Does advertising sway you?

Go Compare adverts result in hitting the mute button in our house, irritating in the extreme. Never used them, and never will as a result. I wonder how many customers these types of ads win and how many get put off for life....

I go as far as switching off completely when Money Supermarket ads start.

As a shop owner i find it interesting how people react to adverts and how a different product can get your atention of turn you off

Some of you are obviously very strong-willed and can resist, but believe me, advertising works. Businesses would not spend money on advertising if there wasn't a positive result. Our son writes adverts for an agency and he wouldn't make a living if the adverts didn't increase revenue for the advertiser.

Having said that, his parents hate television adverts. We always record any programmes we want on commercial channels and cut out the advertising when we watch.. Don't know where he gets his passion from! Certainly not from us.

David

My favourite word to a sales rep is "No thank you".  Works everytime.  Its got to be an exceptional sales rep who can sell me anything.  Also, I'm in need of wanting the product at that time, so basically, for the sales rep, he's got to be in the right place at the right time.  However, if a sales rep, no matter how good he may be, if he's pushing me, then I just walk away and go somewhere else

Pity we cannot 'brexit' from them!  

We always mute the advert break and then watch in horror at puerile advertising aimed at adults (after 9pm watershed). So no - advertising doesn't influence us - well not in the way they would like!

Some are very clever and do have appeal. I'm beginning to wonder whether meerkats have run out of cuteness quotient.

some adverts have become famous in their own right and remembered for a long time? the martini adverts, Shake and vac, the smash adverts...

some adverts have become famous in their own right and remembered for a long time? the martini adverts, Shake and vac, the smash adverts...

I'm a fruit and nut case; Wasssup ? Best of all, the run of Guiness adverts,

Rgds