Modern Vespa

I made a rare visit to my local Barnes & Noble today & noticed that they have their Vespa swag at 50% off now. Get it while you can, or not, your choice

vespa swag? sorry but what is this?

My wife got me a bunch of that stuff a month ago. It's pretty cool stuff.

(it's a notebook, writing paper, etc type stuff)

+1 curious.

journals, pens, bags, magnets, notecards, and even a cute fender headlight alarm clock
here is a pic of the display

from http://www.scooterswag.com/?p=1707

I believe "swag" is just a slang term for "related items" or "paraphanalia". Its just another word those crazy kids are using these days.

SWAG = Stuff We All Get. Just learned this recently...

I'm assuming in store only?

My local B & N didn't carry it.

swag is a term i remember from punk shows in the 80's

stickers

flyers

t's

posters

we say schwag, but then again my boyfriend is one of those guys who still walks around saying Schwing 8)

That's not SWAG. That's simply Vespa logo merchandise you have to buy. SWAG is free promotional things like T shirts, stickers, patches etc. generally given out by sponsors of events.


Dave

In general SWAG is any item you get for free as a promotion to the company that provided it.

In the fashion magazine industry it is free purses, shoes, clothes...

At a scooter rally you get SWAG from Corazzo (stickers, shirt..) or Vespa (stickers or magnets, key chains) and the local dealers and sponsors of the rally.

If you go to a trade show is could be pens, stickers, magnets, rulers, highlighters, pencils

Free Stuff to get their name into your hands.

swag:
Promotional merchandise for a band, record label, or other entity in the music business, usually distributed at concerts.

May include t-shirts, stickers, promo CDs, posters, etc. Often free, but not necessarily; a t-shirt or record purchased at a concert might still be considered swag, especially if it is a design or release that is not readily available in the mass market.

Swag: Poor quality cannabis usually distributed at concerts and dorm rooms on college campuses.

Funny, I always call that "stuff" RAGWEED. It was nasty tasting, hurt to inhale, popped and cracked all over your jeans, and didn't always work soo well and included the worst dry mouth. But it was cheap...!

thought a swag bag was carried by a robber

thanks guys, i only know it is in alot of rap songs now.

Yay! Thanks I just went to my neighborhood Barnes & Nodules and got some notebooks and pens for 50% off. The clocks however were all snapped up. (wahhhhhz)

We have Swag in our scooter club,
But it's included with your membership payment,
You get a patch, A key fob and some stickers.

I wouldn't call that swag, More like....
"No one wants this stuff, So buy it here cheap"

SWAG..... free stuff.... some other creative definitions

Stolen
Without
A
G.U.N

(As opposed to SWAV - Stolen Without A Vegtable-peeler)

Stuff
We
Aquired
Gratis

Stolen
While
At
Gig

Either way - I'll check if local B&N has the same sale. I like the note books.

Baldanzi:

I had a boss you use to give SAG answers: Scientific Wild Ass Guess which was a Wild Ass Guess with some knowledge of the subject matter.

You could get the SWAG if he kinda knew what you were talking about but he wasn't 100% sure, just 80% sure.

I skipped that one - we take "SWAGs" all of the time at work....or just WAGs. I just don't tell the client if it was a WAG or a SWAG

thanks for the tip - bought some of all. They are also two coffee mugs that are NOT on sale and not on the end cap display.

The B&N in Scottsdale (Kierland) has 'em. On the second floor.

I usually use a system called MIASS (pronounced my ass ) to produce these kinds of numbers at work.

So when you have an malfunction of the MIASS System is it considered one of the IDtenT errors? AKA ID10T .... Or just SH*TTY data?

I picked up some of this stuff last night along with That L do Pig. After visiting a couple of stores, it seems the hardest items to find are the messenger bags and the pen/pencil sets. The metal case that the pen set comes in is very cool - it looks like the louvered cowl of a vintage.

Prices after the 50% discount are as follows:

Spiral bound notebooks - $4.97
Magnet set - $4.97
Fenderlight clock - $12.47
Messenger bag - $14.97
Pen/Pencil set - $7.47
Small bound notebooks - $2.47

The two coffee mugs that That L do Pig mentioned are $8 each.

Apparently the local manager decides what gets purchased for displays, which explains why some stores don't have any.
Here in northern california, the store at Tanforan seems to have some items (they are near Burlingame, CA).
None of the other stores I have checked have any items.

Only the larger B&N stores had the endcap display. If you have any stores near major malls, check with them.

I checked two stores around here in San Jose. Stevens Creek had one mug and the Pruneyard had a few notebooks. No clock, which was what I had hoped to find.
Chuck