Annoying television adverts...

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Largest muscles in the human body! Otherwise known as....

In all my 76 years, I have honestly never heard that term mentioned....do I need to get out more?

 

[Domh245]

It's a contraction of gluteus maximum, and a relatively recent one at that

 

[Mcr Warrior]

It's a contraction of gluteus maximum, and a relatively recent one at that

Actually it's 'gluteus maximus', there's also 'gluteus medius' and 'gluteus minimus' in the same muscle group. And the contraction "glutes" has been in use for at least ten years, apparently.

 

[stevetay3]

All of them, mostly scams and lies.

 

[nlogax]

All of them, mostly scams and lies.

Can you qualify that?

TV ads are mostly 'buy x food brand, it tastes nice' or 'buy this mattress / sofa / chair, it's comfy and is £50 off'. While consumers' preferences are subjective I don't exactly see a lot of scams or out-and-out lies in ads.

 

[stevetay3]

Can you qualify that?

TV ads are mostly 'buy x food brand, it tastes nice' or 'buy this mattress / sofa / chair, it's comfy and is £50 off'. While consumers' preferences are subjective I don't exactly see a lot of scams or out-and-out lies in ads.

Newman.com sell £50 blood tests when it’s free at the doctors
Never ending sales at DFS and it’s never 200 of or what ever, they vastly increase prices before the sale
Endless adds for funeral plans after they have told you funerals cost £7000 when you can actually pay £2000
Private medical insurance for £10.99, you would need to be a 18 year old who never leave the house to get it for that
Equity release firms only interested in getting there paws on your home when you die
Endless banks and insurance firms that are by my side, yet they will charge you £20 for a late payment
Then we have tone deaf opera singers who should have been retired 10 years ago and the dam meerkats
Maybe it is not all lies but it certainly is not ethical or honest.

 

[nlogax]

And therein lies the rub. Not illegal, just the standard way of the advertising world as it has been for several decades. If something illegal or a scam does make it to an ad then we're all free to report it to the ASA. They are fairly good at responding and pulling ads when necessary.

 

[gg1]

Newman.com sell £50 blood tests when it’s free at the doctors
Never ending sales at DFS and it’s never 200 of or what ever, they vastly increase prices before the sale
Endless adds for funeral plans after they have told you funerals cost £7000 when you can actually pay £2000
Private medical insurance for £10.99, you would need to be a 18 year old who never leave the house to get it for that
Equity release firms only interested in getting there paws on your home when you die
Endless banks and insurance firms that are by my side, yet they will charge you £20 for a late payment
Then we have tone deaf opera singers who should have been retired 10 years ago and the dam meerkats
Maybe it is not all lies but it certainly is not ethical or honest.

A few more to add to the list:

Companies selling 'help' for people in serious debt problem in the form of a debt management plan - neglecting to mention exactly the same service is available free of charge via StepChange and PayPlan
Similarly credit reference agencies selling monthly subscriptions when all the relevant information relating to your credit history can easily be obtained free of charge. The also don't mention the 'credit scores', the main selling point of th subscription, are meaningless and are neither used or recognised by any lenders
Promoting gambling as being a perfectly normal and completely harmless part of being a sport fan

 

[stevetay3]

They have just pulled the one for home insurance about the kid trashing the house, in what way is that not acceptable

 

[py_megapixel]

They have just pulled the one for home insurance about the kid trashing the house, in what way is that not acceptable

Is that the John Lewis one which offended some idiots because it contained a boy wearing a dress?

(Yes, I know that's not why they pulled it)

 

[stevetay3]

A few more to add to the list:

Companies selling 'help' for people in serious debt problem in the form of a debt management plan - neglecting to mention exactly the same service is available free of charge via StepChange and PayPlan
Similarly credit reference agencies selling monthly subscriptions when all the relevant information relating to your credit history can easily be obtained free of charge. The also don't mention the 'credit scores', the main selling point of th subscription, are meaningless and are neither used or recognised by any lenders
Promoting gambling as being a perfectly normal and completely harmless part of being a sport fan

The whole system needs a major overhaul, as nlogax said this has been going on for decade’s

I won’t start on gambling. It’s horrendous.

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Is that the John Lewis one which offended some idiots because it contained a boy wearing a dress?

(Yes, I know that's not why they pulled it)

Yes it is

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The whole system needs a major overhaul, as nlogax said this has been going on for decade’s

I won’t start on gambling. It’s horrendous.

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Yes it is

Or it could have been ,something done on purpose would not be covered and this was not mentioned in the add

 

[Typhoon]

A few more to add to the list:

Companies selling 'help' for people in serious debt problem in the form of a debt management plan - neglecting to mention exactly the same service is available free of charge via StepChange and PayPlan
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Sorry, don't agree. They are not annoying, they are at the very least infuriating in my mind. They are preying on the vulnerable at a time when they are most desperate. I agree with @nlogax that they are not scammers, but they appear to be mealy mouthed and insincere. I would put them in the same Circle as scammers should I ever rewrite Dante's Inferno. You are right about the (wide range) of organisations offering a free service, but also these will decide whether an IVA (the debt management plan) is the one most suitable, not the one that gives the organisation most profit. The one that really annoys me is the one with the woman who has dyed bright red hair who clearly doesn't have a conscience if her willingness to read that script out is anything to go by.

Anyone struggling with debt could do worse than look at Free debt advice: get help with your debt problems - MSE (moneysavingexpert.com). List of organisations that will help, description of those that are out for themselves.

 

[gg1]

Sorry, don't agree. They are not annoying, they are at the very least infuriating in my mind. They are preying on the vulnerable at a time when they are most desperate. I agree with @nlogax that they are not scammers, but they appear to be mealy mouthed and insincere. I would put them in the same Circle as scammers should I ever rewrite Dante's Inferno. You are right about the (wide range) of organisations offering a free service, but also these will decide whether an IVA (the debt management plan) is the one most suitable, not the one that gives the organisation most profit. The one that really annoys me is the one with the woman who has dyed bright red hair who clearly doesn't have a conscience if her willingness to read that script out is anything to go by.

Anyone struggling with debt could do worse than look at Free debt advice: get help with your debt problems - MSE (moneysavingexpert.com). List of organisations that will help, description of those that are out for themselves.

What don't you agree with?

 

[Typhoon]

What don't you agree with?

Its not annoying - too mild a term for me! Dreams, Smart Meters, the Meerkats, they are annoying, these are worse than that, not even annoying turned up to 11. You may disagree and that's fine, but to me the paid for Debt Advisors ads leave a nasty taste in my mouth that most ads don't.

 

[gg1]

Its not annoying - too mild a term for me! Dreams, Smart Meters, the Meerkats, they are annoying, these are worse than that, not even annoying turned up to 11. You may disagree and that's fine, but to me the paid for Debt Advisors ads leave a nasty taste in my mouth that most ads don't.

Yes, I agree. My post was a direct follow on to stevetay3's list of ads falling under the category of scam, dishonest or unethical.

 

[Busaholic]

''Our biggest and best ever sale''. I wrote to a furniture company once asking them to provide evidence it was their 'biggest' ever sale, accepting that 'best' was in the eye of the beholder. I got an answer, that the regulatory authorities had established that such a claim need not be substantiated, so equally it could not be disproved either! (That was the gist of it, not the exact wording.)

 

[DunsBus]

"Numan - do something about erectile dysfunction."
If I ever get a hold of the guy who sanctioned these ads, he'll definitely end up suffering from erectile dysfunction - the end result of one of my size 10s being aimed right where it hurts.

 

[Master Cutler]

I haven’t seen that advert for some time, but I share your pain! I mentioned it in this thread (post 33) back in March

Hi Big Tim, sorry, missed your post, but we sing from the same song sheet regarding Parsley Box. I'm sure it's an attempt by the ad agents to spice up the silver daters dining experience. Not for me though.

 

[GusB]

Newman.com sell £50 blood tests when it’s free at the doctors
Never ending sales at DFS and it’s never 200 of or what ever, they vastly increase prices before the sale
Endless adds for funeral plans after they have told you funerals cost £7000 when you can actually pay £2000
Private medical insurance for £10.99, you would need to be a 18 year old who never leave the house to get it for that
Equity release firms only interested in getting there paws on your home when you die
Endless banks and insurance firms that are by my side, yet they will charge you £20 for a late payment
Then we have tone deaf opera singers who should have been retired 10 years ago and the dam meerkats
Maybe it is not all lies but it certainly is not ethical or honest.

Have you ever considered using the "off button?

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They have just pulled the one for home insurance about the kid trashing the house, in what way is that not acceptable

Is that the John Lewis one which offended some idiots because it contained a boy wearing a dress?

(Yes, I know that's not why they pulled it)

I thought that was quite a good advert!

It was pulled because it was thought to potentially be misleading:

John Lewis pulls controversial advert for being ‘potentially misleading’

Home insurance ad featuring a boy in a dress taken off air after financial regulator warning

www.theguardian.com

It was attacked as everything from a crass cultural lecture to a treatise on sexism. John Lewis’s latest home insurance ad, in which a young boy rampages around his home to a Stevie Nicks song while wearing a dress, became the latest front in a seemingly never-ending culture war this month.

Now, it has been pulled – not because of any sensibilities it may have offended, but because regulators were concerned it could mislead people into thinking the insurance policy being advertised would cover a child smashing up the house.

 

[yorksrob]

Have you ever considered using the "off button?

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I thought that was quite a good advert!

It was pulled because it was thought to potentially be misleading:

John Lewis pulls controversial advert for being ‘potentially misleading’

Home insurance ad featuring a boy in a dress taken off air after financial regulator warning

www.theguardian.com

I'm sad I missed it - not least because I myself have been known to rampage around the room to Stevie Nicks songs (albeit not, thus far in a dress).

 

[stevetay3]

Have you ever considered using the "off button?

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I thought that was quite a good advert!

It was pulled because it was thought to potentially be misleading:

John Lewis pulls controversial advert for being ‘potentially misleading’

Home insurance ad featuring a boy in a dress taken off air after financial regulator warning

www.theguardian.com

I'm sad I missed it - not least because I myself have been known to rampage around the room to Stevie Nicks songs (albeit not, thus far in a dress).

So I should push the off button then and miss a program I want to watch so these greedy B******S can carry on boring us silly.

 

[yorksrob]

So I should push the off button then and miss a program I want to watch so these greedy B******S can carry on boring us silly.

I usually mute the adverts and do something else instead personally.

That said, I'm not averse to a good advert. The Milk Tray, Gold Blend, Cadbury's flake, Yellow Pages, Beattie for the BT adverts etc spring to mind.

 

[stevetay3]

I usually mute the adverts and do something else instead personally.

I think every sane person uses the mute button but the way things are we will soon ware out the mute button.Showing the same rubbish every other ad brake. is not on, I avoid using firms that do this.

 

[Typhoon]

Yes, I agree. My post was a direct follow on to stevetay3's list of ads falling under the category of scam, dishonest or unethical.

Sorry, it is something I feel strongly about. These companies are the lowest of the low; because they take commission, the debtor pays more but less also goes to those organisations that are owed money, such as the council, so less money goes to council services. I should blame them for my (quite) high blood pressure!

 

[birchesgreen]

I have been watching quite a bit of televised sport channels, most of the ad breaks include ads for erectile dysfunction treatments, hair loss / colouring for men or expensive cars.

Like a televised mid-life crisis.

 

[stevetay3]

I have been watching quite a bit of televised sport channels, most of the ad breaks include ads for erectile dysfunction treatments, hair loss / colouring for men or expensive cars.

Like a televised mid-life crisis.

You do not get add breaks on sky sports you get program breaks and before someone says don’t subscribe then. I won’t be when my contract ends.

 

[birchesgreen]

Well i was watching Eurosport and BT Sport mostly. I am sure Sky is just the same.

 

[Merseysider]

Anything with Kevin Bacon in it.

I don’t find any adverts worth watching tbh, so I hit the mute button as soon as the ad break starts.

 

[route101]

Colgate adverts on Youtube, look tacky.

 

[daveo]

Adverts for Beelivery showing the rider dropping off a bottle of milk or a pack of nappies. Reality there is a minimum order of £12 - and the twice I tried them it took 90 minutes to arrive!!!!