Annoying television adverts...

[VauxhallandI]

The Vodafone advert where the girl is mixing a track in the memory of her Dad.

Such a bad tune, just seems so unreal.

 

[adrock1976]

The Vodafone advert where the girl is mixing a track in the memory of her Dad.

Such a bad tune, just seems so unreal.

I've seen a similar one for Virgin Media.

Is this the same one that you are referring to?

 

[VauxhallandI]

I've seen a similar one for Virgin Media.

Is this the same one that you are referring to?

ah yes you are right! I got the V right. Just goes to show advertising doesn't always work!

 

[heart-of-wessex]

The Marc Jacobs advert with the three hippie girls chanting "Daisy, daisy, daisy, daisy, daisy, daisy,......."
I find it's a complete brainworm - so it's obviously doing its job!

Yes I know a couple of people that have mentioned that ad to me saying how awfully annoying it is, and as mentioned on here there's another one now.

To me, it seems like another one of those known branded perfume makers that don't know how to advertise it so just comes up with something that drives you mad

 

[185]

An Alarm?
Yes, it's a Verisure Alarm.
It's changed my life.
Really?


......Yes, the alarm engineers run off with my husband.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Perhaps I need to get about more, as in my life, I never come across any conversations with people who have detailed product knowledge in the way that is portrayed in TV advertisements.

 

[birchesgreen]

Oh dear, an advert for viagra. Nearly as annoying as the Numan adverts, DONG DONG DONG DONG.

 

[py_megapixel]

An Alarm?
Yes, it's a Verisure Alarm.
It's changed my life.
Really?

The person in that advert proudly displays a plaque advertising which brand of burglar alarm they have. Surely that is a terrible idea because the information could be useful to a potential burglar.

 

[185]

The person in that advert proudly displays a plaque advertising which brand of burglar alarm they have. Surely that is a terrible idea because the information could be useful to a potential burglar.

The plaque probably sends burglars the message the lady's home alone as her husband moved in with the alarm bloke shortly after err.. installation. Worst & most annoying actors ever, perhaps worse than BBC1's Doctors.

 

[75A]

The plaque probably sends burglars the message the lady's home alone as her husband moved in with the alarm bloke shortly after err.. installation. Worst & most annoying actors ever, perhaps worse than BBC1's Doctors.

Personally I think the 'On the Market' acting & singing is even worse.

 

[nlogax]

Personally I think the 'On the Market' acting & singing is even worse.

This is by far the worst advert online, at least.

 

[Monarch010]

Perhaps I need to get about more, as in my life, I never come across any conversations with people who have detailed product knowledge in the way that is portrayed in TV advertisements.

Which probably implies that few people pay attention to TV adverts!

 

[trainophile]

That home alarm one (can't even remember what company) where the woman rings her husband to tell him "the neighbours have been burgled". Surely in real life you'd say "John and Sue have been burgled", not "the neighbours", especially if you know them well enough to have been told about the burglary!

 

[birchesgreen]

I'm not sure about that, it took me years to find out my neighbours names.

 

[AM9]

This is an interesting thread as it says more about people's attitudes to ads than a general dislike of all ads. That's gold dust to ad agencies, the fact that some claim that certain ads so excruciatingly annoying that they mention the brand or even the product (which is just what the intention was). It's always been that way with TV ads, recognition.
For the younger members here, ads have been just as annoying as they were in the '50s when ITV started broadcasting. Some might remember the Shake 'n Vac and, 'soft as you face Fairy liquid', and many others. We can see them on some 'this is what TV used to be like' with some nostalgia, but they were just as irritating when put out every 15 minutes when there were only two channels to watch.

Personally, I find that some ads are interesting from a production point of view. The biggest campaigns have video production budgets that in terms of cost per second, far exceed the biggest blockbuster Hollywood offerings. They also used advanced CGI techniques well before the mainstream film industry.

A Happy Christmas break to all.

 

[trainophile]

I would be interested to know if anyone has ever bought anything as a direct result of a TV advert! It has the opposite effect on me, unless it's a brand leader anyway, in which case they hardly need to spend their money adverting it.

 

[3rd rail land]

I would be interested to know if anyone has ever bought anything as a direct result of a TV advert! It has the opposite effect on me, unless it's a brand leader anyway, in which case they hardly need to spend their money adverting it.

If I were in the market for a particular item and an advert is played showing a brands version of that type of item it may well cause me to consider that brands item when I might not otherwise know about it.

 

[AM9]

I would be interested to know if anyone has ever bought anything as a direct result of a TV advert! It has the opposite effect on me, unless it's a brand leader anyway, in which case they hardly need to spend their money adverting it.

Ads aren't always intended to send viewers straight out to buy whatever product they are about. They are often about brand placement or awareness. In reality, we have all probably subsequently made purchases from advertisers without consciously thinking that we have been influenced by ads. Clearly, it's in the advertisers' interest that you don't feel that you have been coerced and you feel that you make your own choices.

 

[trainophile]

I can now actually think of one thing - remember that "Flora, the margarine for men" ad, well in those days we bought cheaper spread rather than butter and we did give that a go for a while. However it became dearer than Utterly Butterly etc., so we changed back.

 

[jfollows]

I would be interested to know if anyone has ever bought anything as a direct result of a TV advert! It has the opposite effect on me, unless it's a brand leader anyway, in which case they hardly need to spend their money adverting it.

I saw an advert for "Pharmacy2U" a few years ago and it made me think along the lines of "what a good idea, the pharmacy attached to my GP is dreadful and the one I've been using in Waitrose is just about to be closed down" so I signed up immediately. Now, I don't pay them a penny but they get their "pharmacists' cut" from the NHS for dispensing my prescriptions. The only reason I've spoken to a pharmacist in the last 5 or so years was to get my Covid booster and, separately, my 'flu vaccination this year.

PS To clarify for those who don't normally need prescriptions, this service takes my prescription electronically from my GP and posts it to me for nothing in a couple of days. I pay normal prescription charges just like for any other pharmacy.

 

[PeterY]

I've just spent two nights at my daughters and the TV was on most of the time. IMO I found all the ads dreadful, especially the charity ones and they seemed to be on more than the programs. I hope I never have to sit though another Dreams ad.
Off topic, I actually enjoyed watching gogglebox, I found it quite amusing.

 

[ScotRail158725]

I would be interested to know if anyone has ever bought anything as a direct result of a TV advert! It has the opposite effect on me, unless it's a brand leader anyway, in which case they hardly need to spend their money adverting it.

not a TV advert however the recent all over wraps on buses for Kraken rum caught my eye and I ended up buying a bottle as a result of it

 

[birchesgreen]

The adverts for Neom, so vague i couldn't get what it actually was for (despite being shown every ad break on some channels). I finally went to the website, apparently a new "smart" city in Saudi Arabia.

 

[150249]

not a TV advert however the recent all over wraps on buses for Kraken rum caught my eye and I ended up buying a bottle as a result of it

Best bus advert in my opinion!

 

[daveo]

Not adverts but - it'sbad enough showing trailers for programmes weeks before they're shown, but when they continue showing those same trailers for a month after the airing, for the same programme on the ITV Hub!!!

 

[150249]

Not adverts but - it'sbad enough showing trailers for programmes weeks before they're shown, but when they continue showing those same trailers for a month after the airing, for the same programme on the ITV Hub!!!

I believe BT sport were still advertising Liverpool vs Leeds at 1800 today even though it was postponed on Thursday.

 

[birchesgreen]

The Workday adverts, especially the one where they have throw things at the boss.

My wife, who has the fortune of having to use the software at her work, says "its as **** as the adverts"

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I tend to be annoyed by the Pure Cremations advert that does not say what their standard requiremnt one-off up-front payment actually is, but also states that "thousands" of people are using the services of the crematorium they say they own. I am not sure how long a properly conducted cremation takes place, but do wonder how long it would take for the cremations of those stated "thousands" to take place.

 

[Typhoon]

I tend to be annoyed by the Pure Cremations advert that does not say what their standard requiremnt one-off up-front payment actually is, but also states that "thousands" of people are using the services of the crematorium they say they own. I am not sure how long a properly conducted cremation takes place, but do wonder how long it would take for the cremations of those stated "thousands" to take place.

I have a relative who has bought one of these*. In her case doesn't matter where it is, no service, no one to attend. If that is what she wants, fine by me - I think you can have more than that:-

How it works
A direct cremation is a modern alternative to a traditional cremation funeral. The cremation takes place completely separately from the personal farewell and our families use the ashes urn or a favourite photograph as their focal point for their own special remembrance event. It’s perfect for people who don’t like funerals.

So, from that, the cremation at the crematorium will take about 5 minutes tops. The farewell will be in Pure Cremations 'chapel' somewhere, where they have control of costs. I've no problem if that is what the family want. Unfortunately, the full details are in their brochure for which they require an address and phone number. Sorry, my inquisitiveness only goes so far. A different company is 'from £995' and whether that includes all the fees (and what the average or upper limit is), I don't know.

Probably ideal where the deceased is not religious, has no close relatives, distant relatives - if any known - not local (maybe overseas) or is financially stretched. I've not seen the ad myself but I don't like anything like that especially the ones that play on emotions about putting the family in debt because the cost of the average funeral costs so much; I arranged one a couple of years ago. Nothing like that. We did without the half a dozen limos and the carriage pulled by four adorned shire horses, thanks.

* - sorry, don't know the cost and can't ask as I'm not supposed to know that she has arranged it.

Their website (from which the quote is pinched)https://www.purecremation.co.uk/

 

[dgl]

I have a relative who has bought one of these*. In her case doesn't matter where it is, no service, no one to attend. If that is what she wants, fine by me - I think you can have more than that:-


So, from that, the cremation at the crematorium will take about 5 minutes tops. The farewell will be in Pure Cremations 'chapel' somewhere, where they have control of costs. I've no problem if that is what the family want. Unfortunately, the full details are in their brochure for which they require an address and phone number. Sorry, my inquisitiveness only goes so far. A different company is 'from £995' and whether that includes all the fees (and what the average or upper limit is), I don't know.

Probably ideal where the deceased is not religious, has no close relatives, distant relatives - if any known - not local (maybe overseas) or is financially stretched. I've not seen the ad myself but I don't like anything like that especially the ones that play on emotions about putting the family in debt because the cost of the average funeral costs so much; I arranged one a couple of years ago. Nothing like that. We did without the half a dozen limos and the carriage pulled by four adorned shire horses, thanks.

* - sorry, don't know the cost and can't ask as I'm not supposed to know that she has arranged it.

Their website (from which the quote is pinched)https://www.purecremation.co.uk/

Having a search for "costs" on their website brings this up from october,

The average cost of direct cremation is just £1,554