GM says it "disappointed" and "betrayed" consumers

Drudge ^ | Mon Dec 8, 2008 | Kevin Krolicki

[RedhairRedhair]

General Motors Corp on Monday unveiled an unusually frank advertisement acknowledging it had "disappointed" and sometimes even "betrayed" American consumers as it lobbies to clinch the federal aid it needs to stay afloat into next month.

[RedhairRedhair]

Just disappointed & betrayed huh?

[xjcsa]

GM: “We disappointed and betrayed you. Give us money.”

[WayneS]

Great.

Apology accepted.

Now, FIX the speedometer (who the HE11 makes SPEEDOMETERS that go bad???) in my 2004 Silverado with fewer than 60,000 miles on it!!

[realdifferent1]

Just trying to muster up some public support.

"We're sorry we f***ed you-please call your congress critter and tell him to give us some cash".

[HD1200]

This must be part of the necessary act of CONTRITION Obama demanded.

You know, kind of like Communist countries where you are forced to publicly admit your crimes against the state and the people.

[Badeye]

GM built my H2, and I’m completely and totally satisfied.

[the_devils_advocate_666]

When will the UAW make the same confession?

[sickoflibs]

disappointed yes, betrayed NO. The betrayal is now with the democrats and bailout of UAW.

[headstamp 2]

“We disappointed and betrayed you. Give us money”

Stand by for BOHICA. LOL

[Jeff Gordon]

I had a GM EV1. I loved it. GM took it away from me and crushed it.

[sport]

Remember the Cultural Revolution and the Red Guards in Communist China?

[TalonDJ]

Dear GM, Thanks for the apology. I just bought a Toyota. Thanks anyway.

[RedhairRedhair]

Wait til you try to sell it.

[ichabod1]

Yeah, they’re gonna have to stop making those.

[Slapshot68]

“GM: “We disappointed and betrayed you. Give us money.””

Not exactly something you want to tell the Loan Officer at the bank, huh?

“Yeah, we’ll probably go buy drugs and hookers with the money you give us instead of paying off debts and rebuilding our business.”

[Frantzie]

LOL! The UAW has bled Detroit car makers to death but they have their marxists in power.

[KarlInOhio]

acknowledging it had "disappointed" and sometimes even "betrayed" American consumers

So in the future they aren't going to waste their time and advertising money trying to get me back. Instead they'll just have a 10% surtax on the 1040 every April.< /sarcasm, but only barely>

[Badeye]

Thats the good part, its a lease....(grin)

[Jagman]

So, in other words, what you're saying, GM, is that all of the people who remained loyal to you all these years have been chumps.

In marketing 101, this is what's known as alienating the base while providing absolutely no reason for former customers to retry the brand.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

This sounds like the kind of apology the Butchers of Beijing extract from scapegoats just before they execute them.