I swear off so many products and services for no other reason than their obnoxious, repetitive commercials.

Off top of my head, I will never buy Old Spice anything because their ads are so repetitive and obnoxious. I feel disgust when I see it in the store and actively avoid it for no other reason than their spam campaigns.

Same for USAA, Native body wash, AmEx, Liberty insurance (that forced catchy theme), and more.

Anyone else feel the same way? Or have you caught yourself getting suckered in because of ads’ subconscious shenanigans?

    • TurtleSoup@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I look at reviews more than I look at advertising. On top of that I look at negative reviews. Most negative reviews usually have pros and cons listed or will actually go into depth about the product and it’s shortcomings unlike most positive reviews that just say “it’s great!”

      • Eheran@lemmy.world
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        2 years ago

        Where are you seeing such “most go into depth”? Most of what I see is utter trash, like “perfectly fine” with 3/5. Or “it arrived too late / on time”. Good ones are rare in comparison.

        • TurtleSoup@lemmy.zipEnglish
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          2 years ago

          I guess I should elaborate. I look at more than just what’s on the site. I’ll actually go around and look for 3rd party reviews and such. It’s not fool proof but I’ve had a much better buying experience since I’ve started doing that.

    • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      This is how I see it too. In the age of social media and specialist media outlets for every field, if you’re paying for advertising that means not just that you’re wasting money that you could have used to lower your prices, but that your product is probably not very good because nobody is talking about it.

    • TurtleSoup@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      2 years ago

      With the advent of the internet and a bit of sailing the high seas it wasn’t hard to get a hold of em anyway.

  • radix@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    A little tangential, but if someone knocked on my door and tried to sell me the patent for the cure to the common cold for $10, I’d refuse on principle alone. Stop trying to sell me stuff.

    • TurtleSoup@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Thankfully I can just filter their email address straight into the garbage bin but it’s still ridiculous.

  • adam_y@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Yup. Any of the YouTube culprits… NordVPN, Raycon, that sort of thing. Nope.

    • NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.comOPEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I often wonder who is buying these?? I can somewhat understand NordVPN, but Raycons?? They’re almost as expensive as name brand earbuds but come off as a cheap dollar store brand. But I guess people really like their fav YouTube channels to actually buy these?

  • Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 years ago

    No, but I have noticed that services with more advertising are typically of less quality, which often deters me because of that.

    I remember when I was little thinking due to the commercials that Geico was the shit, but then my friend’s family got into a (fortunately harmless) car accident, and Geico did actual shit. Not that it’s not still fun to randomly insert Geico jokes everywhere.

  • Foni@lemm.ee
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    2 years ago

    It is not an online case but in Spain we have a telephone company called Jazztel. Their phone spam was so intense that it became a national meme. I once told one of the operators that they could give away gold bars with every bill and still wouldn’t hire them for being annoying

  • FlightyPenguin@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    🎶BK MEEeeEEeeEElts🎶 I’m already vegetarian, but Burger King’s stupid jingle makes me want to melt my local franchise to the ground.

  • TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Not completely related but there are a number of landscaping companies that use a small plastic bag to hold their business card and a small rock and then throw them into everyone’s driveways once a month.

    never gonna contact them

    • NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.comOPEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I’ve seen that as well. Good way to smash someone’s car/house window one day.

      You reminded me of this guy who used to put a 3x5 note card with his handwriting on it and would put it on select cars in the neighborhood saying “I buy junk cars”. Basically only on cars that didn’t look to be in the best shape.

      Way to go disrespecting people you want to do business with!

      • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
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        2 years ago

        I’ve seen posts recently that someone is going around doing this to every cyber truck they see.

        I’m not mad at it.

    • blackbrook@mander.xyz
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      2 years ago

      That’s more obnoxious then leaving a flier in my mailbox. I’m not calling any contractor who does either. If they were any good they wouldn’t need to do that, word of mouth would keep them busy.

  • 👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    2 years ago

    My wife signed up for a live TV service over the holidays to watch Christmas movies and it was the first time I had seen a TV ad since ~2020. Holy crap were they awful. Not only did they put me off all the products but TV as a medium.

    Though I’m realizing it wasn’t negative enough for me to remember any of the products advertised, so I guess they won in a way.

    • blackbrook@mander.xyz
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      2 years ago

      I used to go back and forth between watching TV for a few months and stating away from it for several months. It was interesting how when coming back to it how incredibly stupid and obnoxious the ads were, but how quickly you get numbed to that again.