser
I would love to see some artwork made from AOL cds.. Like a pyramid of cds on fire!

One of the guys who works for my father has a collection going. At last count he had over 500 discs. It's amazing how many different design patterns and promos they've come up with for the CDs.

media · 03-31-2004, 08:06 AM

I think you get like $25 per aol customer you refer....

Diabolical Cord · 03-31-2004, 08:06 AM

It must be working for them. Otherwise, why waste the money?

jimboc · 03-31-2004, 08:07 AM

Cup coasters are always handy

Newton - XXXAmigoz · 03-31-2004, 08:09 AM

AOL cd's make great coffee coasters and projectiles for neighbour hood dogs that piss on my lawn.

High Quality · 03-31-2004, 08:09 AM

Fuck aol. Those fuckers suck.

n3in · 03-31-2004, 08:11 AM

i put my aol cd's on the dart board, now that's fun

SR · 03-31-2004, 08:13 AM

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Originally posted by okny
I get like 3-4 cd's a month of that shit, i wonder how many copies they send out every month.

Too many!
That's probably why they had a record loss of a 100 billion dollar in 2002.

hydro · 03-31-2004, 08:13 AM

i wonder if one could acuse aol of spamming, i have called aol multiple times and told them to stop sending me discs but it never ends.

llabtaem · 03-31-2004, 08:14 AM

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Originally posted by hydro
i wonder if one could acuse aol of spamming, i have called aol multiple times and told them to stop sending me discs but it never ends.

Good point. I bet they are one of the largest bulk junk mail senders on the planet next to Publisher's fucking Clearinghouse. Maybe we should file a class action lawsuit against them

cypocrypt · 03-31-2004, 08:15 AM

they did it here in NY once with the NY post...i went to buy it like i do every morning and when i was gonna pay they told me it was "free" sponsored by aol, and yes it had the damn CD inside..

shogun3k · 03-31-2004, 08:16 AM

fuck AOL, its a company made up of noobs for noobs. I always get those damn CDS.

Ash@phpFX · 03-31-2004, 08:21 AM

i remember reading on wired about some guys who are collecting the cds, people are sending them in from all over the world, and when they have enough they are going to take them (in a truck) to aol headquarters and give them all back

Cyborg 2.0 · 03-31-2004, 08:35 AM

Its ok to for aol to spam the shit with their cds wasting natural resources
but to spam aol is a no no

there is a couple of sites which collect aol cds... u can add to their collection

Edguy! · 03-31-2004, 08:37 AM

I think I have an AOL 3.5'' disk somewhere...

Hustler DJ · 03-31-2004, 08:46 AM

The one that torques me is the little standup display giving away AOL CDs at US Post Office branches these days. Guess that's where they're saving the extra discs that they didn't junkmail me... but hell, if I'm already paying taxes and increasingly-silly amounts in postage, can't I *please* not get ad-bombed when I want into the gawddamn Post Office??!?!?

hydro · 03-31-2004, 08:49 AM

i should start sending out cd's like aol does except with sample videos, i wonder how many hits my site would get

klik · 03-31-2004, 08:53 AM

i wish i had been collecting all these random aol disks over the years..
i've seen all versions come and go in 1000 different packages..
i got this one that came in a dvd-type case.. with this shiny metallic cover..

DavePlays · 03-31-2004, 08:55 AM

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Originally posted by Hustler DJ
The one that torques me is the little standup display giving away AOL CDs at US Post Office branches these days. Guess that's where they're saving the extra discs that they didn't junkmail me... but hell, if I'm already paying taxes and increasingly-silly amounts in postage, can't I *please* not get ad-bombed when I want into the gawddamn Post Office??!?!?

The grocery store and the post office all get paid if someone signs up using one of those CDs. So who is to blame for those, AOL or the companies who order the CDs from AOL to give away?

When comparing what they do to spam, it may be, but none of CDs has sent me a virus, or offered my 14 year old daughter to enlarge her penis.....

Paul Waters · 03-31-2004, 08:59 AM

At least when they used floppies, you could make use of them.

Maybe we need a law demanding they use rewritable CDs?

hydro · 03-31-2004, 09:03 AM

in my eyes, aol is a virus. it fucked up my computer and crippled my internet connection

erehwon · 03-31-2004, 09:40 AM

Superglue them to a 2 x 4 and take them to the range, sure beats shooting paper targets.

Warden · 03-31-2004, 09:48 AM

Just the original spam, junk mail, that litters our real mail boxes every day. I bet those AOL exec's have some nice Porches that could be seized.

crockett · 03-31-2004, 09:50 AM

dude I love when they send the DVD style cases in the mail... I use them when I burn DVDs

but I'd love to know what AOL advertising budget is..

emthree · 03-31-2004, 09:54 AM

http://www.nomoreaolcds.com/aol_cd_experiments.htm

psyko514 · 03-31-2004, 09:56 AM

Collect all the CDs they send you and mail them straight back to AOL.

If I'm really bored one day, I'm gonna go down to the post office, buy a stack of address labels, a stack of stamps, grab the pile of AOL CDs next to the counter and mail them to random AOL-related addresses.

StuartD · 03-31-2004, 10:03 AM

AOL, now with 1500 free hours for the first month.

i am a lurker · 03-31-2004, 10:07 AM

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Originally posted by DavePlays

or offered my 14 year old daughter to enlarge her penis.....

ask her if she wants my enlarged penis

Matt 26z · 03-31-2004, 10:19 AM

Blame your newspaper for being an AOL affiliate. They are the ones who put that CD in there. Not AOL.

nofx · 03-31-2004, 10:32 AM

Yea, I hate getting all of those AOL cds. When I go into a store that has a box full of them for customers to take, I grab as many as I can and walk out with them and throw them away.
I look at it as taking away CD's that might have fallen into the wrong hands.

NinjaSteve · 03-31-2004, 11:03 AM

AOL and their CDs remind me off CNN and their pop-ups.

modelgigtalent · 03-31-2004, 11:23 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by MakeMeGrrrrowl
AOL is giving away a porche that was repo'd from a spammer! I dunno where the link is now, but I signed up =)

EZRhino · 03-31-2004, 12:25 PM

Its madness

kimzar · 03-31-2004, 12:28 PM

next they'll put remote controls on them and pop em into our computers while were sleeping

Screaming · 03-31-2004, 12:30 PM

seems they have more money then sense, i mean people know about aol and we dont need a daily reminder that it is available to us, must cost a fortune in cds

DavePlays · 03-31-2004, 12:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by i am a lurker
ask her if she wants my enlarged penis

She'd just laugh at you pencil dick.

mpulse · 03-31-2004, 01:03 PM

I think they realize how many discs they send out, hence the self jab commercial with the people making wall art from all their discs. That's bad when you have to make fun of yourself and that it's totally true.

Babagirls · 03-31-2004, 01:05 PM

wow..newspapers and grocery bags now?? LOL

i see them everywhere sitting on counters with a "Take One" sign. and i still get those fuckin things every month. making a coaster collection out of them

PbG · 03-31-2004, 01:50 PM

Trust they send out enough to justify their next price increase!

Quote:

Originally posted by okny
I get like 3-4 cd's a month of that shit, i wonder how many copies they send out every month.

Floridiot · 03-31-2004, 01:51 PM

aol sucks

BadBrad · 03-31-2004, 02:31 PM

Oops. I gotta read more often.

420 · 03-31-2004, 02:33 PM

I get the CDs in my sunday paper at least twice a month.

03-31-2004, 07:59 AM	#1
llabtaem Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 969	AOL Has stooped to a new low! I wake up this morning and go outside to get my newspaper. I pick it up (It's in a plastic bag to keep it safe from the elements). Anyways, I bring it in and low and behold guess what's inside? You guessed it - a fucking AOL CD. This wasn't just stuffed in the bag with the paper. It was in it's own hot sealed compartment in the bag. I'm not saure if this is common practice where you live, but a definite first for me. AOL will do anything to get subscribers to their crappy service.

03-31-2004, 08:01 AM	#2
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hydro Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Dirty 3rd Posts: 4,216	i wonder if one could acuse aol of spamming, i have called aol multiple times and told them to stop sending me discs but it never ends.

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cypocrypt Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New York and on icq 108422465 Posts: 1,851	they did it here in NY once with the NY post...i went to buy it like i do every morning and when i was gonna pay they told me it was "free" sponsored by aol, and yes it had the damn CD inside..

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shogun3k Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 480	fuck AOL, its a company made up of noobs for noobs. I always get those damn CDS. __________________

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Ash@phpFX Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 4,292	i remember reading on wired about some guys who are collecting the cds, people are sending them in from all over the world, and when they have enough they are going to take them (in a truck) to aol headquarters and give them all back

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Cyborg 2.0 Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Canada T.O. Posts: 851	Its ok to for aol to spam the shit with their cds wasting natural resources but to spam aol is a no no there is a couple of sites which collect aol cds... u can add to their collection __________________ Need custom scripting? Need mutli category tgp script with thumb previews? Contact me 19671897

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hydro Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Dirty 3rd Posts: 4,216	i should start sending out cd's like aol does except with sample videos, i wonder how many hits my site would get

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klik Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: san diego Posts: 5,092	i wish i had been collecting all these random aol disks over the years.. i've seen all versions come and go in 1000 different packages.. i got this one that came in a dvd-type case.. with this shiny metallic cover..

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Paul Waters Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 4,402	At least when they used floppies, you could make use of them. Maybe we need a law demanding they use rewritable CDs? __________________ Paul

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hydro Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Dirty 3rd Posts: 4,216	in my eyes, aol is a virus. it fucked up my computer and crippled my internet connection

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Matt 26z So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: ¤ª"˜¨๑۩۞۩๑¨˜"ª¤ Posts: 18,481	Blame your newspaper for being an AOL affiliate. They are the ones who put that CD in there. Not AOL.

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nofx Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Virgin Mary's womb Posts: 16,826	Yea, I hate getting all of those AOL cds. When I go into a store that has a box full of them for customers to take, I grab as many as I can and walk out with them and throw them away. I look at it as taking away CD's that might have fallen into the wrong hands. __________________ Often times I wonder why There's love and hate, theres live or die. When sickness comes I must decide: When feelings go, theres suicide.

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kimzar Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Your Mother's Snatch! Posts: 1,874	next they'll put remote controls on them and pop em into our computers while were sleeping

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Screaming I can change this!!!!! Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 18,972	seems they have more money then sense, i mean people know about aol and we dont need a daily reminder that it is available to us, must cost a fortune in cds __________________