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Which advert that you KNOW advertises something that probably doesn't work do you still watch and go..."hmm. Maybe..."

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serendippity · 30/12/2025 23:20

Honestly I am pathetic. I have owned a flash speed mop, it was not amazing. I recently spent £400 on a dyson mop that I want to beat myself over the head with repeatedly because I fell for the hype and it really, really isn't that good. And yet. Every time I see the goddam ad for the New Speedmop and see the dog pawprints and spillages disappear leaving the gleaming floor with no effort, not only do I want to buy the arsing mop but also black and white kitchen tiles that will obviously shine like that should I get one. I cannot pretend this is the only ad that I am suckered by and pay more money than I should on going ad free, possibly because I may get divorced if not 😂 Not the only one...right??

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RightOnTheEdge · 30/12/2025 23:33

That foundation that turns the perfect shade to match your face when you put it on.

I knew it was a load of rubbish and thought no way that's real but I still tried it and guess what?
It was a load of rubbish 🙄😆

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serendippity · 30/12/2025 23:42

RightOnTheEdge · 30/12/2025 23:33

That foundation that turns the perfect shade to match your face when you put it on.

I knew it was a load of rubbish and thought no way that's real but I still tried it and guess what?
It was a load of rubbish 🙄😆

See also pretty glittery lipstick that makes your lips look amazing and pretty much any mascara. No you won't immediately look like you have eyelash extensions. I know I've tried. Even the one advertised by ru bastard paul dressed as an air hostess 😂🤦

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GarlicRound · 30/12/2025 23:42

IPL machine. £400 or thereabouts, you waft it over your hairy bits while smiling smugly at the fact you won't need to remove the hairs again for two years! My grown-up head knows it takes fucking forever, half my hairs are too pale for the laser thingy to work, and I only bother doing my legs two or three times a year so it is definitely, unquestionably not for me.

Yet very time I see the damn ad, I imagine that FOUR MONTHS' SPENDING MONEY would turn me into a velvet-complexioned princess within a few minutes of smug wafting.

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serendippity · 30/12/2025 23:43

GarlicRound · 30/12/2025 23:42

IPL machine. £400 or thereabouts, you waft it over your hairy bits while smiling smugly at the fact you won't need to remove the hairs again for two years! My grown-up head knows it takes fucking forever, half my hairs are too pale for the laser thingy to work, and I only bother doing my legs two or three times a year so it is definitely, unquestionably not for me.

Yet very time I see the damn ad, I imagine that FOUR MONTHS' SPENDING MONEY would turn me into a velvet-complexioned princess within a few minutes of smug wafting.

I love this 😂

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JazzyBBBG · 30/12/2025 23:43

Those stupid hair straightener brushes on Instagram. Would never get through my mane.

Groberts · 30/12/2025 23:45

A rotating brush on a stick to clean bathroom wall tiles. My arm would do but somehow I need this device.

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serendippity · 30/12/2025 23:48

Exactly what I mean, you know absolutely KNOW this is not for you, but there is a gremlin that says you will look like Claudia Shciffer the second you buy it (with a perfect home should you pair it with a speedmop and a giant white dog)

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RampantIvy · 30/12/2025 23:48

I keep getting adverts for tungsten chopping boards on my Facebook feed. I post in the comments that no self respecting chef would use one and to stick to wood because they are better 😁

JDM625 · 30/12/2025 23:54

I'm clearly odd, but my brain switches off when adverts come on the TV or the computer screen. I specifically don't look or engage with them and even scroll past the 'sponsored' search options on google on purpose. Half the time I don't even know what they are selling.

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serendippity · 31/12/2025 00:04

JDM625 · 30/12/2025 23:54

I'm clearly odd, but my brain switches off when adverts come on the TV or the computer screen. I specifically don't look or engage with them and even scroll past the 'sponsored' search options on google on purpose. Half the time I don't even know what they are selling.

Oh well done! i wish I could do this. According to DH I resemble a "participant" on the old Paul McKenna hypnotist shows when faced with ad breaks 🫣

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Moveoverdarlin · 31/12/2025 00:06

I haven’t succumbed yet, but those LED masks.

DoAWheelie · 31/12/2025 00:13

I know I'm far too susceptible to adverts, and way too poor to be this gullible. So I spent a while sorting out ad blockers for every device I use so that I never see them.

StripedVase · 31/12/2025 00:14

Wildly expensive Jones Road glowy face goop and Champo hair serum. I'm happily married to someone who likes my frazzled face & hair just fine, and I hardly go anywhere, but somehow those ads get me gazing and then of course I see millions more...

RampantIvy · 31/12/2025 00:36

JDM625 · 30/12/2025 23:54

I'm clearly odd, but my brain switches off when adverts come on the TV or the computer screen. I specifically don't look or engage with them and even scroll past the 'sponsored' search options on google on purpose. Half the time I don't even know what they are selling.

Mine does as well. I am an advertiser's nightmare.

HurdyGurdy19 · 31/12/2025 01:31

Currently, the Nordic Sculpt machines that are all over my Facebook feed. It's going to reduce my belly fat and tighten up any loose skin, just by running it over my problem areas for 10 minutes a day.

I know the advert is all AI, and that this is not going to work on me, and I haven't succumbed yet - but there's still a little niggle in the back of my mind that's saying "go on, give it a go". I got as far as putting one in the basket, but because the website didn't have a padlock, I didn't proceed.

Also currently all over my Facebook and TikTok feeds is miracle cure for absolutely everything - collagen. It'll make me look 10 years younger, AND will help me lose weight. Not given into that temptation either (yet)

Flingotheflamingo · 31/12/2025 01:35

My TikTok (only have it for travel reviews..) has somehow been taken over by vibrating plates.

I am so tempted. Mainly because it would be extra movement for me, I am active and slim but it might achieve something?

Someone buy one and report back to me please.

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serendippity · 31/12/2025 01:46

Those stupid teeth whitening ads on my Facebook feed get me too. Because I glanced at some whitening toothpaste once. I have 3 tubes of purple toothpaste in my amazon basket that I can't bring myself to press buy now on yet, but almost certainly will.

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 31/12/2025 01:48

All anti ageing products 😄😄

Lots of cleaning products advertised on tiktok 🙈

LorraineChandlericantholdon · 31/12/2025 01:52

The jml brush for scrubbing your back etc in the bath /shower
The advert shows brush head rotating at a fair rate of knots
Reality it does warp speed ..snail.

Useless article ..binned.

Laughuntilyoucry · 31/12/2025 01:54

It's this stair climber type of thing, that also rocks from side to side.

BooneyBeautiful · 31/12/2025 01:57

Flingotheflamingo · 31/12/2025 01:35

My TikTok (only have it for travel reviews..) has somehow been taken over by vibrating plates.

I am so tempted. Mainly because it would be extra movement for me, I am active and slim but it might achieve something?

Someone buy one and report back to me please.

I bought one the other year and have been using it from time to time, but not regularly. Recently found out that you shouldn't use one if you have gallstones, of which I have two very large ones (fortunately asymptomatic). Another gadget to give to my adult DD.

Vound · 31/12/2025 01:57

Definitely not the only one. I've hated every vacuum cleaner and mop I've ever bought so it's an area where there is always a problem that needs solving.

The other thing that keeps tempting me is lion's mane drinks. They promise to turn me from near-zombie to fully functional human being. I know it's rubbish, they are so vague with their unspecified ingredients that they may as well claim to be made of magical fairy dust. But I am still tempted. It's weird, I'm normally more resistant to such things.

HurdyGurdy19 · 31/12/2025 02:02

Flingotheflamingo · 31/12/2025 01:35

My TikTok (only have it for travel reviews..) has somehow been taken over by vibrating plates.

I am so tempted. Mainly because it would be extra movement for me, I am active and slim but it might achieve something?

Someone buy one and report back to me please.

I have one. I use it probably four times a day, for 10 minutes at a time.

I have no idea if it is indeed helping with "lymphatic drainage", or if it is aiding weight loss - as far as I can tell, although the scales numbers are going down, the inch numbers on bust, waist, thighs etc are remaining subbornly the same, so who knows.

I've had it a few months now, and I have noticed that recently, more of me is wobbling when I'm on it, so who knows. Maybe it is working, but I'm just not recording measurements properly?

It gives me a break from work though, morning, noon and afternoon, instead of tea breaks, so it serves a purpose of sorts 😅

Ladymuckypuddle · 31/12/2025 02:16

I gave in and bought the Fairy spray thing to pre treat dirty dishes. Does it work nope not a jot.

brennanbones · 31/12/2025 02:18

serendippity · 31/12/2025 00:04

Oh well done! i wish I could do this. According to DH I resemble a "participant" on the old Paul McKenna hypnotist shows when faced with ad breaks 🫣

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That was me when off recovering from an operation and glued to QVC
i knew it was time to go back to work when I considered buying something