TV adverts that get on your nerves.

The Calgon advert, where the engineer is obviously talking a different language and an English voiceover actor doing the speaking bit.....

How some foreign washing machines get so dirty I don't know, we live in Thames Water area and mother lives in Welsh water and we never get any crud in them..
 
The one promoting an online car sales business, where dealers allegedly compete to put in a very high offer. There's an annoying "ping" that sounds like like my iPhone receiving a message, it gets me every time and I always pull my phone out of my pocket to check:)
 
All TV adds are sh-t , floating people !!! ??? , Dire really bad.
 
There are some really stupid ads..childish,even and I wonder if they go out to be as outlandish as possible so the ad will 'sink in'. Do they show stupid ads with the intention of annoying people so it 'sinks in" ? Surely, they risk losing a potential customer,though ?. I'd have thought just a sensible ad showing the merits of a product or re food, exalting its taste would be a far better way. I mute the sound when ads come on.

I'm sure it was a Sky broadband ad and the best they could do was to say that they had less complaints than any other broadband supplier...lol.

Think about this,though. Last years £5.4billion was spent on TV ads. They wouldn't spend that kind of money if these annoying and all too often stupid ads didn't' increase sales.
 
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JohnC6 said:
Sky broadband ad and the best they could do was to say that they had less complaints than any other broadband supplier.
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Something to be proud of, no doubt :rolleyes:
 
JohnC6 said:
There are some really stupid ads..childish,even and I wonder if they go out to be as outlandish as possible so the ad will 'sink in'. Do they show stupid ads with the intention of annoying people so it 'sinks in" ? Surely, they risk losing a potential customer,though ?. I'd have thought just a sensible ad showing the merits of a product or re food, exalting its taste would be a far better way. I mute the sound when ads come on.

I'm sure it was a Sky broadband ad and the best they could do was to say that they had less complaints than any other broadband supplier...lol.

Think about this,though. Last years £5.4billion was spent on TV ads. They wouldn't spend that kind of money if these annoying and all too often stupid ads didn't' increase sales.
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Cobra said:
Something to be proud of, no doubt :rolleyes:
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So not so much 'we are the best' but more akin to 'we ain't as bad the competition....' a sort of Polish Logic :thinking: :thinking: :thinking:
 
JohnC6 said:
There are some really stupid ads..childish,even and I wonder if they go out to be as outlandish as possible so the ad will 'sink in'. Do they show stupid ads with the intention of annoying people so it 'sinks in" ? Surely, they risk losing a potential customer,though ?. I'd have thought just a sensible ad showing the merits of a product or re food, exalting its taste would be a far better way. I mute the sound when ads come on.

I'm sure it was a Sky broadband ad and the best they could do was to say that they had less complaints than any other broadband supplier...lol.

Think about this,though. Last years £5.4billion was spent on TV ads. They wouldn't spend that kind of money if these annoying and all too often stupid ads didn't' increase sales.
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Ahh well, if this conversation is going to become serious . . .
£5,4 billion - is that all?
Of course these ads work. EVERYONE is influenced by ads, although many claim not to be. And, the more annoying they are, the greater the influence, because people remember them.
I remember, a lot of years ago, Benneton had a campaign that deliberately shocked people, the more complaints they got, the happier they were because more complaints led to much higher sales.

I used to do extremely well from TV ads, I only did the lighting, extremely well-paid even though I was probably the lowest-paid person there, because I was just a technician. One day of shooting, with maybe 30 people there (about half of which actually did something useful) would, on average, produce 2.5 seconds of finished ad, nobody cared about the cost because broadcast costs made production costs look irrelevant. Broadcast costs have, in theory gone down because there are now so many different TV channels but in reality they've gone up because the adverts need to go out on so many different channels, but it still pays, almost regardless of the product, its quality or value for money.

Moving closer to home and away from TV, what about all of those deceptive YouTube sponsored "tutorials" on crap photographic gear, sold at ridiculously inflated prices? Even members on here buy them and believe the claims made for them. The only time that they don't work is when the "celebrity presenter" gets caught with his pants down, and has to be replaced by someone who hasn't been caught yet, but the concept always works.
 
And I remember an ad from, I think, the late 80's, when very few people had a mobile phone, mainly because of the cost and the fact that coverage was very poor.
It started with a tractor working its way across a field, which suddenly flipped over (a very real thing, about 10 people die from tractor accidents every year).
Cut in to a shot of the poor farmer, trapped under his tractor but somehow still conscious. He calmly reached for his mobile phone and we knew that the emergency services would get there and help him.

I think that the tagline was "Orange, the lifesaver"
It was all a nonsense of course, mobile phone coverage at that time didn't exist in rural areas (and up to a point still doesn't, we still rely on 2-way radio on our own farm) but that and other adverts in that series provided a justification for people to go out and buy a phone, just in case, and that campaign was very successful.
 
Ok not TV ads.......

For 'take my mind off of things' I have a game app on the phone.....it is free so has ads.

I manage to ignore most of them but the one that does bug me is for Royal Match with its promise of "no ads" and being free and no internet connection required.......they are paying for a lot of advertising!!!

Now those ads have personalities promoting it so I surmise they are being paid plus IIRC I have noticed a TV ad for it! So just how are they monetising Royal Match, as in no such thing as a free lunch!

What is their 'end game'.....get a critical mass of downloads and folk hooked ???
 
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Lately noticed more car adverts with left hand drive cars and disclaimers telling us specs not available in the UK.
 
mj4456 said:
Lately noticed more car adverts with left hand drive cars and disclaimers telling us specs not available in the UK.
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If you mean by lately the past good few years......yes noticed that a long while back.

UK market is tiny compared to global 'reach' needed. So makes sense to get the message out with a disclaimer as appropriate.....though galling to be considered so small a market.
 
Box Brownie said:
but the one that does bug me is for Royal Match
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Is that the game that simon cowel is playing in his dressing room and refuses to go on stage?.
I'm guessing because its addictive.
The tag line is get the game everyone is playing.
If everyone is playing, there is no need to advertise :thinking:
 
Box Brownie said:
If you mean by lately the past good few years......yes noticed that a long while back.

UK market is tiny compared to global 'reach' needed. So makes sense to get the message out with a disclaimer as appropriate.....though galling to be considered so small a market.
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Annoys me when it’s say an ad for Land Rover or similar.
 
Cobra said:
Is that the game that simon cowel is playing in his dressing room and refuses to go on stage?.
I'm guessing because its addictive.
The tag line is get the game everyone is playing.
If everyone is playing, there is no need to advertise :thinking:
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I play that but it’s not that good, can pass a bit of time but not addictive, for me anyway, short attention span?
 
Cobra said:
Is that the game that simon cowel is playing in his dressing room and refuses to go on stage?.
I'm guessing because its addictive.
The tag line is get the game everyone is playing.
If everyone is playing, there is no need to advertise :thinking:
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Yes........and I have no doubt his fee was significant! Hence my comments about how they are monetising it,?
 
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And we have a winner.
"Buy now for delivery before Christmas"

:runaway:
 
Box Brownie said:
Ok not TV ads.......

For 'take my mind off of things' I have a game app on the phone.....it is free so has ads.

I manage to ignore most of them but the one that does bug me is for Royal Match with its promise of "no ads" and being free and no internet connection required.......they are paying for a lot of advertising!!!

Now those ads have personalities promoting it so I surmise they are being paid plus IIRC I have noticed a TV ad for it! So just how are they monetising Royal Match, as in no such thing as a free lunch!

What is their 'end game'.....get a critical mass of downloads and folk hooked ???
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Check the permissions and what data is being collected, the user is probably the commodity being sold to advertising companies.

I once went to disable all the third party advertising cookies one of the national newspapers websites and it had something like 100 different companies it wanted you to deny one at a time….
 
Mozthecat said:
I once went to disable all the third party advertising cookies one of the national newspapers websites and it had something like 100 different companies it wanted you to deny one at a time….
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I run CC cleaner every couple of days and there is usually around 1000+tracking cookies, to remove.
And when asked by a site, I reject all cookies.
Of course, on some sites you just never get the option.
There are always essential cookies, needed to make the site run, allegedly.
That just goes to prove there are tracking cookies imbedded in the essential cookies
 
Mozthecat said:
Check the permissions and what data is being collected, the user is probably the commodity being sold to advertising companies.

I once went to disable all the third party advertising cookies one of the national newspapers websites and it had something like 100 different companies it wanted you to deny one at a time….
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Indeed, though as on Android and the App game I am using has nothing in its "permission" re: cookies.
Cobra said:
I run CC cleaner every couple of days and there is usually around 1000+tracking cookies, to remove.
And when asked by a site, I reject all cookies.
Of course, on some sites you just never get the option.
There are always essential cookies, needed to make the site run, allegedly.
That just goes to prove there are tracking cookies imbedded in the essential cookies
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In the past, on my PC ,I have used CC but not for ages.

What I have kept with is Malware Bytes & Super Anti Spyware.
 
I question if the adverts are adverts or brain washing, The BBC dont do commercial advert but boy do the hammer the program advert , Makes me a tad mad , OK a lot mad :mad:
 
mj4456 said:
Lately noticed more car adverts with left hand drive cars and disclaimers telling us specs not available in the UK.
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They used to use reversible numbers/letters on the reg plates (e.g. 108AVH) so they could just flip the images to put RHD cars on the left side of the road and LHD on the right using the same shots. The unavailable in the UK specs thing does annoy me a little though!
 
Garry Edwards said:
Of course these ads work. EVERYONE is influenced by ads, although many claim not to be. And, the more annoying they are, the greater the influence, because people remember them.
I remember, a lot of years ago, Benneton had a campaign that deliberately shocked people, the more complaints they got, the happier they were because more complaints led to much higher sales.
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Reminds me of my late MiL who would frequently mention how much she really disliked the Go Compare advert with Wyn Evans singing and say it was a waste of time because it didn't affect her. She could not see that her continual mentioning showed how much effect it had on her.

On a different tack. I would love to have been a fly on the wall when the ad agency first showed a proposed advert with a meerkat to Compare the Market.

Dave
 
Santander bank with the ever present Ant and Dec, raised a laugh when in the bank last and was asked after my transaction “Anything else we can do today?” ”How about better tv ads? Or none at all” I replied.
 
mj4456 said:
Santander bank with the ever present Ant and Dec
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Anything with those 2 in it, they have been getting on my tits for years :(
 
Tringa said:
Yes. They have been awarded 'Most Popular Entertainment Presenter' for about 20 years. How low was the bar?

Dave
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I did see that :(
the limbo song comes to mind, "How low can you go" ♪♪
 
Tringa said:
Yes. They have been awarded 'Most Popular Entertainment Presenter' for about 20 years. How low was the bar?

Dave
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Low enough for the shorter one to walk under?
 
All the ones that I call bum and stink adverts for underarm deodorants, incontinence pants, "ladies" sanitary wear etc., which have (often larger) people jumping around all over the place, showing how "dry" they can keep themselves! Doh! :rolleyes:
 
Pixbarmy said:
which have (often larger) people jumping around all over the place, showing how "dry" they can keep themselves! Doh! :rolleyes:
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Ah yes still dry still fresh :rolleyes:
 
Pixbarmy said:
All the ones that I call bum and stink adverts for underarm deodorants, incontinence pants, "ladies" sanitary wear etc., which have (often larger) people jumping around all over the place, showing how "dry" they can keep themselves! Doh! :rolleyes:
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Cobra said:
Ah yes still dry still fresh :rolleyes:
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.......72 hour deodorants........don't folk wash every day, unless of course it is glue for the 'pits' and doesn't wash off for 72 hours???
 
Box Brownie said:
don't folk wash every day,
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I have a theory about that, it started back in the pandemic, when people were wearing masks, if you could smell someone you were either not wearing a mask, or were just too damned close :D
 
Box Brownie said:
.......72 hour deodorants........don't folk wash every day, unless of course it is glue for the 'pits' and doesn't wash off for 72 hours???
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Agree and not washing for three days or, having it not wash off for three days are both pretty gross.

Dave
 
Not sure if I mentioned this one before......

The toilet fragrancer to kill the smells that can eminate from the loo when flushed!

The advert shows the seat has a cover, the smell is due to aerosols generated by the flushing (as illustrated by the graphics in the ad), putting the lid down reduces the volume of aerosols........it is not rocket science to shut the bl***y set lid to stop(?) the smells and aerosols that will be in the air and landing on surfaces.
 
Aha, but that would help negate the need for the bog smelly?
 
Many of you won’t have seen it, it’s for a daily lottery draw in Scotland, called The Scotto, truly dreadful adverts.
 
mj4456 said:
Many of you won’t have seen it, it’s for a daily lottery draw in Scotland, called The Scotto, truly dreadful adverts.
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I was intrigued but could only find reference to the Children's Lottery. I assume that means the surplus goes to causes involving children BUT I did come across this on Reddit. Just 4 months ago.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Scotland/comments/13w0imq
View: https://www.reddit.com/r/Scotland/comments/13w0imq/scottish_tv_adverts_really_need_to_have_a_word/?rdt=64552



From the article: "I don't know what's going with Scottish TV adverts at the moment but there have been some proper s***ers recently. That squeaky voiced wee s***e on the Edinburgh boiler company ad, Susan Calman's numerous bank of Scotland belters, and I swear to God if I have to listen to that lass at the bus stop screaming about how much she's won on the Scottish children's lottery one more time...

I can only think this is some secret government agenda to get us moving and away from the TV.

:ROFLMAO:
 
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