“If you buy an HVAC system, you get a free AR-15.” An air conditioning store in the small town of Loris, South Carolina is causing a stir with this highly controversial promotion.
When you buy a combined heating and air conditioning system (note: in the English HVAC system), you will get a free AR-15 assault rifle in Tyler Wigner’s store “Arctic Air”. After an appropriate check, customers can pick up the weapon at a gun shop.
Wigner told US media that he came up with the idea for the controversial advertising campaign after sales had recently fallen. The According to him, the advertising campaign has the desired effect, but the excitement is great.
Two mass shootings a day in the US
Statistically, there has been an average of two mass shootings per day (!) in America so far in 2023. And as was the case during the Maine massacre at the end of October (krone.at report), the killers prefer to use AR-15 rifles. That is why the PR campaign is condemned by many as tasteless and macabre.
“People who like guns are sharing the post and saying, ‘Yes, that’s great.’” And people who don’t like guns call it a terrible idea, but share it anyway,” said Tyler, defending his campaign. According to him, the macabre advertising campaign will continue until the end of the year.
Roofer company with a similar offer
Recently, a roofing company in Florida made a similar offer, and customers took them up on the offer. According to the company’s boss, no one has taken advantage of the option to get a deduction of $500 (the equivalent of just under 470 euros) from the bill instead of the gun…
Source: Krone
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