Adverts that make you wanna smash your TV set up.

[AlexRS2782]

I see Google have jumped on the bandwagon with the release of "Google Home" and have decided to run an advert that is essentially the same, and equally as annoying, as the versions previously used by Amazon & Microsoft for the same piece of talking crap tech.

On a similar note, the new FitBit advert that has the family brat telling everyone just how much their whole life has changed just because "mummy" bought their lifestyle tracking device.

Also, are MoreThan insurance a Scandinavian company now? They seem to have started a new campaign featuring a pervy looking Scandinavian accented man trying to upsell their black box car insurance, home insurance, etc.

[Biker 1]

Oh god, I was subjected to that fking trivago ad AGAIN just now. There's something about that kiwi(???) bird's accent that makes my teeth itch! & what a stupid name for a company - sorry, I don't get it....

[kowalski655]

And now she has started tap dancing...Aaargh

[cuprabob]

I like her....

http://room5.trivago.com.au/who-is-the-trivago-gir...

[generationx]

cuprabob said:

I like her....

http://room5.trivago.com.au/who-is-the-trivago-gir...

Top stalking!

And the tap-dance one has been about for ages...

[Blown2CV]

iandc said:

robinessex said:

Constant repeating ads instantly put me in 'won't buy that product' mode. With all their market research, haven't companies found that out yet?

I agree entirely! Sometimes they even repeat them within an advert break just in case you missed the first one 2 minutes ago! God knows what budget Confused.com wastes on its adverts but that F***ing "That's why they call me the parking master" must be on at least 50 times a day.

i'm pretty sure if sales dropped after running a campaign then they'd halt it and not do a similar thing again... it's pretty easy to measure. They don't tend to just spend millions on TV ads and then not track how effective it was. So, better to assume that it has increased their sales, even though you don't like it. Ads aren't only effective if they are liked, of course.

[AstonZagato]

The old saying about advertising is "I know half the money I spend on advertising is wasted. The trouble is, I don't know which half".

I suspect ad targeting in the internet age is improving that but still difficult to understand what parts of the product/advert/price/audience/media equation are positive and which are negative.

[FourWheelDrift]

The Rosland Gold coin adverts are back again with, "Hi, I'm William Devane" doing his best Troy McLure impersonation and even more bizarrely Jim Tavaré as his butler.

For those who haven't seen this gem turd - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eMVgY4VC4Y

[iandc]

I see Morethan now has a "Fictional Founder"!! For God's sake what next - fictional policies!!

[bunglesprout]

I'm sure it's been mentioned before - but the Vanish Tip Exchange ads have re appeared again. For fk's sake, how many different ways can they dress up "just rub it into the stain first" ????? Just fk off and die.

[HustleRussell]

I heard V.I.Poo for the first time yesterday

[Brigand]

There's a set of radio ads at the moment which have a current sports person or olympian explaining what they do to prepare or train or psyche the opponent or some other inane drivel, before a voiceover woman comes on and explains how BP's petrol cleans your engine.

I can't fathom the connection between an olympian's preparations and petrol. Stupid ad.

[Johnnytheboy]

Brigand said:

There's a set of radio ads at the moment which have a current sports person or olympian explaining what they do to prepare or train or psyche the opponent or some other inane drivel, before a voiceover woman comes on and explains how BP's petrol cleans your engine.

I can't fathom the connection between an olympian's preparations and petrol. Stupid ad.

Athletes as product ambassadors is sooo 2012 anyway.

[kowalski655]

Isn't the ad for Shell V Power? Either way, they wasted their money.
Scientists would have been a better idea, as I'm sure athletes,no matter how good, didn't do a lot to develop petrol

[king arthur]

Biker 1 said:

Oh god, I was subjected to that fking trivago ad AGAIN just now. There's something about that kiwi(???) bird's accent that makes my teeth itch! & what a stupid name for a company - sorry, I don't get it....

I couldn't work out her accent, so picked up my phone and started typing in the search box. As soon as I'd typed "who is the girl in...", the auto-complete came up with
"Who is the girl in the LLoyd's Bank advert?"
"Who is the girl in the Admiral advert?"
"Who is the girl in the Trivago advert?"

Turns out she's an Aussie but lives in Berlin, hence the curious mix of Aussie and European accent.

Anyway, she could talk to me all day long about hotel rooms....

[Brigand]

kowalski655 said:

Isn't the ad for Shell V Power? Either way, they wasted their money.
Scientists would have been a better idea, as I'm sure athletes,no matter how good, didn't do a lot to develop petrol

I think it is Shell - goes to show how effective the ad is if I think it's for one of their competitors.

[egomeister]

Currently being irritated by the Vanquis credit card ad.

If Lord Dumbass had been half as wise as he thinks he is, he wouldn't have screwed his credit rating in the first place.

[cuprabob]

kowalski655 said:

Scientists would have been a better idea...

It's much harder to get Scientists to lie:-)

[Rich_W]

ClearScore continue their race to the top of the charts.

How many different ways can you cut the 2 odd main characters and a boxer dog into the same exact fking script!


fk off will ya!

[iandc]

Rich_W said:

ClearScore continue their race to the top of the charts.

How many different ways can you cut the 2 odd main characters and a boxer dog into the same exact fking script!


fk off will ya!

............ And check your credit rating whilst you're at it !!!!!