Commercials that make you NOT buy the product

[Dids]

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west,

"El D, DVR is awesome, but some commercials are actually funny and a lot of shows, mainly sports, are better watched live."

I just figured by now everyone had a feel for exactly how long the commercial break is and went to the bathroom, got a snack, or channel surfed when watching sports or other live stuff.

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I umm... kinda like watching commercials. Sometimes I do it even when I'm watching something on DVR.

[Los Feliz Slim]

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LFS,

"You think buying a pack of gum with cash and having the cashier make change is quicker than swiping a debit card?"

Every time at Whole Foods where people love to do that, first they swipe it wrong and stand there cluelessly until the cashier tells them they need to swipe again, then finally they swipe it right, then they stand there cluelessly until the cashier tells them they need to hit the green button, then finally it's done. Cash def faster.

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When I'm at Whole Foods I've noticed how insistent the cashiers are about instructing me how to use my ATM card. Either their system is more complicated than the norm or people who shop at Whole Foods are dumber than average.

At Costco, for instance, you swipe your card and out you go. No cash back question, no verifying the amount, none of that [censored].

[n.s.]

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Viva Viagra. [censored] that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PH9qAGPULk

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Wow, excellent choice.

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It's funny, I've seen this ad a million times in the cardroom where I play (they play it a lot during poker shows - go figure) but the sound is always off. I'm always like "wtf - an ad for viagra that's all dudes sitting around grinning at each other?" I've been curious to hear if the audio actually made it all make sense, but now I know it's just as stupid with the audio on.

[censored] retarded commercial.

[jjshabado]

I'm not reading all of these replies, but I have to say the [censored] Starburst "Berries and Cream" has made me never buy or eat them. I use to kind of like them, but that commercial was so [censored] annoying that I won't eat them for atleast another couple of years.

[Quicksilvre]

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Listen Up, the personal sound amplifier.

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Some of the things they suggest you use their product are hilarious. Conversations across the street, from across the gym, at church, etc. Ridiculous.

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I don't mind these commercials, but I am stuck by how dumb the product itself is. I mean, you wanna watch TV and not wake up the wife? Get some headphones. Also, the scene in the church was not in any way connected to any reality. If any pastor saw someone using one of those things, he'd think it was an MP3 player or something and get pissed.

I just thought of one more hateable commercial, almost as bad as the Truth ones: the AmEx commercial where you see people having problems with their cards whilst buying engagement rings, etc. First of all, AmEx is an enabler to life donks if they let people buy engagement rings on maxed-out credit cards. But what sends me off to true life-tilt are the narrators: "Okay, this next story is really cool." No, it's not. No, really.

[antidan444]

Every maxipad/tampon commercial ever.

[nath]

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oh man. I cant believe the truth commericals havent been brought up. Im pretty sure that since most of the commercials come from the money that big tobbaco had to give up, that there is a conspircay to have them be so bad that it makes people smoke.

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i knew someone in college who was pretty involved in the truth program.

i used to smoke around her out of spite.

[antidan444]

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Every maxipad/tampon commercial ever.

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I'd like to nominate my post for "dumbest post ever given the subject" since I'm not female.

POG has known for months how retarded I am. I'm spreading the knowledge.

[MicroBob]

agree with quicksilvre 100% about the AmEx commercials.

"Okay, how about this one?!?! I got this guy tickets for the hottest show of the year just so he could fake out his GF when they got there and she would think it was all sold-out. Hilarious!!!!!!"


I just saw a Billy Mays commercial.
That guy is beyond obnoxious.
Oxy-Clean and the power of oranges were bad enough But now he's got a special cloth with super-special X-28 fibers or something that can clean up spills better than other cloths apparently.

I don't care how amazing and unbelieveable his prodcuts are. He's got to stop yelling at me. No way am I buying that crap.

[Jack Bando]

NFL Sunday Ticket's new ones where some guy mocks the idea of the product.