Iraqi "most wanted" cards

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Iraqi "most wanted" cards

Jeesh! 1,000,000 decks sold in 3 weeks!

jsinger

9:43 pm on Sep 1, 2003 (gmt 0)

August issue of Direct Magazine writes about GreatUSAFlags.com's success in selling those Iraqi card decks. At one point, they were taking 90 orders a minute! "Average order per customer was $35." Hired 80 temps to handle the work. Employees slept on cots at night.

Article said the decks may have been hotter than Hula Hoops in the 60s. Hottest fad product ever...for a month

What an unfortunate endorsement of the power of spam email.

rise2it

8:22 am on Sep 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

Next issues headline:

Saddam sues US website for trademark/copyright infrigement.

Now he'll leave his dictator role and get into ecommerce....

Essex_boy

9:32 am on Sep 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

yeah I can just see this happening.

Saddamsstore.com selling allsort of nasty torture implements.

Sanenet

6:13 pm on Oct 1, 2003 (gmt 0)

Hey, those things were great.

Did you do that thing of getting a photo of somebody, then sticking their face on one of the cards and showing them your "new" pack?

Robino

2:23 am on Oct 2, 2003 (gmt 0)

I think it's bothersome!

Look at what people think is funny. They don't know who the people on the deck are. They don't care either. They think, "Duhh, crazy Iraqi fugitives on cards -AWESOME!"

It reduces the seriousness of the conflict and makes a joke of it. They detract our attention from the real problems over there.

I don't get it!

I couldn't in good conscience put money in my pocket selling those things.

jsinger

2:46 am on Oct 2, 2003 (gmt 0)

The U.S. gov't created the original Iraqi cards based on WWII aircraft spotter cards used to teach soldiers to identify aircraft. The military cards were seen as a wonderful idea.

With Iraq, the press then started X'ing out the Iraqi cards as enemy were captured or killed. The cards were shown on TV news almost every night.

As for the version sold on the web, I'm amazed that many people spent $35 on multiple sets.

shasan

4:19 am on Oct 2, 2003 (gmt 0)

it's just the political version of branding... nuthin beats some good propaganda.. shamelessly so too :) I didn't have too many problems with it. Kinda interesting.

Hey, those things were great.

the nasty torture implements?