Buy Dockers, get free TiVo

OK, so cross-promotional marketing has officially gone too far. Yes, we want our $50 TiVo, we'd be happy with the free year of TiVo service you get from purchasing an iRiver PMC-120, and of course we'd love to be crowned the TiVo ambassador. But what the heck do pleated khakis have to do with time-shifting your video content? Beats us, but that isn't stopping Dockers from offering a free Series 2 TiVo with the purchase of $100 in qualifying apparel (from JC Penney's only), between September 25th and the 28th. You also get three months of free TiVo service in the deal, which of course you have to cancel on your own if you don't want to keep getting billed. Kind of ironic that these new TiVo owners will be joyfully skipping over all those Dockers commercials that alerted them to this promo in the first place.

[Via Zatz Not Funny]

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

So I take it this gets around Tivo's recently announced 1 year service contracts?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

Are these new or refurb Tivo units?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

A tad gender biased, eh? I don't know any female who wears Dockers, and judging by these shoes, I doubt that's gonna to change anytime soon:
http://www.us.dockers.com/fal05a/dockers/class/d_class.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374305315124&bmUID=1127779178202

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

free spatula with purchase of coffin!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

A few months ago they were giving away an iPod Shuffle to anyone that bought $100 in khakis at Macy*s.

-- Elias

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

Actually, women do wear stuff like that. They are older and less concerned about fashion.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

I ordered $110 worth of Dockers stuff. Whoo TiVo!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

Thanks for the info. Dockers does actually have some great women's stuff. Check out these cute crop pants:

http://www.us.dockers.com/fal05a/dockers/prod/d_prod.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374305315041

They don't look frumpy to me....

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

Thanks for the info. Dockers does actually have some great women's stuff. Check out these cute crop pants:

http://www.us.dockers.com/fal05a/dockers/prod/d_prod.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374305315041

They don't look frumpy to me....

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

I just got my TiVo. :D