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Thread: Pet Hates........or FFS

  1. #2581
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    Quote Originally Posted by Minstrel SE View Post
    Yes hang on Im trying to put them out of my mind. I will try and come up with examples. Those Vodaphone ads have me reaching for the sick bucket but there are many more. Just tell us the phone charges and coverage benefits....we will do the rest..... making friends and getting on with life.

    The big mac advert that had to apologise for exploiting bereavement...the ads like Heineken implying that it brings people with oposing views together. They are not the only ones using that bringing people together slant.

    Oh and Pepsi in that shameless catastrophe of an ad which was actually mocking the black lives matter movement.

    I can make an allowance for charity ads and I was looking at some examples on the emotional branding page. There is a debate there but tugging at the heart strings is what they are about

    Im talking more about the mini story scenario and then it pans out to a car for example. Banks that show a little story of a lifecycle as if they are our best mates other than the fact they are charging interest on a loan and vigorously dealing with defaulters

    Tell me directly about the products if they must but dont link it all with a load of emotional B/S. I would like to see somebody defend this type of advert as they are getting worse
    I agree with you all the way! And do not believe any of that dreck inspires me to buy anything. But apparently it does inspire someone to buy? Or they wouldn’t spend the money on them?

    And I do not give charities a pass either. At least, not any charity that has over 90% operating fees. They get on tv and portray the saddest conditions on earth, crippled children, forgotten veterans, and suffering animals, and in the end a few cents from every dollar actually go to the people they are collecting for. While their CEO’s have multi-million dollar paychecks. And they are tax exempt? Tugging on people’s heart strings is big money! And it amazes me how many people will part with their money KNOWING these numbers. While there are needy people right in their own neighborhoods and in their own families. That being said there are legitimate charities out there, but these money making scams make it hard on real charities to collect money.

    Russell

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    When I was a youth, maybe about fourteen, I was with my parents and my two brothers on Church Street in Liverpool, Saturday afternoon. This tall, good-looking bloke with a clipboard steps up to my mother and says, 'Would you mind participating in our focus group? You have to watch our commercial and tell us what you think and there is a prize at the end. It will only take ten minutes.'

    Surprisingly my mother says 'Yes'. So we go up to this very grand room up above one of the shops where they have a projector and a big screen all set up. They sit my mum down and play her the commercial whilst me and my dad and brothers are stood at the back right out of the way.

    The commercial was later shown on TV and was for Cadbury's Crème Eggs. It must have cost a bomb to make. Full authentic medieval village, about 30 extras, pigs, hens, geese all running about. Essentially they are having a race and the ones who eat the creme eggs win. It ran about 30 seconds.

    They put the lights up and the bloke asks her, 'Okay, did watching that make you think that you would buy crème eggs for your children next time you are shopping?' Or something very similar.

    My mother says, 'What? What are you talking about?'

    'I've just shown you our commercial for crème eggs and I'm asking you if you thought it would make you go out and buy them.'

    'Crème eggs? I didn't see any crème eggs. It just looked like a bunch of men rolling in the mud.'

    'You didn't see them eating the crème eggs?'

    'No, it was all so fast and I wasn't really concentrating at the start.'

    At this point me, my dad and my bros are creasing up as silently as possible (which wasn't very silent at all) at the back. My mother did get a prize but I can't recall what it was, so clearly it was nothing great.
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    Well yes I mainly watch the BBC channels because they are free from adverts.

    Ad breaks on the other channels just tend to mildly annoy me now and I flick the channel. I cant really think of any product where I have thought Im glad they advertised that on TV and want to buy it because of the advert.

    Ok some ads can be quite good and I liked the Carlsberg stunt with 149 bikers in the cinema...but then I feel that was interesting, funny and done well. The product involvement wasnt overplayed as they handed them a beer. I didnt rush out and buy Carlsberg though next time I wanted a beer

    I dont mind magazine ads like Hi fi because its generally more toned down and just showing the product. I just think there is a line to be drawn and the advertising standards authority should have more clout

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    Isn't it about time that something was done about all the online casino ads that descend about 11pm, especially at weekends? They're clearly targeting people who are either pissed or don't have to get up for work in the morning. I know some might say that these people shouldn't need to be protected from themselves, but these companies seemingly getting away with exploiting the vulnerable offends my sense of fair play.

    Payday loans ads wind me up too, for similar reasons.

    And I've an idea for a new personal injury ad:
    Suffered an injury while out and about? Watch where you're going, knobhead!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony View Post
    exploiting the vulnerable offends my sense of fair play
    When's 'fair play' ever come into it? It's totally against capitalist ideals.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony View Post

    And I've an idea for a new personal injury ad:
    Suffered an injury while out and about? Watch where you're going, knobhead!
    Many years ago I joking said to a friend of mine that with the creeping US trend of "sue and be damned" and the "no-win, no-fee" service being offered by 'ambulance chasers', it wouldn't be long before scaffolding at street level would be cushioned, similar to the padding used on rugby goal posts. Lo and behold, it is now common practice to clad scaffolding poles to avoid litigation from idiots who can't be bothered to look where they're walking (probably because they're too busy talking or texting on their phone).
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    And of course there are going to be some who will seek out potential claims, eg deliberately tripping over uneven pavements.

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    The whole litigation thing is out of hand, but there are a lot of lawyers in government. Not really surprising that they would make life easier for lawyers.
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    And there's not a damned thing we can do about it. Voting for the others come election day doesn't change anything, it's like trying to decide whether to eat cat shit or dog shit.

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    Yes. You can't beat the system. Although you can do your best to kick a few dents in it as you pass by.

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