Abducting your money

Explore the clever marketing of Alien Abduction Dogtags, balancing humor with the ethics of selling to True Believers.

Written byPhil Plait
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I have to say, I can never figure out my feelings on stuff like this. Selling Alien Abduction Dogtags is a clever idea; people who know it's a joke will get a laugh, but people who are gullible might think it's a good idea. Y'know, Just In Case. Taking money from people like that seems so unfair... but then again, caveat emptor. And maybe taking money from True Believers is better than letting them spend it on UFO conferences and other nonsense. Maybe someone could point them to my Amazon book store...Tip o' the tin foil beanie to BABloggee Lee Sphar.

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