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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Commercial Interests

I wonder if the advertising people ever really stop to think that what they do can either make me want to buy a product or make me NEVER want to buy a product.

Like the commercial for Hydrolize. I would NEVER ever ever ever never buy this stuff. I wouldn't even want it for free. Why? Because the commercial is so freaking annoying. They have been celebrating their millionth jar sold for about 8 months now. Enough already. And do they really think I'm stupid enough to believe all of that "if you call in the next ten minutes" crap? Because they have been saying you can only have the deal "in the next ten minutes" for the same 8 months.

Then there are the various stores that always have "the lowest prices of the season" sales. What season? Because I'm pretty sure there are only officially 4 of them, but the stores have a new commercial about it every week. What planet are they on? I was SO curious about this one that I actually froze the TV to read the fine print. It seems "season" is defined as their sales period. Hmmm.

And don't even get me started on the commercials for, well, umm, THOSE things. The ones that blow your hair back. It takes me forever to get my hair dry and styled. Why in the heck would I want to buy something that makes it stick straight out like that. Seriously? I read the fine print on that commercial too. Do you know that you can't buy those in Georgia? Thank goodness. But you gotta wonder why.

The one product I do want to buy, though, is a Hover Round. And no, it isn't for the included plastic cup holder or magazine pouch, although those are both fine selling points. Because if I were unable to walk and needed to choose a scooter, that 89 cent cup holder would totally make the extra few hundred dollars worth it. No, I want to buy a Hover Round because the little old man selling them is so darn cute. Call them. Right Now!

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