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I thought the Go Compare ads were annoying. They are just that but that's all they are.
But The Halifax radio station has got to be taking the p*ss.
Do they really think that bunch will attract people to come into Halifax?
I had to watch it 5 times to check just how jaw droppingly bad it is.
Not one person in there is likeable in any way.
I would like to think it's just taking the micheal but it's not even good enough for that.
Bring back the singing guy with the glasses. He was bad but not that bad.
It's like some disturbing commercial version of the Office.
Sorry i sound like I have to much time on my hands but I'm laid up in bed so it's the TV or here for me.
But The Halifax radio station has got to be taking the p*ss.
Do they really think that bunch will attract people to come into Halifax?
I had to watch it 5 times to check just how jaw droppingly bad it is.
Not one person in there is likeable in any way.
I would like to think it's just taking the micheal but it's not even good enough for that.
Bring back the singing guy with the glasses. He was bad but not that bad.
It's like some disturbing commercial version of the Office.
Sorry i sound like I have to much time on my hands but I'm laid up in bed so it's the TV or here for me.
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Lmao yea that we buy any car is just plain funny. You can see who it's aimed at. If you make it simple to remember the local car thieves will know where to take their haul to sell.
I have used the direct gov site for one or two things. But I used to work for the CAB so I knew where it was any way.
But the Halifax ad wins the gringe worthy award this year and we're only in January.
I have used the direct gov site for one or two things. But I used to work for the CAB so I knew where it was any way.
But the Halifax ad wins the gringe worthy award this year and we're only in January.
Myriad2112:
I've answered around 15,000 'serious' questions here on AB. Several hundred of my posts (on subjects as diverse as benefit entitlements, employment rights and hedge disputes) have included links to the relevant pages of the DirectGov website, so perhaps more people do need to be told about it? (Even so, I think that the ads would be more effective if they actually hinted at the actual contents of the website, rather than just saying that it exists).
My pet hates:
Certainly that damned 'Halifax Breakfast Show' ad. (I've done some relief studio presentation work for BBC local radio. I sincerely hope that none of my broadcasts were as bad as that one!).
Also any ad for anything that begins with '118'. (It doesn't matter whether it's '118 118', '118 247' or anything else. They're all equallly annoying).
GoCompare's opera singer drives me nuts.
I'm pleased that Postdog is equally irritated by McDonald's incorrect reference to a 'bob'.
I agree with Smurfchops,as well, about 'We buy any car'.
Chris
I've answered around 15,000 'serious' questions here on AB. Several hundred of my posts (on subjects as diverse as benefit entitlements, employment rights and hedge disputes) have included links to the relevant pages of the DirectGov website, so perhaps more people do need to be told about it? (Even so, I think that the ads would be more effective if they actually hinted at the actual contents of the website, rather than just saying that it exists).
My pet hates:
Certainly that damned 'Halifax Breakfast Show' ad. (I've done some relief studio presentation work for BBC local radio. I sincerely hope that none of my broadcasts were as bad as that one!).
Also any ad for anything that begins with '118'. (It doesn't matter whether it's '118 118', '118 247' or anything else. They're all equallly annoying).
GoCompare's opera singer drives me nuts.
I'm pleased that Postdog is equally irritated by McDonald's incorrect reference to a 'bob'.
I agree with Smurfchops,as well, about 'We buy any car'.
Chris
Yea I hate celeb ads. The Christmas M&S ads were really bad.
Maybe if they hadn't have spent so much on Mr Fry and the rest of the lovies their profits might not have been so bad.
Most of the people I saw in the CAB had never heard of the Direct Gov ad. But they certainly about it by the time we'd finished with them.
Maybe if they hadn't have spent so much on Mr Fry and the rest of the lovies their profits might not have been so bad.
Most of the people I saw in the CAB had never heard of the Direct Gov ad. But they certainly about it by the time we'd finished with them.
The Halifax one is breathtakingly dreadful, can you begin to understand the mentality of the people who put these things together and really, truly believe we will think they're good? Yes, the reference to a £ being a bob on The McD ad is very strange, surely someone knew this was wrong? Another one that drives me nuts is that woman joining her friends at a table and telling them all about her hard uncomfortable "bowel stuff"!!
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