Commercials that make you NOT buy the product

[Bostaevski]

For me the worst commercials are generally the ones that really try to sell you something that you get anyway.

Like the cell phone commercials saying how they have the fewest dropped calls. Who the [censored] has dropped calls anymore? Cell phone carriers in general... they're commercials suck because everyone knows they're about the slimiest bunch of crooked [censored] on the planet.

The bank commercials where they go on and on about all the fees and crap you get at the "other" bank so come over to us and get free checking! WTF?! I mean who the blue [censored] would PAY for a checking account? I've never opened an account at any bank ever that required me to pay for checking or to see a teller.

The credit card companies who try to sell you on identity theft or fraud protection as if they're the only ones - seriously jesus christ are there even credit cards that exist that DON'T cover you for fraud and identity theft??

[jaminbird]

That f-ing coors lite love train commercial. I thought that atrocity died with superbowl XLI. It's going to be another long season.

At least I haven't seen any John Mellencamp yet *fingers crossed*

[Senor Cardgage]

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How anyone can hate that Snickers commercial is beyond me.

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It's not a bad idea at all... but, wow. the song. The melody to that song makes me ANGRY. I clench my jaw a bit every time I hear it. The only other even remotely recent song to do that to me was Hoobastank's "The Reason". asdfsdf

[SMB]

I hate the new Honda Accord commercials, where "Mr. O" knocks on the camera. He does this at the beginning, then they do the standard car commercial stuff. Then, it's revealed(!) that "O" stands for "Opportunity" and "Mr. O" then knocks on the glass again.

This is all bad enough, but then at the end he says "I'm back, and I'm knocking." They do it right before it fades b/c I think they're even embarassed at having to include that part. If you're trying to be "clever" with a commercial and fail miserably, at least don't dumb it down.

[Quicksilvre]

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How anyone can hate that Snickers commercial is beyond me.

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It's not a bad idea at all... but, wow. the song. The melody to that song makes me ANGRY. I clench my jaw a bit every time I hear it. The only other even remotely recent song to do that to me was Hoobastank's "The Reason". asdfsdf

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Happy peanuts soar,
Over chocolate covered mountain tops,
And waterfalls of car-a-mel.
Prancing nougat in the meadow,
Sings a song of satisfaction to the world...

[Senor Cardgage]

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Menthos

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Wrong!

I also kind of like some of those Sonic ads. People were right on about the Dr. Scholl's, though. It would be hard to get any more annoying than those.

[Clarkmeister]

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Menthos

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Wrong!



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An excellent example of the Menthos suck.

[BobOjedaFan]

Well the 1st thing that came to my mind is exactly what the OP said. I HATE WITH EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING MORE THAN I HATE TOM GLAVINE those stupid Sonic commercials Ugh! They make me want to kill myself...

Honorable mentions...

eHaromny Commercials
Vitamn Water Commercials
The PSA where the dog tells that girl to stop smoking pot (mainly because she is wearing her makeup horribly)
The commercial for the Casino where the one family is stuck on the parkway

[x2ski]

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Anyone have commercials they hate so much that they don't ever buy the product?

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Anything from a local business... Always bad, especially when the owner is the main/only character.

[Sirasoni]

This one is a bit old, I don't know if they still play it anymore, but the Devry Institute of Technology (US/California based?) commercials are the WORST.

One of them is a commercial that has/had been on adult swim (cartoon network) for the pas year or even longer. The narration pretty much goes as follows: possibly obese 30 year old girl who has no hope of succeeding in life says stuff like "want to play the best video game ever? U CANT BECAUSE U HASNT CREATED IT YET!" And then she describes these video game programming courses at this second-rate vocational school while second rate video game screenshots and clips appear on your TV. At the end she then says something that was probably thought of as witty and intelligent at the time of creation for this commercial which is something like "you'd better hurry up and call, because if you're a gamer, you know what happens when you stand still." stfu ho, you know nothing of games.

Sigh.

Also the crappy low-budget commercials that come on to sell ringtones and wallpapers. The narration for this is TOTALLY out of place because it's some 50 year old dude who was probably the voiceover for the blue-screen informercials in the 90s saying stuff like "for..."WALKITOUT".. by DEE JAY UNK, text dsjfh3rfdsjf". The low-budgetness of the commercial and the fact that they're offering a service any 16 year old can do for himself tilts the hell out of me.