# Question about commercials?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-commercials/19292
**Category:** random
**Created:** [April 26, 2003, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-commercials/19292 "2003-04-26T04:07:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@Alex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Alex)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2003, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-commercials/19292/1 "2003-04-26T04:07:40Z")
Do commercials actually make you want to buy something, or do they annoy you so much that you dont even care.
i was thinking about this last night, By telemarketing, it just makes people mad, and ignore everything that they say, Isnt this pointless. I mean, spending all of that money to advertise and have no one listen.
whats your opionion on this topic?🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2003, 4:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-commercials/19292/2 "2003-04-26T04:11:15Z")
haha good thinking, cause I, too, think MOST ads just ‘annoy you so much that you dont even care.’
Some ads are good enough though to make you buy things.
Repetetion sucks. Seeing a commercial 5 times during a single show IS annoying
:beam:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-commercials/19292/3 "2003-04-26T04:13:48Z")
I haven’t watched tv in about a year… i probably watch about half an hour a week… and thats with friends and stuff… cuz im wierd like that… but… from past experience, i hate commercials.
I appreciate truly artistic commercials and really like them and stuff, but i like the commercial, not the product its trying to sell.
yup
go me
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2003, 4:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-commercials/19292/4 "2003-04-26T04:14:29Z")
Id have to admit that most beer comercials are pretty funny. Other than that, no, comercials suck.:block:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-commercials/19292/5 "2003-04-26T04:36:56Z")
Sume ads justa be krazy ya no!
I donnnnnoooottt like adds at all
Only a couple make me wanna buy stuff.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-commercials/19292/6 "2003-04-26T04:56:53Z")
Ok… do POP-UPS ever make you wanna visit the advertiser’s site? :bad: :bad: :bad:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-commercials/19292/7 "2003-04-26T05:05:08Z")
POP-UPS are just plain Evil
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-commercials/19292/8 "2003-04-26T05:11:29Z")
READ THIS MARKETING PEOPLE
:bad::bad::bad::bad::bad::bad:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2003, 6:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-commercials/19292/9 "2003-04-26T06:15:31Z")
hey hey now. advertising and marketing keeps this economy going. it’s proven by independent and industry studies that people just don’t buy as much when ads stop running. and no buying means no money which means lower standard of living. and we couldn’t have that here could we?
but i have to say, i LOVE advertising and couldn’t see myself doing anything else. i knew even in high school that i wanted to do that. and OF COURSE there are annoying and some really bad ads out there, not to mention misleading ones (i have issues with some ethical questions in advt.), but all in all, advertising has always driven this economy. there are only so many products out there that don’t have to have much advertising. but most of them do. and it’s only going to get better…
so lay off the ad trash talk and give us some credit.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2003, 6:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-commercials/19292/10 "2003-04-26T06:19:42Z")
> \*Originally posted by Alex \*
> \*\*Do commercials actually make you want to buy something, or do they annoy you so much that you dont even care.
i was thinking about this last night, By telemarketing, it just makes people mad, and ignore everything that they say, Isnt this pointless. I mean, spending all of that money to advertise and have no one listen.
whats your opionion on this topic?🙂 \*\*
uggh. you can’t base everything on your opinion. that’s a big advertising NO NO. companies have done that and failed.
the truth is that people do watch ads and read ads if they’re correctly targeted. look at any sales figures before and after advertising and you’ll see that sales are substantially higher after the ads run. but the main thing is that the message must be right and targeted effectively.
that explain it?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2003, 6:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-commercials/19292/11 "2003-04-26T06:24:17Z")
True. But then why do they show the same commercial 10 times an hour and annoy the viewers? :-\
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2003, 7:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-commercials/19292/12 "2003-04-26T07:20:17Z")
they’re pointless! though now we know what toothpaste to buy when we go to the store! The ones that don’t have commercials are probably worse than the other! But still… pointless!
But then again then I couldn’t go to the bathroom during a movie!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2003, 7:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-commercials/19292/13 "2003-04-26T07:20:28Z")
I might possibly buy something I’ve seen on an ad, if I haven’t seen it before and it interests me I might buy it.
That Honda ad is an example of a good ad. It’s like TV in its own right. Not only that, but it wasn’t filmed with any special effects, so it took 308 takes, or something like that!
And no, I don’t work for Honda’s marketing division!😉
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2003, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-commercials/19292/14 "2003-04-26T07:28:45Z")
As Seen On TV kind of ads are the worst. Poorly filmed, full of lies, and they showcase pointless ‘inventions’… :-\
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2003, 7:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-commercials/19292/15 "2003-04-26T07:49:59Z")
yeah… oh… and on a side note, April 21-27 is TV-Turnoff Week… \*\*\*\*… i shoulda told you earlier :-\
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2003, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-commercials/19292/16 "2003-04-26T09:37:08Z")
I hate pop-ups, they suck. I like 150x30 banners, for example in [flashkit.com](http://flashkit.com), because you can learn about new flash programs.
I like some stupid-funny commercials on tv, but I hate all of those Always, Colgate, Ariel, Pampers, etc commercials.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2003, 10:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-commercials/19292/17 "2003-04-26T10:28:08Z")
well in england the channels that have adverts are free… and there are two channels without ads and every year you have to pay a ridiculas amount to view these channels…
they call it a TV licence and its illegal to view tv without one even though only 2 of the 5 channels need paying for… if that makes sense…
so i actually tolerate ads. id rather wotch them and not pay a sum of money then not wotch them and fork out.