Thread: Testing bullet proof glass

Makes you wonder how many marriages he got through before he perfected the glass!

Was this a pitch or advertisement video? Because if it's a test, then yeah that's pretty impressively dumb. But if it's a demonstration, then well, that's how you sell your product.

Originally Posted by ben.mid

Makes you wonder how many marriages he got through before he perfected the glass!

Ya, it would probly be hard to get away with that nowadays.

Originally Posted by IanS

Was this a pitch or advertisement video? Because if it's a test, then yeah that's pretty impressively dumb. But if it's a demonstration, then well, that's how you sell your product.

Many people would be inclined to not by anything from someone so impressively dumb.

Originally Posted by ControlFreak1

Many people would be inclined to not by anything from someone so impressively dumb.

I tend to agree. Being stupid in testing automatically stops me from buying a product.

Yes, but I'm considering that this was a product demo. As in, "I'm so confident in my bulletproof glass, my wife will now..." etc.


That works today, consider the ginsu commercials. Cutting pennies, steel hammers, etc. Of course it was stupid, but the concept was people would see it, and go, wow, he has so much confidence in his knife, and he designed it, so clearly he's aware of something special in that design. In the end those knives weren't anywhere near as good as other knives available, but the owners and makers of those other knives looked at those commercials and thought, "Wow, what an idiot," and Ginsu's got distributed to damn near every house while better knives remained a niche market.


edit: His wife should probably still have left him.

edit 2 after watching again: Particularly considering how many shots came fairly close to missing the glass.

Originally Posted by IanS

Yes, but I'm considering that this was a product demo. As in, "I'm so confident in my bulletproof glass, my wife will now..." etc.


That works today, consider the ginsu commercials. Cutting pennies, steel hammers, etc. Of course it was stupid, but the concept was people would see it, and go, wow, he has so much confidence in his knife, and he designed it, so clearly he's aware of something special in that design. In the end those knives weren't anywhere near as good as other knives available, but the owners and makers of those other knives looked at those commercials and thought, "Wow, what an idiot," and Ginsu's got distributed to damn near every house while better knives remained a niche market.

Na, he's looking for an excuse to upgrade.

I think he's a lousy shot. Way too many misses at such short range...

Originally Posted by Sticky

I think he's a lousy shot. Way too many misses at such short range...

Hmmm ... what do you think that he was aiming for?