When the ad doesnt work....

faceman · 15-01-2008 11:46AM #1

AIB have an ad campaign at the moment, where they use their real customers to give their spiel on the (radio) ad about how AIB helped them get the loan they wanted so they could start a business, buy a car, build a house etc. (At the end of the ad a voice comments that the person in the ad received a fee from AIB for taking part)

Today i hear an AIB ad with some girl who wanted to buy a car. She goes to the garage and sees this mini. Its filthy but she wants it. She says the garage owner tells her that the car is only in that morning and they havent had a look at it yet to which she tells him she doesnt care and wants a sold sticker stuck on it.

She then says how great AIB are cos they gave her a loan that she wanted.

This ad had me in stitches. So basically this airhead brasser comes along, wants to buy a car without it being checked out and gives the impression she goes to the first bank that will give her a loan. And she thinks AIB are great for that???

Anyway, it wouldnt inspire me to get a loan with AIB!!

So what ads dont work for you? What ads put you off buying the product?

green123 · 15-01-2008 11:49AM

ads without prices annoy me

Karoma · 15-01-2008 11:54AM

PC World advertisements...pick a reason.
Dixons - must be made by the same company behind the PC World ones. Godawful dialogue and acting and ugh! too many reasons.
Kinder advertisements - you're marketing to millions, would it kill you to pay to have them properly dubbed, you bastards?!

I will forever hate "Reads of Nassau St." for their radio advertisements. Die. In a fire. You bastards.

Dyr · 15-01-2008 11:56AM

Obligatory harvey norman reference to follow...

Max_Damage · 15-01-2008 12:00PM

Whatever happened to those Power City ads with that obnoxious tool going on '9.99 tonight...'?

Karoma · 15-01-2008 12:04PM

Max_Damage wrote: »

Whatever happened to those Power City ads with that obnoxious tool going on '9.99 tonight...'?

I think Bull Island sufficiently ripped the piss and they officially became too embarrassing.

Kazobel · 15-01-2008 12:04PM

Cillit bang ads, Who doesn't want to bitchslap Barry Scott? :mad:

Malteaser! · 15-01-2008 12:05PM

Any of the D.I.D Electrical ads that they play on the radio!!

pd101 · 15-01-2008 12:08PM

"Washing machines last longer with calgon....":mad::mad:

Dyr · 15-01-2008 12:14PM

Kazobel wrote: »

Cillit bang ads, Who doesn't want to bitchslap Barry Scott? :mad:

Anyone who tries to bitch slap barry scott will have to get through me first. :mad:

Miguel_Sanchez · 15-01-2008 12:14PM

Kazobel wrote: »

Cillit bang ads, Who doesn't want to bitchslap Barry Scott? :mad:

Weird thing is though - even though Barry Scott is a fictional character he still manages to leave messages on web forums for people.

http://www.plasticbag.org/archives/2005/09/on_cillit_bang_and_a_new_low_for_marketers/

humanji · 15-01-2008 12:20PM

Unique Boutique, with those creepy manniquins. They just scare off customers.

Oh, and that cadbury ad with the gorilla. Associating chocolate with a hairy animal is a no no in my book. And, this may not be popular, but all guinness ads. I hate them all, especially the new one, which I just think is a load of ****e and should of, in no way, cost what it did. Makes me not want to drink Guinness out of principle (but I'm petty like that).

prendy · 15-01-2008 12:23PM

harvey norman wrecks my head....wouldnt go into a HN shop in case thats all thats on in there!

Terry · 15-01-2008 12:57PM

Pretty much any dubbed ad.
They were funny when I was 15.
They're not funny any more.

Mr. CooL ICE · 15-01-2008 01:04PM

The ad for The Roaring 20s

15-01-2008 01:11PM

faceman wrote: »

AIB have an ad campaign at the moment, where they use their real customers to give their spiel on the (radio) ad about how AIB helped them get the loan they wanted so they could start a business, buy a car, build a house etc. (At the end of the ad a voice comments that the person in the ad received a fee from AIB for taking part)

Today i hear an AIB ad with some girl who wanted to buy a car. She goes to the garage and sees this mini. Its filthy but she wants it. She says the garage owner tells her that the car is only in that morning and they havent had a look at it yet to which she tells him she doesnt care and wants a sold sticker stuck on it.

She then says how great AIB are cos they gave her a loan that she wanted.

This ad had me in stitches. So basically this airhead brasser comes along, wants to buy a car without it being checked out and gives the impression she goes to the first bank that will give her a loan. And she thinks AIB are great for that???

Anyway, it wouldnt inspire me to get a loan with AIB!!

So what ads dont work for you? What ads put you off buying the product?

I work for a finance company and we deal with car leasing, mortgages, personal loans etc etc as an Intermediary . We also deal with all the main lendErs and I can honestly say that AIB are one of the best along with BOI. AIB are told very little about the actual vehicle. They do a credit check on the customer and if they qualify for the amount and the car doesnt become eight years old or older after the term of the lease/loan thats all the info they really need(This is the case with all the banks). So the state of the car is nothing to do with AIB.

connundrum · 15-01-2008 01:30PM

On Newstalk they keep (or kept) going with that fcuking Pamela Scott Ski Shop ad.

I would burn the shop down to the ground before I'd set foot in it.

If the shop happens to burn down to the ground in the next 30 days, please do not refer to the above statement. I is innocents

genie_us · 15-01-2008 01:35PM

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woodseb · 15-01-2008 01:44PM

KaG1888 wrote: »

I work for a finance company and we deal with car leasing, mortgages, personal loans etc etc as an Intermediary . We also deal with all the main lendErs and I can honestly say that AIB are one of the best along with BOI. AIB are told very little about the actual vehicle. They do a credit check on the customer and if they qualify for the amount and the car doesnt become eight years old or older after the term of the lease/loan thats all the info they really need(This is the case with all the banks). So the state of the car is nothing to do with AIB.

i think the point is that if the girl in the ad is prepared to buy a car without checking it out she's not really in the position to give advice on which bank to use

15-01-2008 01:45PM

Ah I see.

Dord · 15-01-2008 01:47PM

pd101 wrote: »

"Washing machines last longer with calgon....":mad::mad:

The German version of that ad is hilarious.

Peyton Manning · 15-01-2008 01:48PM

Sheila's Wheels

ScumLord · 15-01-2008 01:52PM

faceman wrote: »

This ad had me in stitches. So basically this airhead brasser comes along, wants to buy a car without it being checked out and gives the impression she goes to the first bank that will give her a loan. And she thinks AIB are great for that???

Anyway, it wouldnt inspire me to get a loan with AIB!!

I heard it for the first time this morning some laugh alright. Try asking her in two years what she thinks of her AIB loan.

faceman · 15-01-2008 01:58PM

woodseb wrote: »

i think the point is that if the girl in the ad is prepared to buy a car without checking it out she's not really in the position to give advice on which bank to use

Thank you

Mr Lahey · 15-01-2008 02:22PM

That new supervalu ad where an orange drops out of a box of oranges and the lads in the store proceed to play football with it around the shop.
Then at the end its placed into a customers trolley without them noticing.
Not gonna make me want to shop in supervalu

baztard · 15-01-2008 02:26PM

Eircom, vodafone, 02, meteor or any bloody phone company ad with their change your life, live free, be peacefull, inspire yourself with a fuking phone network bullsh1t.

Any Danone actimel ad or yakult or any of that fantasy health yoghurt bullsh1t.

roy123456789 · 15-01-2008 02:33PM

The advertisers will argue that all the ads worked ...because we're discussing them, so even if everyone says their ad is ****e the advertisers pat themselves on the back!

baztard · 15-01-2008 02:37PM

roy123456789 wrote: »

The advertisers will argue that all the ads worked ...because we're discussing them, so even if everyone says their ad is ****e the advertisers pat themselves on the back!

Yeah but if the ad doesn't work for you or you hate it, the chances are your not going to buy that product. Thay can make you 'want/not want' buy something, it works both ways.

FlutterinBantam · 15-01-2008 02:37PM

1. That Heineken ad with that hammer headed fcuker with the worst haircut in the world rooting around in the barrel of freezing water for the last Heineken.
Where did he get that frikken haircut????

2. Where that bearded gimp gets a call for "beers in the Greeeeeeaaa at seven o'clock" and then proceeds to fcukin go apeshít,like a major earthquake hit his home town, checking every pub beginning with "G" hiring taxis with his frikken shirt hanging out.
Big frikken deal!!!! its not a matter of life or death pony???.
Its a few beers man... jeesh.

faceman · 15-01-2008 02:40PM

roy123456789 wrote: »

The advertisers will argue that all the ads worked ...because we're discussing them, so even if everyone says their ad is ****e the advertisers pat themselves on the back!

yes it has increased brand awareness but in a negative way. People are discussing what products they wont purchase as a result of poor advertising.

High&Low · 15-01-2008 02:41PM

humanji wrote: »

Unique Boutique, with those creepy manniquins. They just scare off customers.

Oh, and that cadbury ad with the gorilla. Associating chocolate with a hairy animal is a no no in my book. And, this may not be popular, but all guinness ads. I hate them all, especially the new one, which I just think is a load of ****e and should of, in no way, cost what it did. Makes me not want to drink Guinness out of principle (but I'm petty like that).

I think the Cadburys ad with the gorilla is one of the best ads I've seen in a long time, especially the first time you see it and have no idea what its for.

When the ad doesnt work....

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