Why I won't be buying from PB Tech

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#2162737 17-Jan-2019 19:43

Meh, I can't see any reason for me to be offended by it, to be honest I'm impressed by the dash cam that I'm contemplating buying one.

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#2162738 17-Jan-2019 19:44

MikeB4:
I purchased a phone from PB Tech last year it is the last time I will buy from them, no because of this advertisement which is in bad taste but due to their dreadful customer service and the terrible attitude of their staff.

Unusual in my experience. Maybe this is a particular branch.

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#2162754 17-Jan-2019 20:23

PBtech have done nothing wrong here, however I'm surprised no-one has mentioned how quickly the dashcam owner stopped. I'm pretty sure the screeching of tyres was from the driver with the cam... He has a front cam too - be interesting to see what he was avoiding. If he was stopping for an orange light then he shouldn't have been - there's no need to stop so violently for a set of lights that you lock your brakes.

Great dashcam footage though... A dashcam is the single best thing you can do to stop other drivers doing stupid things in front of you!

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#2162755 17-Jan-2019 20:24

ALso.

Dashcam. NAKAMICHI? WTF?

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#2162757 17-Jan-2019 20:39

Talkiet:

I'm surprised no-one has mentioned how quickly the dashcam owner stopped. I'm pretty sure the screeching of tyres was from the driver with the cam... He has a front cam too - be interesting to see what he was avoiding. If he was stopping for an orange light then he shouldn't have been - there's no need to stop so violently for a set of lights that you lock your brakes.

I also question where he would have stopped. It looks to me like he would have been slightly over the line, but not excessively so if he had a small car. That particular intersection is on a downward slope in a 60kmh^-1 area. I'm told the intersection has crashes quite regularly.

It is worth noting that the two intersections prior to that recently had red light cameras installed. I don't know about the rest of you, but driving through those intersections makes me incredibly nervous and prone to breaking harder than I should. Perhaps that was also a factor?

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#2162769 17-Jan-2019 21:14

Viewed at half speed there's an edit or gap in the video between the crash and the dashcam driver approaching the other vehicle.

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#2162774 17-Jan-2019 21:18

Talkiet: I'm surprised no-one has mentioned how quickly the dashcam owner stopped. I'm pretty sure the screeching of tyres was from the driver with the cam... He has a front cam too - be interesting to see what he was avoiding. If he was stopping for an orange light then he shouldn't have been - there's no need to stop so violently for a set of lights that you lock your brakes.

Maybe the point of this is the other driver needs a dashcam.

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#2162776 17-Jan-2019 21:18

gzt: Viewed at half speed there's an edit or gap in the video between the crash and the dashcam driver approaching the other vehicle.

it would be the dashcams auto save after the incident wouldnt it.

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#2162781 17-Jan-2019 21:30

I guess it has been a pretty good marketing idea, as it has got people talking.

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#2162784 17-Jan-2019 21:35

Personally, I don't see anything wrong with it, especially since they did a hit and run.

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#2162785 17-Jan-2019 21:36

mattwnz:
I guess it has been a pretty good marketing idea, as it has got people talking.

Yep, prime TV coverage that would have otherwise cost a fortune. Marketing team at PB should get a bonus. I personally think the add is great, but I didn’t grow up in this snowflake era of the perpetually offended.

Lazy is such an ugly word, I prefer to call it selective participation

debo

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#2162792 17-Jan-2019 21:45

The dude on TV3 news was complaining it was racist. PBtech should have chosen dash cam footage of white Irish immigrants doing a hit and run, and then no one would be complaining.

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#2162795 17-Jan-2019 21:49

debo:

The dude on TV3 news was complaining it was racist. PBtech should have chosen dash cam footage of white Irish immigrants doing a hit and run, and then no one would be complaining.

HOW DARE YE

They is british tho innit and they never stole no xmas tree didun rememba it eneway

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#2162801 17-Jan-2019 21:55

dafman:

nathan:

What is it that annoys you about the video?

the non-blurring of faces?

the making fun of a plus size PI woman?

Yes and yes.

How would you feel if a company put out a video of you in an embarrassing situation as part of a nationwide promotion, without your knowledge or consent, and used the promotion to poke fun at your physical appearance in the process?

I think that's the least of her worries right now...

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#2162823 17-Jan-2019 22:31

Jase2985:
gzt: Viewed at half speed there's an edit or gap in the video between the crash and the dashcam driver approaching the other vehicle.

it would be the dashcams auto save after the incident wouldnt it.

Yeah true. It seems like about time dashcams solved this problem.

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