Ferrit becomes a dead Pig

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Brad Heap

Like Flying Pig did in the late 1990s it was today annouced that Ferrit is going to be shut down.

Unlike Flying Pig I have never used Ferrit to buy products. I have only used it to try and locate prices for products and typically Ferrit’s prices were more than I could pay elsewhere anyway.

I guess Amazon.com is still ruling NZ online shopping, with TradeMe taking care of the second hand market and then the smaller players holding their own ground too, like Mighty Ape, Fishpond, Woolworths, Computer Food etc.

I suppose in life mega malls like Westfield Albany work because despite being under one roof every outlet inside the mall is unique and different, where Ferrit just made everyone the same.

What weird creature/animal will come next?

The Fake, fake original

Posted on September 26, 2008 by Brad Heap

Okay a few months back i referred to the Telecom Ad that was awesome until i found out it was a copy of a viral video. see: http://www.brad.net.nz/blog/2008/07/the-original-and-the-fake/

Well Fair Go did a fantastic spoof of it.

The Original and The Fake

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Brad Heap

When I first saw the Telecom and featuring Baby Come On by Elemeno P I thought it was pretty cool. However, upon discovering that the company in it was fake it was a bit of a let down. Now I have discovered that the whole video is based off a web based viral video that actually is a real company. Telecom great ad, but it is not cool to rip off other peoples ideas.

The Original:

The Fake: