POP versus Promo
Jun. 16th, 2005 11:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tinhuvielWe have designations on our account charge orders here in The Pit. The person ordering items is supposed to mark the designation of their choice and order accordingly. For instance, a POP order would be for posters with selection numbers like J151885PF1 (Mario poster-flat) and a Promo order would be for a CD sampler with selection numbers like JCD60737-2. Simple, right?
Apparently not.
Some people want to order Promo product as a POP item. They are under the mistaken impression that anything having to do with promo is POP (Point of Purchase) and can be ordered indiscriminately without regard for rules or regulations. Not so, morons!
The Feudal Mistress just came across someone like this and came out to bemoan her woes to me. I told her my secret of dumbing down the guidelines so these knuckledraggers would understand the words that were coming outta my mouth.
Rule of Thumb: If you can put it in a machine and music subsequently can be heard, what you have is not a POP item; rather, it is a promo item and has to be ordered as such. If it is made of paper or cardboard, cannot be played in a piece of electronic equipment, and is generally tacked onto a wall for display, you are then in possession of a POP item and should order this as such.
Never once have I had one drooler misunderstand this. I bade the Feudal Mistress go with god and sent her off to speak to this moron and explain the obviousness of it all.
Apparently not.
Some people want to order Promo product as a POP item. They are under the mistaken impression that anything having to do with promo is POP (Point of Purchase) and can be ordered indiscriminately without regard for rules or regulations. Not so, morons!
The Feudal Mistress just came across someone like this and came out to bemoan her woes to me. I told her my secret of dumbing down the guidelines so these knuckledraggers would understand the words that were coming outta my mouth.
Rule of Thumb: If you can put it in a machine and music subsequently can be heard, what you have is not a POP item; rather, it is a promo item and has to be ordered as such. If it is made of paper or cardboard, cannot be played in a piece of electronic equipment, and is generally tacked onto a wall for display, you are then in possession of a POP item and should order this as such.
Never once have I had one drooler misunderstand this. I bade the Feudal Mistress go with god and sent her off to speak to this moron and explain the obviousness of it all.
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