When Daniel Korell skim a QR code on a bottle of Heinz Ketchup , he got more than he bargained for . Rather than institute up the contest page he was have a bun in the oven to see , it alternatively connect to a German smut site called Fundorado . Oops .
harmonize toThe Local , the cause it materialise is n’t because of high jinks in the Heinz mill , but because the domain name that the company had register for the contest expired in 2014 ; Fundorado had since snapped it up and therefore was direct unsuspecting cetchup consumers it to its own sex - television website .
After kvetch about the error on Facebook , Heinz apparently responded saying rather robotically “ we really regret the outcome very much and we ’re happy to take your suggestion for how we follow through future campaign on board ” . To make it up to Daniel , the company has apparently offer him the chance to design his own cetchup bottle and have it printed , which was the original contest .
As for the rest of us , the lesson here is plain : it ’s probably in force to keep ignoring QR codes .
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