That Ocean Finance ad.

Jumpy

I am no accountant right... but it doesnt take much to work out that if you buy a feckin 3 grand ride on mower for an 8 foot lawn, you are going to be in debt.
That ad annoys me so much.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

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Jumpy

The ad where he is pushing the electric mower through long grass and it explodes, and everyone sighs.

rejkin

lol,good point,hate those ads,theres about a hundred of those companies with ads on everyday

Karoma

It reaches its demographic (Read as: It's aimed at idiots that run up debt by buying stuff they don't need)

aidan_walsh

Clearly you missed the bit where the garden has a mind of its own and extends to Tibet on a whim.

mobileblog

What about the one with the woman on the camcorder and her husband messing about with the football. It cracks me up, they go on about some football match and he secures the loan, she filming the whole thing with a big smile.
Little do they know that in a years time when they spent that loan on cocaine and summer holidays the wife will be in front of the camera doing things she never thought were possible, while her husbands records it and make’s up DVDs (with the help of their shinny new computer) to flog off on eBay to repay the loan.

nesf

Karoma wrote:

It reaches its demographic (Read as: It's aimed at idiots that run up debt by buying stuff they don't need)

That it's successful depresses me. I mean, if the bank and credit union are refusing to give you loans, they're probably doing you a favour.

jebusmusic

Have you ever noticed the small print on some of those loan ads on sky channels?

Something to the effect of, amount borrowed £25,000, total amount repayable £42,650 or near enough!

JohnCleary

jebusmusic wrote:

Have you ever noticed the small print on some of those loan ads on sky channels?

Something to the effect of, amount borrowed £25,000, total amount repayable £42,650 or near enough!

Sure hwo else are they goign to pay for the advertising :eek:

dodgyme

that ad makes me sick. I mean for starters the lawn is every expanding and everything is in black and white. then he gets the loan and everything is in color. His lawn is reduced by a thrid thereby knocking of about a 1/4 of the value of his property while his misery guts wife is now happy coz her mule of a husband is up on a lawn mower which could possible have fitted into the back garden coz it is half the size of the lawn unless it was airlifted. When they have to sell the house in a years time they wont be able to get the lawnmower out. anyhow I did nt even see a shed for it so it will be rusted anyhow - feckin ejjits. :mad:

dodgyme

mobileblog wrote:

What about the one with the woman on the camcorder and her husband messing about with the football. It cracks me up, they go on about some football match and he secures the loan, she filming the whole thing with a big smile.
Little do they know that in a years time when they spent that loan on cocaine and summer holidays the wife will be in front of the camera doing things she never thought were possible, while her husbands records it and make’s up DVDs (with the help of their shinny new computer) to flog off on eBay to repay the loan.

Dont start me on that ad. I would ram the cam so far down ......:mad:

RobertFoster

dodgyme wrote:

Dont start me on that ad. I would ram the cam so far down ......:mad:

That sort of thing has an audience too.

I really hate those "in debt?" ads. And the InjuryLawers4U ones too. All they seem to want to do is cash in on idiots. They seem to be only on UK channels (Paramount 1 and 2 have loads of them), but we have those OneDirect ads with Lynda Martin *shudders* "Over 50?...You'll be glad you called!".

InjuryLawers4U - "It was probably your fault to begin with!"

humanji

The best thing about those ads is the small print. It's great when you do the math and realise that some poor sap is going to be repaying their loan for the next 80 years.

RobertFoster

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InjuryLawers4U - "It was probably your fault to begin with!"

"I tripped over this thing on the ground and sued my employer. Now they've changed their policy on leaving things on the ground." She forgot to mention "I get to work nights all the time now, it's great!"

dodgyme

"I was driving around the bus stop which is at a corner and I crashed - They paid me 7K for perving at the girls at the bus stop. I got this nice new car and they even moved the bus stop so I can perv in comfort without having to concentrate on the road. "