Imagine selling 30 000 individual cow pies (within thirty minutes of going live). That’s what Cards Against Humanity was up to on Black Friday.
The boxes, containing pasteurized bull feces branded as the company’s best and only deal of the year, were priced at $6.00, and though CAH is known for its love of outlandish pranks and dark humour, these could not have been more straightforward.
Yet, many purchasers were angry and disappointed by what appeared in the mail. Others asked to cancel their orders. One consumer went so far as to say the advertisements were misleading and unfair.How could a company actually sell manure in a fancy gift box? CAH’s game co-creator, Max Temkin, had little sympathy.
If you buy the poop expecting it to be something else that’s not poop, you’re actually buying a valuable life lesson for $6.
— Max Temkin (@MaxTemkin) November 28, 2014
But, why would a company sell Texan cow crap?
“We all really hate Black Friday, it’s just kind of a horrible day,” Temkin told Time. “It comes after this day where you’re supposed to be thankful for what you have, and then it’s just this whole huge media spectacle of people fighting each other to save $50 on a TV.”
The company made $0.20 per pie, with the proceeds going to anti-poverty organization Heifer International.
Thanks @CAH ! You stick to your word, and that’s no bull! #HolidayBullshit pic.twitter.com/X1lFrwzne0
— Orlando Jones (@OGOrlandoJones) December 12, 2014
oh my god they actually did it https://t.co/lXjXnml36w @cah
— Tai Derks (@Yggdrasilly) December 11, 2014
My kids thought this box was filled with chocolate. I just told them the truth. @MaxTemkin @CAH pic.twitter.com/08ZaYBUiCm
— Jason Tagmire (@jtagmire) December 13, 2014
Buying @CAH‘s Bulls#*t on Black Friday Seemed Subversive at the Time But Now I Really Don’t Want to Get Feces in the Mail: a story about me
— Melissa Van De W. (@melissavandew) December 2, 2014
I think @CAH is literally selling bull … poop today. As in poop. From a bull. In a box. https://t.co/fW0Gzmwukr
— Melissa Harris (@ChiConfidential) November 28, 2014
.@CAH I’m not even mad that you sent me dry poop. Thanks for the cool box!
— Cassandra Murray (@cass_mu) December 14, 2014
It was Poop. Wife says I’ve lost Credit Card Privileges for a month…that seems fair. @CAH @MaxTemkin #CardsAgainstHumanity #bullsh!t
— Mike Campbell (@rentfn) December 14, 2014
Well I’ll be damned, @CAH actually did send poop through the mail. I was sure they meant it figuratively. Oh well, at least I got a button.
— Adam Salzer (@TheSalzerEffect) December 13, 2014
I am now reflecting on why I chose to purchase a box of poop from @CAH.
— Kyle Hale (@kylethale) December 13, 2014
@KRiderBlues @CAH …Who was the poor sod that had to pack that poop?!
— Cally Kari Shokka (@callykarishokka) December 13, 2014
big dave got his poop @CAH pic.twitter.com/0lqaw0xWcA
— ?livia (@OliviaRuiz22) December 12, 2014
