baalboy5 Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 We all heard about 9/11, 911, sept 11, you know it. But this isn't mainly bout that. I've seen, like every year, commercials that sell commercials for the platinum $20 bill with a "commemorative 9/11 back" here a picture of 1 http://ts3.images.live.com/images/thumb ... bfbae35c93 What I don't like is that I believe the companies are using sept 11 to boost their sales and don't really show emotions about the event. I mean, 20 bucks for 2 coins?. SO what your view? you think they do it for the actual reason and feel sad or just to make money of the tragic moment? Don't you know the first rule of MMO's? Anyone higher level than you has no life, and anyone lower than you is a noob. People in OT eat glass when they are bored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warri0r45 Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 What companies are we talking about here? What commercials are we talking about? (I haven't seen them over here) Edit: I suppose another thing to ask is if they're actually using the money they get from these coins to help the victims. If so, then that's a noble thing to do. If not, then not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris5000 Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 :? Well not to sound like a meanie or anything, but I don't think those coins are needed... I'm sure some people wouldn't want coins to remember the day when their loved ones died. It was pretty horrific but I think that they are best forgotten some times, It may help people stop worrying that it could happen again. That is just my opinion... I am not trying to offend anyone. Luck be a Lady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenticular_J Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 They're all [cabbage] for them to make money. Companies like that and the media are some of the biggest parasites of tragic moments. catch it now so you can like it before it went so mainstream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpez Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 those commercials for the platinum $20 bill with a "commemorative 9/11 back" really annoy me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren211 Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 What companies are we talking about here? What commercials are we talking about? (I haven't seen them over here) Edit: I suppose another thing to ask is if they're actually using the money they get from these coins to help the victims. If so, then that's a noble thing to do. If not, then not so much. I'm not sure about the company but I'm pretty sure most of the businesses are not endorsed by the government. They're companies that sell collective coins with the twin towers or some other picture on them. One company is selling a silver 20-dollar bill with pictures of 9/11 on it. Most of the companies say their items are made of silver recovered from ground zero. But I'm pretty sure none of this money is going anywhere to the recovery, seeing as there's not much recovering left to be done. I think these things are wrong to have around. If I'm not mistaken, the companeis just buy off the silver from ground zero and make it into currency and sell it. The fact that you can turn a national tragedy into a lucrative business is shameful. [hide=]tip it would pay me $500.00 to keep my clothes ON :( :lol:But then again, you fail to realize that 101% of the people in this universe hate you. Yes, humankind's hatred against you goes beyond mathematical possibilities.That tears it. I'm starting an animal rebellion using my mind powers. Those PETA bastards will never see it coming until the porcupines are half way up their asses.[/hide]Apparently a lot of people say it. I own. http://linkagg.com/ Not my site, but a simple, budding site that links often unheard-of websites that are amazing for usefulness and fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavi Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 :? Well not to sound like a meanie or anything, but I don't think those coins are needed... I'm sure some people wouldn't want coins to remember the day when their loved ones died. It was pretty horrific but I think that they are best forgotten some times, It may help people stop worrying that it could happen again. That is just my opinion... I am not trying to offend anyone. I doubt you are. This is a failed attempt to say "We feel your pain" by the corporation that makes them, and unless the greater part or the rest of the money after that it costs to make them is being donated to victims/charities, it's really pointless. I wouldn't say the same about, for example, a painting an independent artist made about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1_man_army Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 If the coins are being sold for charitable reasons then fair enough but I wouldn't be surprised if they were just another tactless money making opportunity. He who learns must suffer, and, even in our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart,and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God. - Aeschylus (525 BC - 456 BC) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackattack Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 those commercials for the platinum $20 bill with a "commemorative 9/11 back" really annoy me. I don't like the commercial but I think they should make it. I think how the 9 and 11 on the back add up to 20. They could take Jackson and put him on the 10 and get rid of Hamilton. I like Hamilton but I like this more. My carbon footprint is bigger than yours...and you know what they say about big feet. These are the times that try mens souls... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baalboy5 Posted August 31, 2008 Author Share Posted August 31, 2008 those commercials for the platinum $20 bill with a "commemorative 9/11 back" really annoy me. Ty that what I'm talking about ^ Don't you know the first rule of MMO's? Anyone higher level than you has no life, and anyone lower than you is a noob. People in OT eat glass when they are bored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deloriagod Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 I think it's crap. Companies profiting off of national tragedies. Seriously, it was a terrible day but do we really need "special" collector money to remember it? I remember the day just fine without any special items around to remind me of it. If you do need some special item to remind you of it, you probably didn't even know it was happening.. Internet Marketing For Newbies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyco_Reborn Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 Are they actually platinum or just a cheap substitute? Itd be even more of a disgrace if it were a cheap substitute. My Last.FmLeekSpinner!!!Random Furry Dance!!!Proud to hate life, since not too long ago!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedofsound Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 Its terrible, but I'm not at all surprised. It's just like those songs we've about remembering 9/11, I'm willing to bet half those artists care more about the money from the song then 9/11. You can't ever find a place that's nice and peaceful, because there isn't any. You may think there is, but once you get there, when you're not looking, somebody'll sneak up and write "(bleep) you" right under your nose. Try it sometime. I think, even, if I ever die, and they stick me in a cemetery, and I have a tombstone and all, it'll say "Holden Caulfield" on it, and then what year I was born and what year I died, and then right under that it'll say "(bleep) you." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megakiller32 Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 I think it's disgusting, but somebody was bound to do it. Also, why on that coin is the Queen of England? :shock: Quit Runescape 30th May 2006.Thanks to Hawkxs for my signature :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouchy Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 I think it's disgusting, but somebody was bound to do it. I have to agree with you. They should have the decency and the honor/respect not to sell those items. My relaxation method involves a bottle of lotion, beautiful women, and partial nudity. Yes I get massages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reaper88888 Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Has anyone seen the commercials for that "unique, silver-leaf, genuine Liberian legal tender" giant 9/11 $20 bill? I swear, it looks like if you peel it back, it'll be made of of chocolate. Actually, scratch that, it will be made out of pure, unadultered patriotic [cabbage]. There is no meaning or truth in life but that which we create for ourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiny Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 I think it is disgusting. It's despicable. The companies are leeching of other peoples pain and sorry. It is shameful, shameful that they would think of doing that to gain business and profit. People died there, heaps of people, and all the companies care about is the money in it for them. And the Queen of Englan :-s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loi86 Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Yeah, those are probably fake and it probably is not even silver. Same with those commercials to donate to a kid somewhere in South America with that old guy by the railroad tracks, SCAMS!!! Retired from Runescape September 1, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Yeah, those are probably fake and it probably is not even silver. Same with those commercials to donate to a kid somewhere in South America with that old guy by the railroad tracks, SCAMS!!! +1. They did a 20/20 on that. Apparently, for every dollar you spend, 50-80% goes to the preacher and compaine/workers...Also, they dont like showing the preachers house(s), usually a mansion(s). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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