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If there were an award for the most insensitive and idiotic attempt at commercial gain from the goodwill generated by the Queensland floods, it would surely go to white goods company Fisher&Paykel.

Fisher&Paykel, not so much innovative but silly thinking

The company has been claiming Red Cross like status for dryer sales in the wake of the Queensland floods. In this article/press release headlined “F&P dryer sales soar in wake of devastating floods”.

Bizarrely Fisher&Paykel have attempted not only to link the increase of dryer sales in Queensland last year with the recent disaster, but sought to score points as some kind of socially responsible corporation in the floods’ wake.

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  • Sooboo says:

    03:54pm | 12/01/11

    How many more ‘clever’ companies are going to profit from the floods.  You would think the folks at Hayman Island would have more class.  They are not only offering a big $50 per booking (rooms sell from around $800 per night) but they are also sticking up the finger and… Read more »

  • Argyle says:

    03:22pm | 12/01/11

    This has to be the best reply yet. Well Elphaba. And guess what, I love new doo dads to! Read more »

 

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