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spiderpig

(10,419 posts)
Wed Sep 28, 2016, 09:29 AM Sep 2016

MSNBC viewers - do Liberty Mutual commercials make you want to scream?

They're on all the time.

I especially detest the one where a woman tells you to read page (whatever) of your policy and says "blah-blah-blah-blah-blah-blah-blah".

It makes me stabby.

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onehandle

(51,122 posts)
1. Yes. They're supposed to be humorous, but come off talking down to us.
Wed Sep 28, 2016, 09:36 AM
Sep 2016

The one with the couple where the wife is putting down her husband for 'clipping' a food truck is the worst.

jmowreader

(50,559 posts)
6. And they play it ALL the time!
Wed Sep 28, 2016, 11:30 AM
Sep 2016

You just know if that was a RL couple that poor guy would be getting blamed for everything that went wrong in their marriage.

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
2. They are all annoying.
Wed Sep 28, 2016, 10:22 AM
Sep 2016

I have seen the one about "you called it Brad, you loved Brad" that I can say it in unison with the actor!

spiderpig

(10,419 posts)
3. I wonder how many consumers fall for the gimmick of not being penalized for a first accident.
Wed Sep 28, 2016, 10:41 AM
Sep 2016

They kind of throw away a line about having their (something) coverage, and I wonder how much you would have pay in premiums over and above basic coverage.

MicaelS

(8,747 posts)
4. I hate all car insurance ads.
Wed Sep 28, 2016, 11:03 AM
Sep 2016

They, along with ads for prescription meds, seem to comprise 90% of the ads on TV today.

spiderpig

(10,419 posts)
8. You are so right. I read recently that the AMA (I think)
Wed Sep 28, 2016, 11:48 AM
Sep 2016

wanted to ban pharma ads on TV.

We're paying for this crap. And we're supposed to go to our trusted doctor and tell him/her that we want to know about *fdsffsdfsdfsd* for our (insert medical condition here).

Maybe there's a core audience that enjoys hearing the term "erectile dysfunction" while watching the news.

Hayduke Bomgarte

(1,965 posts)
5. I've caught that, probably during a live football game
Wed Sep 28, 2016, 11:10 AM
Sep 2016

Mega annoying. Almost as annoying as those damn Peyton Manning ones for DirecTV.

I DVR 90% of what I watch so I can "zap" the commercials.

spiderpig

(10,419 posts)
9. Please, Spritual Being, let me spend the rest of my life without hear Manning drone
Wed Sep 28, 2016, 11:50 AM
Sep 2016

"mmm mmm mmm is on your side"

Thank you. I'll finish my vegetables.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
10. YES! I've got to say I am GLAD Brad is dead!
Fri Sep 30, 2016, 12:23 AM
Sep 2016


The other one that irks me is this one:


Lady, maybe you should have research how to DRIVE your perfect car! It's not the insurance company's fault YOU drove it into a tree!

spiderpig

(10,419 posts)
11. Y'all know how to crack me up.
Fri Sep 30, 2016, 01:01 AM
Sep 2016

I think we should all take Brad's earthly remains to the local body shop, resurrect him, and run him into a tree.

Wonder if Liberty Mutual would cover it.

Paladin

(28,264 posts)
13. I figure the ads are aimed at a young, inexperienced audience.
Fri Sep 30, 2016, 06:40 AM
Sep 2016

I mean, who among you doesn't realize that if you have to use your insurance because of some sort of accident, the insurance company is going to jack up your rates? Hell, that's the way insurance works.

Avalux

(35,015 posts)
14. I've seen that. My thought was "who doesn't read their policy???"
Fri Sep 30, 2016, 09:04 AM
Sep 2016

She is idiotic - as if reading a 10 page insurance policy to know what you're getting into is just too hard. And those big words! Who can understand them?

It's disturbing actually.

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