Adverts that make you wanna smash your TV set up. (Vol 2)

[anonymous-user]

Krupp88 said:

BawlBag said:

Peloton is aimed at people that don’t cycle, when you could go buy a £400 bike and stick it on a Turbo trainer and get involved with the world of Zwift for a tenner a month and then still have a bike to get out in the real world without some turd shouting crap at you (apart from lads in Vans)
I hate the Peloton advert with a passion

I think there is a certain demographic which will happily pay the eye watering cost just to have the Peloton van turn up in front of the house, the drop time being long enough for the neighbours to notice from behind the white slat blinds.

The most basic bike is £1750, people must be buying them as there is a 7 -10 week delivery. The bike+ is £2,295 with a 3 month delivery wait.

Membership is £39 a month.

Wonder just how many of these bikes are sitting unused while still paying £39 a month?

[thegreenhell]

Joey Deacon said:

The most basic bike is £1750, people must be buying them as there is a 7 -10 week delivery. The bike+ is £2,295 with a 3 month delivery wait.

Membership is £39 a month.

Wonder just how many of these bikes are sitting unused while still paying £39 a month?

This is a few months out of date, but it seems to say they have a global membership of 3.1 million, with just over 1 million 'active' users.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54112461

[Short Grain]

cuprabob said:

Piginapoke said:

Johnny Depp Savauge advert. I feel I should bill him for wasting my life.

Plus, how’s he still got the gig?

At the end of November Dior came out and said they would not be dropping him.

Who the fk throws the dirt over their own head ffs??

[swisstoni]

Short Grain said:

cuprabob said:

Piginapoke said:

Johnny Depp Savauge advert. I feel I should bill him for wasting my life.

Plus, how’s he still got the gig?

At the end of November Dior came out and said they would not be dropping him.

Who the fk throws the dirt over their own head ffs??

At least there’s no one to thump in the desert.

[Castrol for a knave]

bonerp said:

Blown2CV said:

BawlBag said:

bonerp said:

The Peloton advert.
We've 'crushed it' 'smashed it' and 'burned'.
Ugh. It de-motivates me just thinking about it.

100% this

my wife really wants one of these. They're thousands to buy, cost about as much as a David Lloyd membership as a subscription, and she fking hates whoopy clappy motivation especially if it is aimed individually at her. I've tried to get it across to her that that's exactly what the thing is... but she still wants one.

I have a NordicTrack which cost about £999. Annual iFIT is £350 for a family but first year is free. Tablet stand means you don't need to use their trainers once its expired and you can download apps for this. Love the rides with trainers and the ghost hunting is amusing and fun. I havent done any of the class led groups but the group ride outs are very good.

Peloton is just too American for me - and I'm a miserable sod and would break the screen with one of these so call motivational trainers telling me I've killed it...

Edited by bonerp on Wednesday 27th January 09:18

I'd rather eviscerate myself with a rusty spoon than do a Peloton class.

That said, I did a 3.5 hour session on the turbo trainer last night, but I had a "nice" time riding around the north Island of New Zealand and spotted a couple of cracking classic 50's American metal drive by.....

[anonymoususer]

Parsley Box

Meals or OAP's with a USP of not needing to be frozen
The woman in it seems to want to receive a good seeing to as she hopes her male friend will turn up

[21st Century Man]

Krupp88 said:

I think there is a certain demographic which will happily pay the eye watering cost just to have the Peloton van turn up in front of the house, the drop time being long enough for the neighbours to notice from behind the white slat blinds.

No. Those huge steel picture windows looking out onto the developed docklands from their enormous red brick and stainless steel kitchens in their whole floor of a warehouse conversion are far too big for slats.

[Frimley111R]

I'm sure its on here but banks thinking they are social services. fk off. You'd turf your customers out of their homes in a split second if you wanted to (and have done).

[Gary29]

Frimley111R said:

I'm sure its on here but banks thinking they are social services. fk off. You'd turf your customers out of their homes in a split second if you wanted to (and have done).

Agreed, all the high street banks seem to be going down this route now, like they're the ones helping you out rather than the other way round.

[c6erb]

oceanview said:

Yep, i really don't get all that Peloton bullst- just go on Youtube and find something better and for free.

there's now Echelon jumping on the bandwagon

[jakesmith]

Morningside said:

Compare the <shrug> .Forgot what the hell they are set up for these days as they seem to think it's more important to make it into some stupid mini-series. Just give up as it's well past its time.

I liked the one where AutoSergie asked if he should open the meerkats recent web browsing history!

[Lotusgone]

Does anyone watch any of the Walter Presents programmes via 4Hub?

There's an Arnold Clark advert on there; did they mean to demonstrate that all modern cars look the same?

[Krupp88]

21st Century Man said:

Krupp88 said:

I think there is a certain demographic which will happily pay the eye watering cost just to have the Peloton van turn up in front of the house, the drop time being long enough for the neighbours to notice from behind the white slat blinds.

No. Those huge steel picture windows looking out onto the developed docklands from their enormous red brick and stainless steel kitchens in their whole floor of a warehouse conversion are far too big for slats.

apologies for my very provincial take on it.

[Cupramax]

BT with their drag queen giving job searching advice, just fk right off. What planet were they on in that planning meeting.

[Zad]

The Peloton business concept is brilliant really. Basically Peloton are running a gym. In your house. With gym equipment that you can only buy off Peloton. The "getting bored after a few weeks but still keeping the sub just in case" thing is exactly the same. Peloton must only have a fraction of the property space and equipment that a conventional gym chain does, with comparatively minimal overheads. The ads seem to be made by Apprentice candidates, FOR Apprentice candidates.

[Dr Doofenshmirtz]

Gary29 said:

Frimley111R said:

I'm sure its on here but banks thinking they are social services. fk off. You'd turf your customers out of their homes in a split second if you wanted to (and have done).

Agreed, all the high street banks seem to be going down this route now, like they're the ones helping you out rather than the other way round.

High street banks are a relic of the past...they have to pretend they have some use I guess?

[cuprabob]

I'm risking repeating myself here but the woman who does the voiceover on the Vodafone and Vauxhall adverts on TV and radio. For reasons I can't explain her voice is like nails being drawn down a blackboard.

[Dr Doofenshmirtz]

cuprabob said:

I'm risking repeating myself here but the woman who does the voiceover on the Vodafone and Vauxhall adverts on TV and radio. For reasons I can't explain her voice is like nails being drawn down a blackboard.

You are not alone...she has the most annoying voice possible! - she's on the radio all the time with Vodafone as well.
Which I guess is the point...I know what she's advertising, hence from an advertising point of view she's a complete success I wonder if she knows the only reason she keeps getting these gigs is because she's so annoying - I be she thinks she's great voice over person?

[rwindmill]

rwindmill said:

Philbar said:

The new Halifax one bloody annoying accent!! ... "ohm " and "planning for the fut-CHA"...

Its interesting how that advert has evolved.

When it first came out, the obvious eye candy (white woman with long hair, glasses and annoying accent) was sat at a desk outside, and looking less than impressed about the fact. The advert ended with the black girl in the branch/studio having several lines about savings, mortgages etc.

Now, the eye candy has moved indoors, has all the lines and appears twice. Meanwhile, the black girl has been demoted to pretending to talk to someone on the phone.

Hmmmmmmmmmm!! Halifax going 'Anti-woke'!!!!

Original ad
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=274797030441244

New ad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKajxHgFCa8

Update:

Halifax have now completely thrown the 'woke' baby out with the bath water.

The revised version of the advert discussed above, now only has the 'obvious eye candy' and 'Random caucasian ginger bloke' starring.

I fear Halifax will be getting a 'F-' for their Diversity Report this year !!!

[rwindmill]

Joey Deacon said:

Krupp88 said:

BawlBag said:

Peloton is aimed at people that don’t cycle, when you could go buy a £400 bike and stick it on a Turbo trainer and get involved with the world of Zwift for a tenner a month and then still have a bike to get out in the real world without some turd shouting crap at you (apart from lads in Vans)
I hate the Peloton advert with a passion

I think there is a certain demographic which will happily pay the eye watering cost just to have the Peloton van turn up in front of the house, the drop time being long enough for the neighbours to notice from behind the white slat blinds.

The most basic bike is £1750, people must be buying them as there is a 7 -10 week delivery. The bike+ is £2,295 with a 3 month delivery wait.

Membership is £39 a month.

Wonder just how many of these bikes are sitting unused while still paying £39 a month?

99% of these Peleton bikes, will become extremely expensive clothes dryers within the next 6 months.

Not that this will bother Peleton much, as they will have the money in their bank account and be very happy