The Despair Inc. Blog

The Wait is Over.

Just in time for Father’s Day, Despair is inviting Wailing List subscribers to participate in our rare and exclusive, 24-hour sales extravaganza: the Blackout.

Beginning at precisely 12:01am CST this Thursday, June 9th, Despair.com will become closed to the outside world. Only those using the special username and password below will be able to enter the store.

Prices on nearly every product in the store will be discounted to levels so low they simply can not be shared with the public.

How low, exactly?

• All 24×30 Lithographs will be available for $9.95 instead of $15.95.

• All Stickypads will be available for $7.95 instead of $9.95.

• All 4-color Mugs will be available for $8.50 instead of $9.95.

• The Manager Edition of The Art of Demotivation* will be available for $19.95 instead of $24.95.

• The Executive Edition of The Art of Demotivation will be available for $29.95 instead of $39.95.

• All standard Pessimist’s Mugs will be available for $7.95 instead of $9.95.

• All Executive Edition Pessimist’s Mugs will be available for $17.95.

• All Desktoppers will be $12.95 instead of $15.95.

• All Greatest Hits Variety Packs will be $25.95 instead of $35.95.

• All 72 Card Variety Packs will be $72 instead of $99.95.

• And the MORE Special Edition DVD will be available for $19.95 instead of $24.95.

But that’s still not all. Because we’re not only lowering prices across the board, we’re also giving away free products with every order of $20 or more!

• When your product total is greater than $20, we’ll throw in a free IDIOCY STICKYPAD!

• When your product total is greater than $30, we’ll ALSO throw in a free PESSIMIST’S MUG!

• When your product total is greater than $50, we’ll ALSO throw in one free AMBITION MUG!

Yet that’s still not all!

In response to the persistent entreaties of customers (and the whinings of a number disaffected college students), we’ve added still another design to our lithograph collection- the disquieting yet beautiful REGRET design (http://www.despair.com/regret.html).

Any order containing at least one lithograph will receive one copy of this beautiful, brand new lithograph absolutely FREE!

But remember, only those using the username and password below will be able to take advantage of this exclusive sales initiative! Don’t miss this extremely rare opportunity to get products from us for prices that are actually reasonable- who knows when we’ll be feeling this generous again?

username: FATHERS
password: DAY

See you Thursday!

http://www.despair.com

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* RECENT REVIEWS FOR THE ART OF DEMOTIVATION.
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“The Art of Demotivation is the most daring, funny and subversive management book ever written.”
Financial Times of London, May 31, 2005.

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“A welcome pinprick in the bloated hot air balloon of management advice – should accompany The 8th Habit or Raving Fans in the same manner that The Wealth of Nations should accompany Das Kapital.”
Kirkus Discoveries, June 2005

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“The Art of Demotivation is perhaps the most relentlessly on-message and thorough work of sarcasm since Swift penned A Modest Proposal… If you enjoy truly vicious, yet informed cynicism (and who doesn’t), this may be the book of the year… This manifesto will make you laugh really hard and think even harder about your company at the same time.”
SmartCEO, June 2005.

So, what are you waiting for? Buy this book! And a ton of other stuff!