Verizon wants you to buy “Don’t tase me bro” ringback tone
By Will Park on Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 at 5:54 PM PST In Announcements, Services, Verizon
Does the sound of a panicked protester about to get a 10,000 volt shock from a ‘taser make you laugh? Well, Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Wireless is betting that it will. They’ve just started offering a new ringback tone – musical tones that your caller will hear in place of a more traditional ringing sound. The “Don’t ‘tase me bro” ringback tone features the infamous Andrew Meyer pleading with security officers to not pump his body full of electrons.
Is this in bad taste? Verizon actually paid Andrew Meyer to use his recorded voice, so he obviously consented to the ringback tone. Apparently, it’s funny as long as the victim gets paid in the end.
Verizon Wireless subscribers will find the new ringback tone on Verizon’s website. Go ahead and give your callers something more annoying to listen to than that Britney Spears ringback tone you love so much. We’ll stick with out old-school ringer, thanks.
