Talk:Bumvertising

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• I have deemed the following content to be unencyclopedic because it does not include a source; most of it hangs between common sense and conjecture; the rhetorical structure is of an argument rather than an article; and it includes unverifiable claims. Dystopos 14:04, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

In high traffic areas, such as intersections many beggars hold up a sign describing their plight but most people that pass by do not contribute to the beggar. To an advertiser this could be a valuable resource to reach a broader audience. The homeless person will usually carry the sign for a small amount of money or food for a rather low expense to the advertiser. The cost to get the beggar to hold the sign is much cheaper than paying minimum wage to a person wearing a sandwich board or costume.

To the homeless person, carrying the extra sign is a negligible amount of extra effort to what they were already doing. They usually welcome the extra amount of income generated by carrying it.

I think it's a bad idea. There was a time after a rock show, that a homeless person handed me a card advertising something. So I took it, then he starts yelling at me "WHERE'S MY MONEY!" I thought he was going to assault me. You really shouldn't trust a unpredictable person like that, to do something. Especially when the person will only associate the product, with nearly being mugged by some poor ignoramus being used.