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Advertiser Offers to Rescue Desperate Homeowners—for a Price

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Posted on Apr 7, 2011
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Here’s one solution to the foreclosure crisis, albeit an ugly one. In what Gizmodo points out could very well be a publicity stunt, mobile ad company Adzookie says it will pay your mortgage if you let it turn your house into a giant billboard. Take it away, Chris Hedges—PZS

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Although the US mobile advertiser hasn’t started painting anyone’s houses just yet, according to Adzookie’s CEO they’ve been inundated with requests—over 1,000 of them so far. Applicants must “like” Adzookie on Facebook first (which might suggest this is all one big publicity stunt—never!), and they do have several other caveats:

“You must own your home. It cannot be rented or leased. We’ll paint the entire outside of the house, minus the roof, the windows and any awnings. Painting will take approximately 3 - 5 days. Your house must remain painted for at least three months and may be extended up to a year. If, for any reason, you decide to cancel after three months or if we cancel the agreement with you, we’ll repaint your house back to the original colors.”

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By Octopodian, April 8, 2011 at 11:47 am Link to this comment

Advertising as irritant?  Who could have predicted that?.

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By TDoff, April 7, 2011 at 7:31 pm Link to this comment

WOW! What a wonderful way to get the hammer in your neighborhood relationships.

The whole front of your home could hold an ad for a Constipation-Prevention Product, directed at the loud-mouth across the way who keeps shouting at you to keep your dog on your own property.

The whole back-side of your home could be a huge ad/replica of a door mat, inscribed ‘WELCOME, C’MON IN’, for those gorgeous neighbors of yours who persist in daily nude sunbathing beside their back-yard pool.

For the couples on either side who constantly fight, you’d place ads for Medical Marijuana, Viagra, Ear Plugs, Dating Services, and Divorce Attorneys.

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By thethirdman, April 7, 2011 at 6:45 pm Link to this comment

I think we should write a letter to someone.  Or maybe hold a peaceful protest.
-or-
Maybe engage in a little creative art of our own…

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By gerard, April 7, 2011 at 4:03 pm Link to this comment

Paint the White House—Suggested Ads:

  “All Wood Painted Over Guaranteed to be
      Genuine Waterboards”
  “No Windows of Opportunity Left Clear”
      “Corporate Logos Preferred”
  “Graffitti Artists Will be Prosecuted to the Full
        Extent of the Law!”
  “All Workers Quaranteed American Citizens”
  “No Illegal Aliens” “Non-Union Labor Only”
  “No Health Benefits—Those Allergic to Unspecified
      Deadly Chemicals Should Not Apply!”

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