Stereotype at your risk!

~ Still from Verizon’s tasteless television spot ~

Dear Lara,

You signed the petition, Make Verizon Accountable. Can They Hear Us Now?, on Jul 16, 2008. The petition received 5083 signatures. The petition author, R. Brace and the ASPCA online community, has now closed the petition and posted the results:

Message from the petition author, R. Brace and the ASPCA online community:

I have just spoken with Steve Schwartzman, Executive Coordinator, who told me that the offensive ad has been pulled in all markets. Thank you to all who signed this petition and made the calls! Mr. Schwartzman was very understanding of our feelings, and admitted that they have received quite a bit of heat over this commercial.

Each and every one of you made the difference.

Thank you again.

Sincerely,

Renee Brace and the ASPCA Online Community

While I have had nothing but a positive experience with Verizon up to this point I am still deriving pleasure from the fact that I canceled my Verizon Wireless service. Verizon knows why I left and my new provider knows why they have a new customer.

I am in no way saying this is the route every pbully luvin’ Verizon customer should have taken. But my satisfaction is immense. And the ad was pulled! Which Verizon initially said it had no intention of doing. I would love to know how many customers they lost. I know from trolling the net and forums there were A LOT of us.

It is my hope that other companies learn a valuable lesson from Verizon. You will lose customers when you advertise in poor taste.

Mess with the bully you get the horns!

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