who buys products based on the commercials they show on TV?

I can't think of ONE commercial that's made me think to myself- woah, that's some cool car insurance right there, what a great idea! I'm running out and picking some up right after the commercial!

name me one product you bought strictly based on the TV ad you saw for it.



yes, dammit. I'm bored and avoiding work. FU

welcome to advertising 101 mary.

the point of most tv adverts is not to get you running to the phone or supermarket. it's purpose is to foster brand recognition and familiarity so that when you are in the market for new insurance, or are at the grocery store and have two products in hand, you will subconsciously recall the commercial and the warm fuzzy feeling it gave you and choose their product.

I don't watch commercials anymore.

Trojan Magnums. But they didn't fit.

i'm not sure, but i think my ipod is the last one i got partially because of commercials and partially because of friends recommending it. other than that, i can't think of anything. tivo fast forwarding ftw.

After watching the Girls Gone Wild infomercials, I went out and got me an uninhibitted barstar that likes to flash me alot
So yeah, it worked.

I'm sorry, Frank... but...

ive never bought anything because of a commercial, but I have NOT bought things based on commercials.

any product that ads on the radio using an annoying song and changes the lyrics for their product (the NY Lottery has been doing this for 10 years now) is on my list.

its uncreative, its fucking annoying, and fuck you I aint buying your shit.

While MF makes good points- I think I lean more in this direction myself- like, hmmm, how annoying was that teminex commercial that made it appear as if there were roaches walking across the screen in the middle of a fake ad within the ad deal so I freak out and turn the channel every time I saw it?

There was a great carpet cleaning shampoo product I saw on tv a year ago. The commercial clearly explained and demonstrated how their formula differentiated from the leading brand. It was no nonsense, clear, and concise. Nothing fancy or flashy. If I needed to clean my carpets I definitely would've bought that product...although I forget the name of it.

yeah, um, selling tits and ass has never required much in the way of advertising though.

sometimes ill see a pizza hut or dominos commercial and decide i want pizza.

so i go get it from the family owned place down the street.

does that count?

nah, not really- that's more like a reminder of what kind of food you want to eat, not what brand.

Sometimes I see a Burger King commercial and decide I'm going to make hambugers for dinner.

I've bought some of that oxyclean stuff or whatever it is called. The one wtih the guy who shouts all the time. I figured if he's that excited about the product it must be good

Grad students


I'm going back to work now. I expect this thread to be at 7 pages when I come back. And it better be entertaining too.

after seeing the infomercial I'm thinking about buying one of these.

I saw a commercial for the Burger King italian chicken sandwich and decided to go buy one. Thats about it.

Don't even get me started on infomercials.
Jesus - is there really NOTHING better they can think of doing with local programming time for half an hour??
*logs off*

isn't RM kind of an advertisment for the pearl jams?

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