What is something you will never use/see/own because of their adverts?

[CatamaranViper]

Some brands or shows just have the most annoying, repetitive adverts and it just puts you off using or watching them.

For me it's Norton Antivirus software and the Apple adverts with the kid karate chopping wood or the guy with the fish. They drive me potty!

DH says Impractical Jokers. The ads were on so much that he has vowed to never watch the show.

I'm just wondering if anyone else has this?

I agree, it's crazy.

I know some people do actively want them, which is great; but I wonder how many older folk who buy these 'no bother' direct cremations, purely because they've seen the adverts and thought it was a kindness to save their family the trouble and a bit of money, will leave family who then struggle to grieve properly and find the closure that a funeral brings to many people. After all, the funeral is not for the benefit of the deceased person, is it?

They harp on about how good their online reviews are, but they will all be from people who've bought the direct cremations and found the sales staff friendly and helpful; obviously they won't ever have any reviews from customers who have eventually used the service that they paid for, or from their families.

I think the advert that says "Nobody likes funerals" has things all mixed up. Maybe it's just me, but personally, I really do like funerals. Of course you're very sad to have lost your loved one, but that has happened and can't now be changed.

For me, it's a case of whether, now that she has gone, you want to gather with your wider loved ones to pay tribute to Aunty Gladys in a special, purposeful way of sending her off with an acknowledgment of how much she meant to you all and enriched your lives; or whether you prefer to just think "Ah, well - that's her away then" and go and do the washing up. It's not like you could have her back IF you forewent the funeral.

Earlier this month, 135 complaints were made to the ASA by people who thought TV star Paddy McGuinness, who does the voiceover for the advert, was swearing.

To be fair, the intent is that he effectively IS swearing, but for a technicality. You're deliberately meant to hear him as though he is. It's a bit like that old rugby song about having a country house, for curiosity etc. Technically, nobody is actually swearing... but they effectively are. It's not about the sounds that a word happens to make, but what it's intended to convey.

I really like the On the Beach ads. I am a bit of a holiday-obsessive after years of not being able to go on holiday for various reasons and I love the joyousness the family seem to feel.(I know it's acting but even so!)

Where did you read this? I’m nosey and would like to read it for myself but can’t find the ACTUAL released messages anywhere

@Yogachick have a look at the Christian Horner threads. There are links aplenty in those. Be careful what you wish for, though…

G r a m m (insert break so cookie witchcraft doesn't send me fresh ads) a r l y

I actually DO write a lot, but it is so annoying that I will never use it.

@Gruttenberg I absolutely love the Twix ad. It's made me laugh each time I've seen it. It's really quite sinister.

Oh I forgot about the sucky one! Truly vomit inducing!

@longtompot My DH is sick of me saying 'I LOVE THIS ADVERT' every time it's on. It's masterfully done 😂

Still not translating into sales though, crazy Daisy 😂 Well, not from me anyway! They're like cult members

Yes, these clowns were my first thought, too...

Now you've made me think about ads aimed at pensioners - another pet hate is the Revitive ad. Ian Botham strolls into the park to meet Sue and asks if she's coming for a walk. She says 'oh I'd love to but my legs and feet are sooo tiiired' She made it to the park though, and obviously had to walk back out again with her tired legs. Gives me rage!

Also remember when Carol Vorderman was flogging payday loans for First Plus? Currently shilling for Sun Life in their recent advertising campaign. On principle I don't buy anything pushed by tv personalities, it's invariably either crap or a crap deal.

Ditto On The Beach - not least because the father looks like Bernard Manning.

That's reminded me. Pure Cremations a while ago had a cartoon of some bloke saying to another 'I HATE funerals' hence he's having the cremation without funeral service. Yeah, because the rest of us just love them.

Charlie Bingham adverts on the radio. The narrators always sound over fed.

Anything with a bloody "influencer" or "reality tv star".....nope

I totally agree about funerals. Both my mother's and father's very really lovely.

@HoneyWogan completely agree. I want to shout at the TV that it's not for them.

Sandels holidays. For the * at the bottom of all their ads that read “no same sex couples”. Pricks.

Also remember when Carol Vorderman was flogging payday loans for First Plus? Currently shilling for Sun Life in their recent advertising campaign.

I also hate that really sneery bit about Sun Life being a well-known company, and not a new company without any track record, who might not pay out.

Plenty of enormous, very well-known companies have appalling customer service across the board - frequently using that same hugeness and power to bully and threaten their customers and treat them like dirt on the bottom of their corporate shoes (I'm not suggesting here that this applies to Sun Life; I have no experience of them to be able to assert that).

By contrast, there are loads of small-scale, local and/or relatively new companies that put their customers left, right and centre in their priorities and pride themselves greatly on their honesty and integrity and seeking to delight and serve them.

It's such a pathetic non-reason, even without the sneering. You may as well say that people should choose your company because your CEO drives a blue car, unlike those terrible ones run by people in red cars.

The Oral B advert with the earnest ‘dentist’ and the idiotically stupid girl with the fridge full of peppers ‘How do I keep my mouth healthy???’

I was amused to see that Oral B’s new range is called ‘Densify’. Did they try it on the actresses first?

"I didn't even know that Oral B made a toothpaste!"

Really? What did you think a company with ORAL as most of their name sold, then? Wheelbarrows?

We can't have been the only ones watching the annoying woman at home and shouting in response to her asking "But how do I keep my MOUTH healthy?" with (the probably unscientifically-proven) "By shutting it!!!"

Tesco, because of that ad of Santa waving a vax passport.

Also Cancer Research annoys me, because of the line "Cancer, we're coming to get you". Think about it.

Oh I'd forgotten about that one, so stupid.

Maybe it rhymes in the estuary accent of their marketing team but it sure doesn't in many accents, including my Scottish one! Just ridiculous.
Surf is an "uh" sound, perf is an "eh" sound, and totally different the way we say it.
Centralism at its finest.

I don't get it.