Have you ever been so turned off by an ad or commercial that you have actually chosen not to use the product ?
or...
Has there ever been an ad that has inspired you to buy a product ?
Here's mine.
Head On....apply directly to the forehead (repeat one dozen times or until you're ready to gouge your eyes out) I could never make myself buy this product based on their ads alone.
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As far as products that I have bought, specifically because of a good ad....I can't think of any yet.
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Yes.. theres been a number of products (not that I would have bought them in the first place to be honest) that the commercials have been so annoying and repeatedly played till I literally turn off the tv or radio.
Hmmm.. now that I think about it...
Good ads.... those Tim Horton ones. I don't know. Something about donuts and people eating them, they just look so good on the telly.
Bad ads. Gawd. Too many. I just look at the ads and go 'how can ppl believe them? So stupid.' Toothpaste are ones that get on my nerves because I know half the claim isn't true. They use 'professional' dentists to get their message across. Weird because I know the Canadian Dental College of BC does not allow dentists to promote a product. It's unethical.
hmm most of the ads I hate are local.
There's Dirt Cheap Beer and Liqour which is run by a guy who can barely talk, and they have a dancing chicken bird that goes "dirty cheap, fun fun", its a disgusting place anyway. Its the 'last refuge of the persecuted smoker' so its like warping back to the early 80's,70's and 60's with cigs on the floor and so on.
Then there is Goedeker's Superstore. They have the silliest theme song to the point at school when you grow up you learn the other theme song which is "Goedeker's Stupid Store the lowest technology at the highest price, turn it off!" The real theme song is the opposite.
Plus every commercial of their's is why we are closed on sunday. "because we believe sunday blah blah blah" they're hardline catholics, I went to school with one of their kids. annoying.
Then their is Autotire, the CEO and founder has a speach inpedment and constantly calls his company Autoltire. lol
Then the worst of the worst is Carol House Furniture. These two kids haven't aged at all for as long as I've been around they've got to be in their late 40's early 50's. They've had work done. But they are always talking in their southern accents about "you like nice thangs" and "I'm off to Dallas", they always have to go to Dallas for some reason.
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plus they look stuck in the 80's with those haircuts. lol
But the scariest is Becky's Tile and Carpets. It used to be this obese woman who's the founder of her company flying around in a tiara and flying carpet around saint louis. Creepy enough. Then she got gastric bypass and lost at least 300 lbs.
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NO no no no.....lol
Not so much 'what's a good ad or bad ad' I'm asking if you have ever been so turned off by an ad or commercial that you have actually chosen not to use the product BECAUSE of the ad ?
all the ones I've mentioned I've been turned off. I'll never set foot in those places.
Turned off completely by an ad so I won't buy their products.... hmm.... no, not really. The ads don't bother me nor inspire me to actually jump off my couch and go get one. I have to be in the mood (really, really into the mood) if you want to get me to purchase a product via advertising.
Bad ones: That stupid King Of Floors guy who advertises on channel 2 (the tv listings channel) GOD DAMN I hate those ads!! He owns some hardwood flooring company out in Surrey, and some scruffy mutt is in every damn commercial!!
That awful DQ Blizzard commercial too.. it was on a long time ago, but the whole commerical had these 2 guys sitting down outside of the DQ, tilting their Blizzards upside-down and shouting "DOO-AH DOO-AH!! DOO-AH DOO-AH!!!" !!@#$@#$ WHAT AN ANNOYING COMMERCIAL!!!!!! I refuse to buy DQ Blizzards now!!
Good ones: In Japan a long time ago I saw this one for a soft drink called C.C. Lemon. A group of friends were at the beach, and one of them had a blindfold on, while holding some big mallet / stick. He guy is supposed to smash the watermelon on the ground (this is a fun game that people play in the summer in Japan.. never seen it here.. unless if you count smashing the pinata), but he keeps missing, and eventually makes his way over to another group of people minding their own business. The guy accidentally hits a man who then turns around, and you see that he is Yakuza. Next scene you see the Yakuza guy running after him and then the picture of the drink shows up.. commercial ends. I went out and bought the drink the next day, and been hooked on it since. You can find it here if you look around.. Konbiniya on Robson has it, but it's way overpriced.
Bad ads? Lakota, but not the one with the Indian... Remember the Lakota Cowboy? Terrible...
any DQ ad or Carl's Jr/Hardees ads. DQ ad's when they're talking and eating at the same time. disgusting.
This isn't a commercial but ESPN is doing its "Now" series and the girl on their is annoying in her moaning type voice of overhyping. I don't get it.
LOL....yes, I DO remember those Lakota ads. What on earth were they thinking. [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="vny!://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/more/bigs/c008.gif" border=0]
I also remember the DQ Blizzard one. I've never had a Dairy Queen Blizzard, but if I did, that ad would have made me not want to buy one.
The ones that drove me crazy were the Herbal Essence commercials......the orgasmic shampoo ? I will never buy Herbal Essence specifically because of those ads.
hahahaha P.C. yeah I remember those shampoo commercials too... lol "orgasmic shampoo" yes me too, I will never buy that.
I heard Lakota stings a lot? My friend was complaining that his skin was burning for 30 minutes...
Well it just goes to show you how bad their ads were. I had no idea what Lakota is even for......rofl. I had to look it up.
Here's another one that made me mental.
"My wrists are on fire" (that's all I remember. I've blocked it totally.....hahahah)
Hmm... yeah what exactly did that commercial advertise? It might have been some kind of pain-reliever that office workers apply on their wrists..
*in a monotone voice*: my wrists are on fire (let's see some better acting!!!)
There are lots of bad ads, and I mentally blacklist the companies because of them:
-Christine Magee and Sleep Country Canada
-Spence Diamonds
-Herbal Essences
-Michelina's frozen pasta
-the "chew chew" gum song with the fruit and the woman with the coloured hair
And, does anyone remember "Madge! I soaked in it" from Palmolive, "Help, I've fallen and I can't get up!" and "It's Patrick! He says we need life insurance"
The Kentucky Fried Movie (ealry 80s?) lampooned a lot of bad tv advertising at the time. A particularly memorable ad for an air freshener...
*snifff* Did you cook fish last night? Is your husband still smoking those cigars? Did a cow sh*t in your house?
[FONT size=4]Hahahaah[/FONT].....I remember those 'sniff sniff' ones Lil Me.
I think my newest one may be the 'gellen gellen....whatever their on about'
LOL!!! Kentucky Fried Movie was AMAZING =)))))
These are lost drunken men who don't know where they are, but do care! And these are men who know where they are and care, but don't drink.
BWAHAHA. Classic.
Really? Herbal Essences? Ive never seen any commericals for herbal essences that I can think of..
Umm.. dunno if I want to admit this but I actually use herbal essences.. I like the shampoo for some obscure reason.
And I can just picture Russ walking down the street, flipping his hair and exclaiming, "YES! YES! YES!"
Uhm..... that's so porn-ish!!! I don't wanna hear Russ saying that!!
What about that furniture guy (Dot??)? I can remember him wearing a crown at one time. And a superman outfit at one time too. Funny but his gimmicks are so cheesy!
I know the ones you are talking about Lise....and they used to drive me kinda batty too. Same thought....cheesy. Until I found out how much charity that guy does and now I tolerate him ok. (his ads are still cheesy....lol)