Comments on: Am I in Trouble with the FTC Because of IHOP ?

By: nicci6

nicci6 — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:10:01 +0000

Actually Mark, if you just publicly state in no uncertain terms that you are a compensated endorser of IHOP, you should be in the clear. Now, whether or not you should declare that omelette on your income taxes is a whole other can of worms…

By: Jeff Nabers

Jeff Nabers — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:15:22 +0000

Mark is not truly concerned about his IHOP visit. He is making fun of how ridiculous the government’s reach is getting.

Sincerely,

Captain Obvious

p.s. If this ruins all the fun of watching the comments, Mark, then my bad :-O

By: andrei2k

andrei2k — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:45:35 +0000

Wow, some of the rage-full comments that completely miss your point amaze me. It seems perfectly clear however that with your general demeanor you are in the clear since you more then paid for the meal regardless of their “comping” methods.

Also, on the contrary I think you may be universally in a better position since you don’t “need” the benefits from any endorsement. Personally if I was in a position to endorse anything on a blog or otherwise, I would happily share which products I kept because I felt to were good enough to keep. The “negative” advertising on something that was given to me for free or not would not have any disclosure since the item (if not purchased by me first) would be very quickly returned.

What do you think?

By: brucefenton

brucefenton — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:34:58 +0000

Steve Garfield – early video blog pioneer did a funny video on this

Disclaimer: I have no business relation to this clip and Steve did not pay me to post it here, however I live in the same city and have run in to him a few times and said hello

By: boscoh

boscoh — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:34:12 +0000

That’s hilarious Mark! Of course you’re making this up. No IHOP is gonna comp a billionaire. Besides, your ESPN buddies in that commercial send the tab in as an expense, right?

I think it would be a funny protest is bloggers just claim extravagant gifting by the companies behind anything they talk about. So if you’re talking about your new Dell laptop, you might say that your friend Mike sent it to you and had it delivered by hookers. That covers all the FTC requirements, right?

By: muzikhol

muzikhol — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:42:34 +0000

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By: The Hot Iron

The Hot Iron — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:11:10 +0000

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By: brucefenton

brucefenton — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:03:37 +0000

I had a very clever and funny response planned but it got all corrupted and un-funny because of the stupidity of this law

By: gabrielblanquel

gabrielblanquel — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:55:47 +0000

I LOVE IHOP ALSO!
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