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Still being subjected to the cow and gate ad.

551 replies

LookingForwardToSummer · 04/07/2008 14:39

Grrrrr. It's so annoying! Is there nothing we can do?

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hf128219 · 05/07/2008 22:48

I just could not be arsed to read such a load of piffle.

Ducks - before hit with Avent bottle or breast

I have a friend who used to pretend a carton of SMA was EBM - so as not to appear to be doing the wrong thing. Oh, please, what was that all about?

NiceShoes · 05/07/2008 22:51

ok lets discuss marketing eg bugaboo aggressively marketed product placement in SATC yet loved and hated in equal amounts. some mums buy yet others hate and will never buy. Emmm how come? aggressive marketing!Product placement!Still some consumers dont buy?why? Because they dont want to simple

choice
volition
preference
consumer has availability of other products eg Quinny

marketing promotes what it hopes will be sold. it has the endorphins and whoosh if we are amenable to it. if not - well the best marketing falls flat

M&S can market their clothes with twiggy et al i still dont like M&S clothes (granny pants and granny prints) so wont buy it - ever

consider the economic decline M&S is considerably compromise despite huge aggressive marketing

marketing is not an opiate you have A choice

MilaMae · 05/07/2008 22:52

YBND I've not got either bottles or breasts anymore!!!!!!!

hf128219 · 05/07/2008 22:52

Nice shoes - have you not checked out Limited Collection at M&S?

youngbutnotdumb · 05/07/2008 22:54

ROFL at hf. I can duck from a bottle but what do I do if someone hits me with a breast LOL.

Its a shame your friend felt ashamed at the end of the day she was doing the best she could by her child and people need to realise this. I used to quite proudly carry my cow & gate ready mades in my changing bag.

MilaMae · 05/07/2008 22:57

Yes "I'd like to live in a lighthouse" doesn't make me rush down to M&S to buy granny pants either.

And as for the M&S food adverts,they can shove that Dervla woman's voice on as much as they like I won't be buying it-I'm now a Lidl's/Aldi/Asda tart!!!!!

youngbutnotdumb · 05/07/2008 22:57

ROFL at Mila now this thread is SOO much more fun now!!! LOL.

I wouldnt buy bugaboo coz quite frankly theyre UGLY! If we were all hypnotised by these ads then our homes would be overflowing with cillit bang, granny knickers and cereal! PSML mine is not perhaps am immune to ads.

NiceShoes · 05/07/2008 22:58

M&S can market their i am dead clothes any high floutin high exposure way.they still suck.marketing schmarketings

hf128219 · 05/07/2008 23:01

I prefer the packaging of the SMA ready to feed cartons - the colour and design complement my changing bag most magnificently.

That reminds me - I must invest in a yellow parasol for my Bugaboo.

youngbutnotdumb · 05/07/2008 23:01

Most of M&S stuff is pretty shit lookin literally most is a pasty shade of shit brown LOL.

Have you ever noticed in the ads though even the models dont really wear much of the clothes is mainly skimpy bikinis and pants. Never big flouty diorrhea stained skirts! PSML. Think we have officially hijacked thread now .

youngbutnotdumb · 05/07/2008 23:03

HAHA hf soz just my opinion

MilaMae · 05/07/2008 23:05

Yes and in the last advert said bikinis spent most of the time hidden behind said lighthouse!!!!!

MilaMae · 05/07/2008 23:07

Hey HF you could be on to something - a complete yellow range that switches to red when baby turns 6 months old!!!

NiceShoes · 05/07/2008 23:08

ye i like my piss yellow bugaboo complemented by aggressively marketed Oligopoly capitalist pig FishEyesDogsBollocks Baby milk in a patterned carton

looks nice with my what would myleene wear granny pants

and crocs

youngbutnotdumb · 05/07/2008 23:09

This is true Mila.

No wonder M&S are having a sales slump theyre clothes are so ugly they wont even show them

Are you there hf feelin bad now LOL. Sorry to insult your wonderful shopping trolley pram only kidding ye.

youngbutnotdumb · 05/07/2008 23:11

NICESHOES TO FAR WITH THE CROCS!!!

That is no laughing matter and bloody hyphen thingy didnt work there LOL

MilaMae · 05/07/2008 23:12

Dp is telling me off for sniggering at the pc, taking the dc to see Ratatouille tomorrow-early!!!!!!! Off to get some sleep in preparation

NiceShoes · 05/07/2008 23:14

Crocs are an aesthetic and metacarpal abomination BUT still the deluded many succumb to pervasive marketing wrong

hf128219 · 05/07/2008 23:15

Just been outside hiding my SMA cartons and putting my breast pads out for recycling.

NiceShoes · 05/07/2008 23:16

Nah display dem SMA catons with pride.you consumerist minx you

hf128219 · 05/07/2008 23:18

Yep, I am a minx

I don't even bother with the powder - ready to feed all the way!

PotPourri · 05/07/2008 23:18

Not read the full thread. BUT, I had to go to ff after breastfeeding for all 3 of my babies, and I dearly wish there had been information about the formulas (formulae?!). There are so many on the marketplace, it is impossible to find out which are best. Everyone knows that breastfeeding is supposed to be best. And it is when it works. But not everything works as it should in our bodies, and there is a HUGE gaping hole in regulation/independant information on what each formula offers. And seemingly no limit to the number of formulas out there. My mum said there were only 3 when she had us.

youngbutnotdumb · 05/07/2008 23:21

GOODNIGHT MILA X

HF you display your cartons with pride who cares what poeple think! Could be worse you could be feeding vodka or similair .

Croc should be blasted into space! Do you think all arguers have abandoned the thread?

NiceShoes · 05/07/2008 23:21

just make sure you do so in a i'm a Hottie who succumbs to marketing sasshay.coordinate all your i am a slave to marketing products artfully and avariciously

like me

youngbutnotdumb · 05/07/2008 23:22

PSML ay poor PotPourri coming on to read about bad adverts and being bombarded with nasty Mand S comments!

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