Thursday, May 20, 2010

Webkinz "$2 Deluxe Membership" in webkinz front page


In the last few days Webkinz front page is showing the following picture:
 

First  of all I believe this and many other ads Ganz has are not legal in many countries See:
Wikipedia Advertising to children

 Even if they are legal the ethics of this is definitely questionable (The answer to my opinion is clear: it is not ethical)

In addition this Ad is misleading  and doesn't clarify that you don't get the gift box which is one of the biggest deluxe memberships benefits.

In webkinzinsider (On of the coolest webkinz sites that exists) the response to this ad can be found in this thread


a collection of reactions to changes in deluxe membership plan

Since I opened this blog you can imagine I don't like the fact that Ganz decided to retire it's family deluxe membership. I am not the only one here are links to some of  the posts I found regarding this. Feel free to add more links in comments.

Note:  Ganz published this change together with a new inferior type of 2$ per month account and the title “Deluxe Membership just got easier” some people have positive feedback. I agree that this second rate membership is good for those who don’t by estore items or can’t afford 3.75$ per month on webkinz but 2$ is ok. however the title is quite misleading and it took time for people to realize it.


Monday, May 17, 2010

Why I opend this blog

I opened this blog in order to protest against the fact that Ganz retired Webkinz Deluxe family membership without any notice at the end of April 2010.

In Future post I will explain why this bothers me and why other things Ganz is doing related to Webkinz bothers me