When was the last time an advertisement enticed you to buy the product?

[BurtWorm]

I'm just curious if advertising is an industry that should be eliminated as having no positive effect at all (besides employing people too smart to be counter help and too unskilled to be anything more productive).

[Midlodemocrat]

1. Yesterday

...I bought the Affinity carpet cleaner because it looked easy to use and my dog still insists on using my daughter's room as the bathroom. The carpet is new, it was expensive, so I am trying to preserve it.

[elehhhhna]

17. put a bowl of dog food on his fave potty place in her room.

And let him out more often, accompanied, with a resounding CHEER when he doodies outside (I mean like he won the lottery-style-cheer).

Should work.

[Midlodemocrat]

21. This creature is in and out all day

...but if she is on the third floor, it is easier to potty in the hallway/my daughter's room than go all the way downstairs. Additionally, she won't go out when it rains. Very persnickety.

[elehhhhna]

29. She is training you then.

Not a value judgement--but think about it. Keep her off the third floor until she breaks the habit, then. She's a dog. She can learn. Budward the Black Lab hates the rain, too (although he'll spend all day in the pool--go figure) but darnit, if he's doing gotta-pee dance at the backdoor, we push him out there and he's fine.

[Midlodemocrat]

I know.

but I can't stand to listen to her bark.

[elehhhhna]

33. oooh she's naughty. but she's family.

[Castilleja]

2. I haven't bought one yet, but...

I just saw an infomercial for a folding ladder that I was impressed with. I am afraid to see how much it is...

[peekaloo]

14. Little Giant?

about $400.00

[Castilleja]

31. That's the one

I thought I might look around for a cheaper version of it. Cool ladder though.

[BigMcLargehuge]

3. I am very tempted to buy that candymaker doo-dad

double boiler thing, The Original Chocolate Factory



Why? Because the ad says I can have holiday fun dipping my nuts in molten chocolate.

[BurtWorm]

4. Locking.

;)

[flamingyouth]

5. ROFL

Does the ad really say that? :D

[4morewars]

8. Good luck with that !

I've always been a big fan of double entendre !

Also reminds me of chef's salty chocolate balls.

[RubyDuby in GA]

11. Or Louie from The State

"I wanna dip my balls in it"

I only know 2 other people who ever watched that show on MTV. God I loved that show! Aw yeah puddin..........

[4morewars]

18. Or beevis and butthead

The episode was called , "Johnson's Balls" They were on a golf course, stealing balls. You can imagine what happens at the ball washer !

[ironflange]

19. Or Alec Baldwin on SNL

In those NPR sketches where he played the food maker named Schwetty.

"You never forget the look on a kid's face the first time he wraps his mouth around a Schwetty wiener."

They make those Schwetty balls, too.

[BurtWorm]

24. Hey! Hey! What the hell happened to my thread!

:evilfrown:

[4morewars]

26. Woops, sorry !

Got a little sidetracked there ! I did post to the topic though.
:hi:

[BurtWorm]

27. Just don't want to get it locked for being a sex thread

even though BigMcLargehuge started it down this slippery slope! ;)

[obreaslan]

30. Make that 3 people....

I loved that show!!!!

[cedahlia]

36. okay make that 4 people!

I loved that show! Hope it comes to DVD soon, dammit.

"I'm outta hee-ee-ere..." ;-)

[barackmyworld]

6. One of the most effective ones

in the recent past I think was the venus razor--it seems like everyone I know has one, because it was advertised as something totally different from anything before.

[Nadienne]

22. I used to have a Venus.

When I moved and lost it, I got another Venus. So I still have a Venus. I didn't need a commercial to know that they're pretty good razors. (Though it was a commercial that enticed me to buy one in the first place.)

[StopTheMorans]

7. it worked on 59 million voters in the US this year

[BurtWorm]

9. Another reason to ban the "industry."

[4morewars]

10. Possibly never,

In fact there are many things I will not buy because of the crappy ads. Especially all these new drugs. Like the one for alergies that causes runny nose, bleary eyes, headaches, liver damage, and rectal bleeding.
:wtf:

[RubyDuby in GA]

12. Yes, the can always sucker me in

for the health and beauty industry. Last thing was the blue face mask thingy from Oil of Oley. But it works very well, so I'm a happy consumer.

[underpants]

13. EGGSTRACTOR!!!

http://www.smartinventions.com/Egg.asp

[amazona]

15. what kind of advertising ?

The things advertised on TV -- fast cars, fast food -- I don't buy because I am low income and my budget is tiny.

However, I get some direct mail that I have requested from sellers I'm interested in, and when there is a real steal, I will buy those products. The last thing I bought that I would not have otherwise known to buy was a bird tour. I am on the guide's mailing list, I like his work, so I am interested in buying new tours if I can afford the time and money.

[BurtWorm]

28. I'm interested in which media work better.

My hypothesis is that print works better than radio or TV. I can't remember the last time I saw something on TV that I wanted. Maybe it was a Quiznos sub. I liked those spongmonkeys. ;)

[elehhhhna]

16. Yesterday, Max Mara perfume. Got it in a mag insert and ooooh!

I can NEVER find perfume I like. It was hard to find on the 'net, too--sold out everywhere.

[BurtWorm]

23. But then you actually smelled the perfume, right?

Why do they advertise on TV? Has a TV perfume ad ever made you want to buy the product?

[Frogtutor]

20. happens to me a lot...

I feel so used!

Actually though, I'm pretty selective, and skeptical. So, I don't get disappointed often.

[Nadienne]

25. When I watch TV, I'm a more cynical TV watcher

than I used to be. Knowing that commercials are designed to make me want something that I don't really need, something I wouldn't have considered buying if not for the ad... I'm not as easily enticed to buy. :shrug:

[sbj405]

32. I guess I'm a sucker for cleaning products

I bought the Swiffer duster after the commercials came out and also, the scrubbing bubble toilet thingy.

[China_cat]

34. I bought one of the

Showtime rotisseries. And I'm really, really, really glad I did. I don't expect products to live up to their hype but this one does...at least for the cooking part, can't swear to the weight loss claim. We use it at least once a week and I haven't found anything that it doesn't do as well as, if not better than, other methods of cooking.

[Pacifist Patriot]

35. Can't think of the last time.

[VOX]

37. I do not respond to TV or radio ads; in fact, I must run away from them.

However, I am open to **specific** e-mail or print ads that announce a significant percent-off sale at a place that I have shopped.

Example: I recently received an e-mail from Restoration Hardware that announced a two-day, 20% off everything sale. My wife and I bought some bookcases from "Resto" last year, and we wanted another, so we took the plunge. They're pricey as hell, but this eased the sting a bit.

[mondo joe]

38. The IPOD commercials were appealing, but they were not the reason I bought

The IPOD commercials were appealing, but they were not the reason I bought one.

[ProfessorGAC]

39. Really Never. My Opinion Is That. . .

. . .commercials seldom get anybody to DECIDE to get a thing. They influence the choice as to which brand they'll buy, once they've already decided to get a "thing" like that.

IOW, someone doesn't go buy a BMW because of the commercial. But, once they've decided it's time for a new car, and they've decided, with no extrinsic influence, they want a luxury coupe, the BMW commercial makes them think Beamer.

Same thing with restaurants. I've never gotten up off the couch and said to my wife "Hey, let's go out to Red Lobster". But, when we decide we're going out to eat, the commercial might make me say "You know it's lobsterfest at Red Lobster." We didn't decide to go out to eat because of the commercial. Only which restaurant we wanted to go to was influenced once that decision was already made.
The Professor

[BurtWorm]

40. They certainly spend a huge amount of dollars to get you to think that.

Has anyone done a study of how much bang they get for their advertising buck? How much does Shell or ExxonMobil get pretending to be defenders of the environment in their advertising?

[gtp1976]

41. about 4 years ago

I was convinced by a TV ad to buy (or ask around about) the Pizzaz Pizza cooker. Great little device. Takes about half the time, makes the pizza taste better and no pre-heating. Plus, very easy to clean. A bit pricy ($99 at the time), though, so I asked for it as a Christmas gift from my parents.