Does Heaslip get paid for wearing Beats, or does he just lik

paddyor · Post by **paddyor** » June 13th, 2014, 9:15 am

So which is it?

Heaslipped · Post by **Heaslipped** » June 13th, 2014, 9:34 am

Based on this link I hope for his sake it's both. Or else he spent a lot of money trying to buy a few mates in the Irish camp.
http://www.thescore.ie/why-paulie-doesn ... 6-Feb2013/

Peg Leg · Post by **Peg Leg** » June 13th, 2014, 10:06 am

Heaslipped wrote:Based on this link I hope for his sake it's both. Or else he spent a lot of money trying to buy a few mates in the Irish camp.
http://www.thescore.ie/why-paulie-doesn ... 6-Feb2013/

Well if he owns any shares in Beat, he's made himself a tidy profit!

colster · Post by **colster** » June 13th, 2014, 11:09 am

paddyor wrote:So which is it?

So what if he does. There have been far naffer endorsements in Irish Rugby. http://www.munsterrugby.ie/news/8254.php#.U5rNFtS6-OA

Dave Cahill · Post by **Dave Cahill** » June 13th, 2014, 11:17 am

And how can we ever forget...

Heaslipped · Post by **Heaslipped** » June 13th, 2014, 11:38 am

My favourite was the Denis Hickie Wavin ad. Always thought he was a bit of a hero, but surely a wavin ad should have been reserved for Denis Leamy or someone like that.

paddyor · Post by **paddyor** » June 13th, 2014, 1:33 pm

colster wrote:
paddyor wrote:So which is it?
So what if he does. There have been far naffer endorsements in Irish Rugby. http://www.munsterrugby.ie/news/8254.php#.U5rNFtS6-OA

Oh I don't care, I'm just bored!

simonokeeffe · Post by **simonokeeffe** » June 13th, 2014, 7:13 pm

paddyor wrote:
colster wrote:
paddyor wrote:So which is it?
So what if he does. There have been far naffer endorsements in Irish Rugby. http://www.munsterrugby.ie/news/8254.php#.U5rNFtS6-OA
Oh I don't care, I'm just bored!

Axel's burger van

fourthirtythree · Post by **fourthirtythree** » June 13th, 2014, 7:59 pm

Well he definitely got the World Cup blag as promotional material.

I may have criticised Beats on here a few years ago but I believe they no longer have Monster as their manufacturer and that the cans are now decent, albeit you can buy ones just as good for half the price.

When i did an a/b on them they were not good at all back in the day though

simonokeeffe · Post by **simonokeeffe** » June 13th, 2014, 9:14 pm

In general a lot of the Leinster squad get a mountain of freebies in exchange for social meeja plugs

Dave Cahill · Post by **Dave Cahill** » June 13th, 2014, 9:17 pm

fourthirtythree wrote:Well he definitely got the World Cup blag as promotional material.

I may have criticised Beats on here a few years ago but I believe they no longer have Monster as their manufacturer and that the cans are now decent, albeit you can buy ones just as good for half the price.

When i did an a/b on them they were not good at all back in the day though

Beats got a lot of bad press when they came out, usually from middle-aged white reviewers who use the likes of Pink Floyd as reference tracks (guys, nothing will ever make a Pink Floyd tune sound good, nothing). I find them excellent, especially the amps in the cans themselves.

Dave Cahill · Post by **Dave Cahill** » June 13th, 2014, 9:18 pm

simonokeeffe wrote:In general a lot of the Leinster squad get a mountain of freebies in exchange for social meeja plugs

And quite frankly that should be clamped down on. No other form of media allows the promotion of products without indicating that it is a paid for promotion

paddyor · Post by **paddyor** » June 13th, 2014, 10:42 pm

Movies? GM is and it's products are all over the transformers movies. There might be something in the small print at the end of the film but I can't remember it being announced at the beginning of the film.

Dave Cahill · Post by **Dave Cahill** » June 13th, 2014, 10:57 pm

paddyor wrote:Movies? GM is and it's products are all over the transformers movies. There might be something in the small print at the end of the film but I can't remember it being announced at the beginning of the film.

It'll be in the credits. In Movies and Television product placement works in two ways. The first is where the company, say GM, pay to have their products used exclusively in their sector in the movie. The other is the way Apple works, where they won't pay for product placement, but if you want to use their products they'll supply them for free in whatever quantities needed. Programmes with paid for Product Placement will have a PP logo on screen at the beginning of the show (next time Corrie is on, take a look, its even there).

Ironically, the one TV episode where you'd think there was PP, the episode of Modern Family all about Phil getting an iPad, had no product placement whatsover

fourthirtythree · Post by **fourthirtythree** » June 14th, 2014, 12:44 am

Dave Cahill wrote:
fourthirtythree wrote:Well he definitely got the World Cup blag as promotional material.

I may have criticised Beats on here a few years ago but I believe they no longer have Monster as their manufacturer and that the cans are now decent, albeit you can buy ones just as good for half the price.

When i did an a/b on them they were not good at all back in the day though
Beats got a lot of bad press when they came out, usually from middle-aged white reviewers who use the likes of Pink Floyd as reference tracks (guys, nothing will ever make a Pink Floyd tune sound good, nothing). I find them excellent, especially the amps in the cans themselves.

Meh. They were just outrageously expensive for some pretty average cans. If you will allow cans that very much colour the sound to be average. I don't believe I had any pink Floyd available to listen to but I do have a fondness for their post Syd, pre dark side of the moon period. Stuff like More and the like.

As I said I have heard they are okay now. I can't imagine that they still aren't massively overpriced. Because they were genuinely funny when I had a test.

simonokeeffe · Post by **simonokeeffe** » June 14th, 2014, 1:33 am

Dave Cahill wrote:
simonokeeffe wrote:In general a lot of the Leinster squad get a mountain of freebies in exchange for social meeja plugs
And quite frankly that should be clamped down on. No other form of media allows the promotion of products without indicating that it is a paid for promotion

it only adds to most players being boring as flip to follow

ichabodscrane · Post by **ichabodscrane** » June 14th, 2014, 4:41 pm

fourthirtythree wrote:
Dave Cahill wrote:
fourthirtythree wrote:Well he definitely got the World Cup blag as promotional material.

I may have criticised Beats on here a few years ago but I believe they no longer have Monster as their manufacturer and that the cans are now decent, albeit you can buy ones just as good for half the price.

When i did an a/b on them they were not good at all back in the day though
Beats got a lot of bad press when they came out, usually from middle-aged white reviewers who use the likes of Pink Floyd as reference tracks (guys, nothing will ever make a Pink Floyd tune sound good, nothing). I find them excellent, especially the amps in the cans themselves.
Meh. They were just outrageously expensive for some pretty average cans. If you will allow cans that very much colour the sound to be average. I don't believe I had any pink Floyd available to listen to but I do have a fondness for their post Syd, pre dark side of the moon period. Stuff like More and the like.

As I said I have heard they are okay now. I can't imagine that they still aren't massively overpriced. Because they were genuinely funny when I had a test.

I have three pairs of Beats, regular, studio & Pro, the first pair I bought in New York were $148, and when I told the assistant in Staples how much they were in Ireland the whole shop erupted in laughter.

I recently bought the Beats Pro and I have to say they are a serious set of cans. I play drums in a few bands and I can put them through my electronics and still hear my acoustics.

Anyway, the whole Beats thing is a fad, I remember LeBron James buying shares in Liverpool FC and he gave each player a set of customised Beats, which I haven't seen any player wear pre/post match.

As for Jamie wasn't George 'Moneyyyy' Hook giving out about him being out on the pitch pre match with his headphones on, he wasn't too complimentary of poor ould Jamie. He seems to be getting an awful battering from Heaslipped & Hook.

ichabodscrane · Post by **ichabodscrane** » June 14th, 2014, 7:04 pm

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2094 ... cquisition

ichabodscrane · Post by **ichabodscrane** » June 14th, 2014, 7:04 pm

Looks like Jamie got the short end of the deal..

TerenureJim · Post by **TerenureJim** » June 15th, 2014, 12:13 am

More of a Bose fan myself, great in ear equipment for runs/gym

Babbling 'brook