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    Quote Originally Posted by artme View Post
    Didn't reeally think it was cryptic Fred. Thought the two approaches (then and now)
    to advertising were as different as chalk and cheese.

    No matter. The thread has proved very entertaining.
    Agreed.
    One of the great sucker stories of all would be the fact that Harvey Norman is listed on the ASX.
    The share price has barely moved over the last five years except down.
    The reason that Gerry Harvey whines so much, is that between himself and his wife he virtually controls the voting stock in the company. Every annual meeting he usually votes himself a generous bonus of HVN shares. His fortune is not growing at its previous rate hence his cries of foul play.
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    Quote Originally Posted by artme View Post
    Anyone else notice the drastic change in Harvey Norman's advertising style??
    Quote Originally Posted by artme View Post
    Didn't reeally think it was cryptic Fred. Thought the two approaches (then and now)
    to advertising were as different as chalk and cheese.

    No matter. The thread has proved very entertaining.
    Sorry Arthur the original question was cryptic to me, "advertising style", as in TV, newspapers, brochures, internet?????
    Your above second post gives a bit more detail but..........

    As I hardly ever watch commercial TV (Hardly Normal's sound blasting ads being one reason), don't buy newspapers anymore, don't get junk mail (or any mail) delivered, yes it was cryptic to me at least, and judging by the answers you received not only to me.

    But you're right, the answers to your cryptic question were interesting

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    It has,in a past life this would have been of great interest to me but not today

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    Quote Originally Posted by FenceFurniture View Post
    Fred, if you look closely, it's Product of Denmark. My firm belief is that it's Blue Castello sold in a different size, shape and wrapper. I never have done a side by side taste test, but I'd be mightily surprised if there's any difference whatsoever (except the Smooth Blue is always moist).
    Actually the Danish Blue is not a Blue Castello at all
    I Denmark it is known a Roqueford Cheese and has been made like that for as long as I remember and that is a LOT of years
    My guess is that it was originally a French cheese.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nrb View Post
    Coming back to the original post,have you noticed a change----WHO CARES??
    I DO.
    Nice not to have to listen to that infernal screaming any more
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    I don't watch commercial TV except for SBS news, so I don't have first hand experience of current advertising campaigns, but a friend told me yesterday that Harvey Norman's are advertising that you should buy from them because they will be there tomorrow to honor the warranty.

    This caused me great amusement because fairly recently several Harvey Norman franchisees were finded millions of dollars by the ACCC for refusing to comply with their statutory obligations under current laws protecting consumers - basically refusing to accept return of dead or malfunctioning appliances & telling the purchaser to go chase the manufacturer.

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