Has a commercial ever turned you off to a product?

[hyphenate]

Me, it has. More than once.

For example, while I like some of the Geico commercials, one of the latest ones, with the Futbol announcer doing a chess game is extremely annoying. I hate loud noises, and the voice just grates on my nerves.

Any commercial which uses the higher end of the sound spectrum bothers me. I hate noise for the sake of noise!

There are plenty of these commercials around--which ones bother you?

[MorningGlow]

1. Local ads

for car dealerships in particular. And pizza places. For some reason these people feel the need to SHOUT THE ENTIRE TIME AS IF THEY FORGOT THE BOOM MIC.

I love my TiVo. Never have to watch any commercials ever again.

[Posteritatis]

26. Don't. Forget. The. Ones. Obviously. Reading. From. A. Script. (nt)

[Deep13]

2. Constantly. nt

[Lucian]

3. All the time.

[MiddleFingerMom]

4. You don't see me...

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...and commendable, ma'am.
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[Gidney N Cloyd]

5. I can't imagine ever buying a V W.

There are plenty of other good car brands. I don't need to reward a company that's been running intentionally annoying commercials for years now.

[Common Sense Party]

17. I liked the "un-pimp your ride" commercials a couple years ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCIF6JF1O5U&feature=channel

[Richardo]

6. "Apply directly to the forehead!"

Need I say more?

[applegrove]

28. They even admit it when they have the guy say "I love your product but hate your commercial" or

something.

[Rowdyboy]

71. I'll die of headaches before I'll buy that product....I refuse to dignify it by

mentioning its name.

[gratuitous]

7. Carl's Jr. and Kit Kat, to name two; also the latest Quizno's

In the two former, it's all the lip-smacking, glomping, chomping and mastication noises. If I ever have occasion to place a phone call to one of those companies, I want to be sure I'm noisily eating something.

As for Quizno's, my hand can't reach the "mute" button fast enough when their "Three Blind Mice" inspired latest jingle assaults my ears.

None of these companies will be getting one dime's worth of commerce out of me.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

9. Carl's Jr commercials suck

They're just plain nasty - all the chomping on food and bits falling out, etc. It's disgusting.

[mitchum]

14. The Quizno's commercial that really annoyed me was one several years ago...

where the jerks were giving the drive-thru attendant at a competitor such a hard time.

"Hey, let's sew up that scumbag market!"

[The2ndWheel]

8. Nope

Can't say any have turned me on to any specific product either.

[NewJeffCT]

10. Many years back, I heard Rush Limbaugh promoting a product

I never bought the product, even though I knew it was something I would like/use and this was new. Luckily, a competitor put out a similar product not long after so I could buy the competitor's product.

[LeftinOH]

11. Not that I'm crazy about fast food, but Rally's (burgers) put me off long ago

with their commercials for *intentionally* sloppy wet burgers: "If it doesn't get all over your face, it shouldn't go in your mouth." Yuck.

[Kat45]

12. Quizno's had an ad where they used a dead bird in the cage for humor

The Quizno's chef was so busy working hard at the restaurant that he forgot to feed his bird. That pissed me off so much that I would not eat at Quizno's.

I almost would say Bud Light, because almost all their commercials show their customers as total assholes who I wouldn't want to be associated with--BUT I can't blame their ads for me not using the product. I had no choice but to have one at a concert and I would say that the beer tastes like piss, but I don't want to insult piss

[cordelia]

13. Charmin

I was hugely irritated by Mr. "Please don't squeeze the Charmin" Whipple.

But I hate, loathe, and despise those shittin' in the woods bears even more.

[mitchum]

15. I'm with you on those bear tissue commercials

I have nothing against bad taste, but even I have my limits

[Binka]

18. My Paper Had A Bear Charmin Video Ad Running Next To The Bear Mauling Story

WTF?

[mitchum]

20. I'm laughing...

because, like I said, I've got nothing against bad taste :)

That reminds me of the Volkswagen commercial that aired during the broadcast of NBC's Ted Bundy movie.

[Binka]

22. Dear Gawd

:evilgrin:

[Common Sense Party]

16. Yes. Quizno's. They consistently have the WORST commercials.

As a result, I'll never eat there.

[ElmStreetPlaza]

19. Six Flags

I hate the commercial for Six Flags.

[EFerrari]

21. They all do except the original Free Credit Report Dot Com band.

[Bombero1956]

23. Pepsi and Apple

I get really annoyed at commercials that imply use of a competing product means you're stupid or out of touch. The latest one from Pepsi where the 2 delivery drivers are at the lunch counter. The Pepsi driver fools the Coke driver into drinking Pepsi. Of course Apple with their Macs are cool and PCs users are dweebs takes the cake with me.

[doc03]

24. Many of them do n/t

[LoveMyCali]

25. The Dannon Light & Fit Yogurt

commercial where the woman sucks the yogurt out of the container in the supermarket aisle. I used to eat that brand of yogurt the most but I haven't touched it since that commercial came out.

[1gobluedem]

44. I hate that one too

And switch channels as soon as it comes on. And I loathe the Charmin bears as well.

[Odin2005]

27. Apple.

Those commercials are an insult to all us socially awkward nerds! "Oh, look how cool and hip I am compared to this nerd at Microsoft!" :eyes:

[WorseBeforeBetter]

29. "He bought it at Jared" makes me want to take a baseball bat to the TV.

The Hardees ads where they lick wrappers and talk with their mouths full is pretty gross. Oh, and Mr. Jobs, could you lay it on any thicker with the latest iPhone ads?

[hobbit709]

41. Agree on Jared

Two women practically wetting their pants because the guy went into hock for ten years for a big diamond

[MicaelS]

30. All the Geico commercials...

I hate them. Every single stinking of of them. Especially the "Cavemen" series. Those were the worst. I will not buy Geico insurance.

[david13]

31. Almost all commercials do that to me. dc

[Initech]

32. That Viagra commercial where the guy talks to himself in the reflection.

Seriously I'd think ED would be the least of your concerns, buddy.

[Sebastian Doyle]

33. Haven't eaten Kraft Macaroni & Cheese in years

But their latest commercials mocking Thomas Jefferson are completely ridiculous.

But then Kraft is owned by a tobacco company, so why wouldn't they be completely tasteless in their advertising?

[Duer 157099]

34. Absolutely. I love when that happens.

I feel like I've outsmarted the mad men.

The first one that comes to mind is the "apply directly to forehead" -- I never bothered even figuring out what the hell the product was, and never will.

[wickerwoman]

35. X-Box

used to show this awful commercial a few years back featuring a first-person shooter game in Baghdad with these god-awful stereotypes of Iraqis getting shot.

It was in such horrible taste, I think I actually wrote in to them saying I would never buy their product as a result of this commercial.

They don't show it anymore but I doubt the mentality has changed. Much prefer Wii and PS3 anyway.

[old mark]

36. Every prescription medicine commercial - they should be illegal....nt

[yankeepants]

37. Nature Valley Granola bars

That "nature woman" chewing solidified horse food like it was a slice of heaven has put me off those forever.

The commercial manipulation is palpable.

[realisticphish]

38. WIndows Vista

those ridiculously insulting commercials that implied that all criticism of Vista was just because people hadn't used it yet, rather than because it sucked :eyes:

[flying rabbit]

39. Kraft American cheese

Branding the highly processed individually wrapped bland cheese product as uniquely American. Well, maybe it is, but it is nothing to be proud of.

[CBGLuthier]

40. Dannon Yogurt with Jamie Lee Curtis

I loved Jamie Lee Curtis. Now, when I think of her, I think mainly of her colon.

But, to be honest, I only eat real unflavored natural greek yogurt anyway. :-)

So, I guess it didn't turn me off the product so much as the spokesperson.

[Orrex]

43. That's Activia

And I only remember that because Wanda Sykes did an utterly hilarious bit about it.

[hobbit709]

46. It's made by Dannon

[Orrex]

48. Okay, so when you see a commercial for Monoply, do you say "Hey, there's a Hasbro commercial?"

Activia is the proximate brand.

If you're going to play it your way, you should actually refer to "those Jamie Lee Curtis commercials for Groupe Danone."



And on that note, I have completely exhausted my available time for ridiculous arguments of no importance whatsoever. I'll check back tomorrow after my batteries are recharged.

[hobbit709]

51. You can actually see the Dannon logo on the cup in the commercial.

[Orrex]

58. Nice post, shill.

You're totally shilling, you totally shilling shill.

[hobbit709]

67. I don't need that crap to be "regular"

:rofl:

[Orrex]

68. So you're a regular shill.

Well, at least you're not full of shit!
:hurts:

[CBGLuthier]

52. I am not a paid spokesperson for Dannon. Why should I spread a brand name for them.

I do not eat Dannon yogurt because the marketing of their Activia brand of Yogurt has turned me off of Jamie Lee Curtis and her intestines.

[Orrex]

57. So you hate her guts?

[Beer Snob-50]

47. whenever i see these commercials, i thik of the sat night live parody

where the jamie lee character talks about shitting herself.

[Orrex]

49. Colon Blow?

[Beer Snob-50]

64. no this was an cast member as jamie lee

and she and some of the people she talks with all of a sudden smile and say that they crapped their pants.

[sarge43]

42. Oil of Olay

Old one, but evergreen in memory: "The lines in my husband's face give him character; mine only make me look old."

[Pool Hall Ace]

63. Oh my gaw, I don't remember that commercial, but

thems fightin' words! :grr:

[sarge43]

65. No kidding.

I had restrain myself from throwing a potted plant through the TV screen.

:nuke:

[rurallib]

45. currently the Old Spice muscle man and the Progressive

Insurance woman.

[Maru Kitteh]

50. HEAD ON! APPLLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!

I would rather self-amputate than try that product as a result.

[TreasonousBastard]

53. Nah. I look at commercials for amusement-- some are better than the programs...

but I really don't bother with what they're actually trying to sell.

(Except that Sarah McLaghlin one with the puppies and kittens. If all ads were that good none of us would have a chance.)

[frogmarch]

54. Jared

commercials are the only ones I can think of that absolutely disgust me.

[Maru Kitteh]

55. I have another one. Commercial for TUMS.

Caption: WHAT SHE SAID

The daughter comes into the kitchen and excitedly screams "Guess what? I got into one of the BEST schools in the country!" and does a little hopping dance with her mom while they both screech in joy while Dad sits there mawing dopilly on a sandwich, a look of vague disgust on his face.

Then the same scene is re-run with the caption WHAT HE HEARD

This time the daughter's line reads "Guess what? I got into one of the most EXPENSIVE schools in the country."


Message: Silly stupid females don't concern their pretty little heads with matters of finance. Men are left with the task of being responsible and figuring out how to pay for things. That's why they need TUMS, because their women are so irresponsible and dumb.

Other message: Fathers are too selfishly absorbed in concerns about their own financial futures to show even the slightest interest when their children receive some of the most exciting news of their entire young lives. Hell. This guy couldn't even be bothered to put down his sandwich.

HATE THAT COMMERCIAL.

I have some TUMS left in the cupboard but when it expires I will replace it with a competitors product.

[myrna minx]

56. Any commercial that uses an alarm clock - I don't want to hear it

when I wake up for work so why would I want to hear it in a commercial? :banghead:

Any commercial that uses the term "mouth watering'. :puke:

"Ladies, raise your spoons!" or any ad that women go bonkers for diet food. :puke:

I *loathe* those insulting Jared commercials.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

59. And on the RADIO: Any product whose commercials include sounds of sirens or screetching brakes

or collisions. I really don't want to hear that shit when I'm driving unless it's REAL.

[Mr. Ected]

60. Any TV ad for security companies

That show a woman or a woman and her children cowering in fear in their home.

AND...the Just Brakes radio ad...where the $99 brake job is touted, and the woman's voiceover says: "Why do you do it, Just Brakes?"

I HATE that! They do it so they can pull you in, bait and switch, and end up charging you 300 bucks.

Aaaargh. My blood pressure just shot up.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

61. Yes. Every single fucking online Flash/Youtube commercial.

They're ALL a waste of my day, 30 seconds at a time. I WILL NOT watch them. EVER.

[BurtWorm]

62. Has one ever not turned me off to a product?

:evilfrown:

[LisaM]

66. The Progressive woman, and the Viva Viagra band

Like who in their right mind would go sing about Viagra? Though it's not escaped my notice that they leave in pairs, two of them pretty much holding hands, so I'm not sure who the ad's actually aimed at.

[mzteris]

69. i stopped buying Pepsi and Burger King in the late 70's

because I didn't like their commercials. They were ALWAYS engaging in slanderous competitive advertising.

I still don't buy Pespsi (and no BK obviously as now I'm a veg).

If you're good, you don't have to insult your competitor. If all you've got going for you is "look how bad they are", then you have NOTHING worth buying.

[jumptheshadow]

70. The Godaddy domain hosting commercials

They are dumb and annoying.

[hyphenate]

72. I have to laugh at some of the picks!

I have a few to add myself!

Bowflex All those tanned and ripped bodies make me want to throw them into a lion's den. Except the lion wouldn't have much of a meal of them! And the price--I believe it's in the vicinity of $1500.

The Jenny Craig commercials AHHHH! Go ahead! try to make me feel less of a human being because I can't lose weight! The food is too damned expensive, anyhow!

The "Billy Mays is dead, so I'm pitching his spots for him" Anthony Sullivan commercials....These products don't have anything better to offer with Mays dead?

[Blue Diadem]

73. There is one recently, I've only seen it 2 or 3 times. Feminine hygiene product

placed on a saddle, wings of the product wrapped around the sides. It acts like one of those mechanical bulls, bucking slowly back and forth.

The bear with the toilet paper bits stuck to his behind is another one.

[SwampG8r]

74. quiznos subs ads

i feel sorry for them
i tried a sub once and it was as good as anyone elses
but their ad campaigns are terrible
singing hairballs?lolkittehs?

[Ikonoklast]

75. The Least Interesting Man In The World.

And he drinks crappy beer, when he drinks beer.