Spill the beans... on which TV ads convinced you?

ronleake

Primrose wrote: »

I must be getting old and cynical but I think I can honestly say that no TV advert has ever induced me to buy anything. Actually I switch off mentionally whenever TV adverts come on and go and do something useful until they've finished. I must be an advertising man's nightmare.

Me too, except that I switch off mentally. Usually I remember the ad but rarely the product name. I have never consciously been induced to buy because of an ad. If I want something I will research it and make my own choice. As for the TV time that is wasted... Don't get me started.

paul9233

rachbc wrote: »

the only commercial TV I watch is xfactor.... so my advertising exposure is faily low!!

Surely just watching the XFactor means that your advertising exposure is pretty high? It's the most watched programme on commercial TV and they really milk that with the length of the ad breaks.

lolarosa90

Adverts never seem to make me want to purchase anything... the deep voiced polar bear in the freezer won't make me buy bake in the bag fish... the woman emptying her foot shavings into a bin definitely didn't make me want to buy a Ped Egg- all it did was put me off my dinner!

Maybe I'm just not easily influenced or I'm tight fisted

awehla

Well when I was 9 I convinced my Mum to take me and my sister to Burger King (I was a fussy eater and had never eaten a burger in my life) because I really really really wanted to join the Kids Club. I had my first ever cheese burger and it wasn't bad - it gave me the hiccups. Then I had to wait what seemed like an eternity - 2-3 months for my Kids Club pack. I was obsessed with the post all that time - back in the day when it came twice a day.

As an adult I can't remember the last time I saw an ad on TV or in the press and thought "must buy that now". But then I have Sky+ so rarely watch TV ads these days.

awehla

lolarosa90 wrote: »

Adverts never seem to make me want to purchase anything... the deep voiced polar bear in the freezer won't make me buy bake in the bag fish... the woman emptying her foot shavings into a bin definitely didn't make me want to buy a Ped Egg- all it did was put me off my dinner!

Maybe I'm just not easily influenced or I'm tight fisted

That polar bear is kinda creepy like the panda bear telling us to buy Fox "biskwits".

Maddox

My heartfelt agreement to the poster who hates the Go Compare commercial. I have bruised several parts of my body, diving for the remote to switch or mute that damn thing! I have never and will never visit that website in retaliation. And who remembers that horrible, yelling, shouting Barry Scott? I stopped buying Cillit Bang in protest - who the hell is Barry Scott anyway?. And that ghastly, hollering double glazing man (used to be two of them, double the aggro). Like many other posters, I record my favourite progs and FF through the ads. Gotta go and lie down now - just remembering this rubbish give me migraine!

DComedian

People are always very reluctant to admit that advertising has influenced their purchasing in any way, shape or form (and I'm no different). Most advertising is more subtle than "look at our new product, now go out and buy it".

It's worth checking your cupboards for branded products before answering this question though, and working out how you came to first purchase the brand and whether the advertising at least provided you with some reassurance of quality for that original purchase.

I would have though that most people have bought Duracell batteries at some point, and that the original decision to buy Duracell batteries was influenced by their TV adverts many years ago - or maybe your parents were influenced?

As others have mentioned, insurance comparison websites have flourished on the back of TV advertising.

Although 80% of the products in my cupboards are own label, I've got Tetley tea bags and Nescafe coffee in, can I honestly say that advertising didn't play a part in my purchasing of those brands at any stage?

Most recently I ended up test driving, and eventually purchasing, a Vauxhall because of their lifetime (100,000 mile) warranty which I think I originally became aware of because of a TV advert.

ronleake

DComedian wrote: »

People are always very reluctant to admit that advertising has influenced their purchasing in any way, shape or form (and I'm no different). Most advertising is more subtle than "look at our new product, now go out and buy it".

It's worth checking your cupboards for branded products before answering this question though, and working out how you came to first purchase the brand and whether the advertising at least provided you with some reassurance of quality for that original purchase.

I would have though that most people have bought Duracell batteries at some point, and that the original decision to buy Duracell batteries was influenced by their TV adverts many years ago - or maybe your parents were influenced?

As others have mentioned, insurance comparison websites have flourished on the back of TV advertising.

Although 80% of the products in my cupboards are own label, I've got Tetley tea bags and Nescafe coffee in, can I honestly say that advertising didn't play a part in my purchasing of those brands at any stage?

Most recently I ended up test driving, and eventually purchasing, a Vauxhall because of their lifetime (100,000 mile) warranty which I think I originally became aware of because of a TV advert.

I only buy rechargeable batteries because that is is the only logical choice economically. My car (2001 Rover 75 Diesel) has over 200,000 miles on the clock and is still fabulously comfortable and reliable. My tea and coffee are 'own brands' because I can't tell the difference and they all come from the same factories and sources. Go with your head and not your heart (or the voices in it)

lawarcbur

i used to work in a factory that makes jams and cooking sauces and they had a line of fruit jams one was packaged for @ldi the other for m@rks & spencers but contents the same & the price diffrence was nearly £2 total joke.
the point is follow what you like not what your told to.

MarilynMonroe_2

I bought Surf cos of the advert, she's walking and theres all these flowers coming out of her clothes and everyone loving it! - but in real life it doesnt smell very nice so wont be buying it again.