What Is Something You'll Never Buy or a Place You'll Never Shop at Based Purely on Their Advertising Campaign?

Richmond Tigers on 04/04/2022 - 08:36
Last edited 05/04/2022 - 19:40 by 2 other users

I despise the Vodaphone ad with that vapid jerk "Dylan" seemingly on every commercial break to the point I will never get a vodaphone plan.

Will never buy Red Bull because I hate their ads.

Will never buy anything Jo Silvagni advertises because I dont like her giant forehead and mouth and tiny beady little eyes.

Robins Kitchens can blow a goat.

Never get a haircut at Stefans because of his old ads on Bert Newton with his silly jingle and pink powerboat.

And finally CITY TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edit: forgot makin mattresses with the stupid woman saying “yes Mr Harvey we sell them you don’t”.

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Comments

  • tomsco on 04/04/2022 - 10:04
    +3

    Do Red Bull still do those animated ads?

    • CrispyChrispy on 04/04/2022 - 10:16

      Yeah, I get a Red Bull ad on YouTube every now and then. Same style of ad.

      • tomsco on 04/04/2022 - 10:17

        Nice. I always thought they were a bit cute.

        Don't really see many ads these days using streaming primarily. Maybe when I go to the cinemas.

  • idonteven on 04/04/2022 - 10:07
    -1

    slow news day?

  • tight-ass on 04/04/2022 - 10:08
    +1

    Thirsty Camel…..can't stand their ads on the radio

  • emblurr on 04/04/2022 - 10:09
    +2

    I really don't want to buy anything from Kogan, so far so good.

    • Yorkshire-Man on 05/04/2022 - 21:52

      Generally it's a mistake people only make once…

  • Fergy1987 on 04/04/2022 - 10:10
    +2

    Hate the Step One ads - Do like the underwear though

  • FocusRider on 04/04/2022 - 10:10

    The man shake ad

    • MS Paint on 04/04/2022 - 10:18
      +3

      But Karen lost 76kg on the lady shake so there is that.

      • yokel on 05/04/2022 - 06:21
        +1

        ….and a gastric sleeve. All you can get is that pouch crap for a while after having it done apparently.

  • GG57 on 04/04/2022 - 10:11
    +4

    I was going to say Harvey Norman, primarily for other well-known reasons, but I actually find their multiple-page newspaper ad 'supplements' great for lighting the fire.

    • DemocracyManifest on 04/04/2022 - 10:22

      Aren’t they lined with plastic lmao

    • Juice-Wa on 05/04/2022 - 08:45
      +2

      Or seeing Harvey being a fool on ACA, whining "why aren't people buying from local businesses". Whilst he's happy to make exorbitant profits selling online and overseas. I hope he goes bankrupt.

      • dickiee on 05/04/2022 - 14:06
        -2

        I hope he gets a slow painful cancer….

  • DemocracyManifest on 04/04/2022 - 10:54
    +7

    The house never ending closing down sale

  • Hangryuman on 04/04/2022 - 11:03

    actually most products I see advertised

    if they need to advertise, it's not popular word-of-mouth - so I won't want it

    when we got lots of restaurant ad brochures in our letterbox, I'd know not to bother going there

    and apparently an advertising maxim is 'if you got nothing to say - set it to dancing!'

    so when I see TV ads with everyone dancing, that tells me there's nothing I want there.

    • WhyAmICommenting on 04/04/2022 - 16:15

      I used to do this with popular shows, assuming they must be dumb. Turns out some of them were really good!

  • Cheaplikethebird on 04/04/2022 - 11:24
    +9

    The ads that really GRIND MY GEARS are the dumb 1-2 minute ads with a "isn't life a beautiful mess" type theme and some sentimental song playing then the logo for whatever bank/insurance agency at the end, i.e. the current Westpac ad they've been playing the last year or so.

    • bdl on 04/04/2022 - 17:00
      +2

      what is money for if not for this

    • Bystander on 04/04/2022 - 20:14
      +1

      Never saw that ad before.
      And I wish the (profanity) I never watched it.

    • summit on 06/04/2022 - 11:32

      I agree 100%, here's the University of New England one I have been whingeing about for years and they're still playing it on tv.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBQ23MLTqJg

  • kanmen on 04/04/2022 - 11:29
    +10

    Richmond Tigers because of this post.

    In all seriousness, I'm unlikely to buy from brands that use social media influencers because I find it gross that these people get free products and are paid to do fake reviews

  • ESEMCE on 04/04/2022 - 11:33
    +4

    National Thaiiiiiiiiiii-als

  • astrotrain on 04/04/2022 - 11:35
    +8

    Not shopping but i will never vote for Craig Kelly thanks to his ads bombarding us the last few months. Not that i would anyways but still it makes me mad every time i see one of his billboards.

    • DemocracyManifest on 04/04/2022 - 15:51
      +4

      Palmer got out of paying his workers entitlements and it still filthy rich, it’s absolutely disgusting

    • sparkles on 05/04/2022 - 20:11

      Sometimes you get a YouTube "ad" for this party and it actually has a duration of 30 minutes.

    • casho on 04/04/2022 - 14:05
      +1

      More ways of getting ads than just internets….

  • RockyRaccoon on 04/04/2022 - 11:57
    +5

    But….. Wait!!!! Theres…. More!!!!!

    Althoough it never ceases to amaze me that all the ads for life insurance tell you how great the benefits to you it are, and that these are on every ad break on every channel (yep even SBS) during day time (and now starting in night time)

    The benefis being so great only if you are the recipient of all the ad dollars that this company and associated comparison sites spend. Namely the media companies.

    • brendanm on 04/04/2022 - 13:39
      +3

      Honey, before we go on this trip, there's one simple thing we should do..

      • buckster on 06/04/2022 - 07:35
        +1

        Honey, I've had a serious think, and I think it's time to get REAL LIFE INSURANCE

  • Lucille Bluth on 04/04/2022 - 12:24
    +6

    That stupid Door Dash add. "I Door Dash this, I Door Dash that, I even doordash this". Like just f off my tv.

    • Faithgrrl on 04/04/2022 - 12:25
      +2

      Agreed. Will it KILL you to get out of the house once in a while.

      • Seraphin7 on 04/04/2022 - 15:22

        Corona is out there.

  • jasonlah on 04/04/2022 - 12:37
    +5

    "hallooowwwww.. Frank Walker from National Tyyyylllleeeeeeesssss……."
    I switch radio stations every time this ad comes on.

    • pegaxs on 04/04/2022 - 12:43
      +2

      I moved states to get away from him… Now he is on the radio up here as well…

      • wheretobuychocettes on 04/04/2022 - 13:41
        +7

        I feel like the name having "national" in it may have been helpful to pay attention to there.

        • pegaxs on 04/04/2022 - 15:01

          I had a good 5 or 6 years up here before the "radio ad" went national (It was called "National" but was wholly based in and around Melbourne)

          And I remember when it was only "Bargain Tiles", until that company went arse up and Frank owed a lot of people a lot of money. "National tiles" was a spin off to this and was fronted by his daughter and not Frank because it's a bad look owing money to people and starting up exactly the same business as the one that owed a lot of money.

    • casho on 04/04/2022 - 14:04

      ha I always smirk at those ads

  • lonewolf on 04/04/2022 - 12:41
    +21

    Harvey Norman, after the fear campaign and introducing GST on every purchase overseas.

  • kev98 on 04/04/2022 - 12:44
    +7

    I will never vote UAP because of their ads (and everything else). Does that count?

    • Ozpit on 05/04/2022 - 09:19

      Terrible ads that appeal to the lowest terrible denominator.

  • afah0447 on 04/04/2022 - 12:47
    +1

    Vodaphone - they screwed back over about 15yrs ago and i vowed never to use them again

    Plant based meat - just so wrong.

  • Windows98 on 04/04/2022 - 12:52
    +13

    The Liberal Party

  • pegaxs on 04/04/2022 - 13:06

    Bellisimo mattresses. The one with the song that sounds like a Nick Cave parody. It's terrible. Every time I am in the car and hear it, I just want to tear the radio out of the car and hurl it out the window.

    • jacross on 05/04/2022 - 08:08
      +1

      'My back was aching I was tired all the week. What I would give for just one night of restful sleep'?

      That song sounds more like a country and western song to me if that's what you are referring to.

      I actually love it. It comes on at the same time every single day on my ride home from work. It's part of me now.

  • chartparker on 04/04/2022 - 13:10
    +3

    What about the opposite - have you ever wanted to check out a place because of exactly how catchy/iconic their ads were?

    "Megalo, megalo, megalo!"

    • Fobsessive on 04/04/2022 - 16:27
      +2

      Zero places for me. Not impacted by mainstream marketing.
      Only impacted by ozbargain deals

    • RotundPolarBear on 04/04/2022 - 20:10

      Oddly enough I like the Google ad with the black chick going grocery shopping for her elderly asian neighbour. I found it quite endearing. But I'm already deep into the Google ecosystem so they're just preaching to the converted.

      https://youtu.be/zttOADhwAJw

    • blindwilly on 05/04/2022 - 09:51
      +1

      Brunswick and Foot-a-scray!

  • Carmen Sandiego on 04/04/2022 - 13:33
    +1

    The Bathurst 3000/sports betting pages because of that (profanity) whiny, literally sniveling Spotify ad.

    I would rather go deaf, and I got so mad that I paid for Spotify Premium.

  • WorldClassMiser on 04/04/2022 - 13:37

    I will never deal with IMB Bank. Here in Canberra their ads are on every single ad break (or so it seems). Enough already!

  • picklewizard on 04/04/2022 - 13:55
    +2

    RUOK OP? Bloody hell, it's a personal choice to be this angry at everything.

    (That being said, ME bank ads at the start of movies…omg)

  • casho on 04/04/2022 - 14:03
    +2

    Grammarly

  • BewareOfThe Dog on 04/04/2022 - 14:05
    +2

    The Good Guys. Those ads 20+ years ago were horrific. A friend of mine worked there. I would ask him which appliance are you playing today?

    • kev98 on 04/04/2022 - 14:51
      -1

      Why don’t you come in and see the good good good guys? Sorry I have a stutter.

  • altitudinous on 04/04/2022 - 14:50
    +21

    Gilette

    • j1nk0r on 04/04/2022 - 15:38

      You would love any speaker test by Erfon Elijah on YouTube 😂

    • 7ekn00 on 04/04/2022 - 17:27
      +6

      Agreed! I don't like being told that I have toxic masculinity because I talk to attractive women :P

      • Rockets84 on 05/04/2022 - 11:17
        +2

        Block-quopte I didn't feel personally attacked by that campaign.

        Block-quopteIf you're upset by the ad then you're exactly the person it was targeted at.

        I didn't feel personally attacked because I'm certainly not the type of bloke that the ad portrayed. It rubbed me up the wrong way because I felt that it tarred all men with the same brush in some places like all the guys lined up behind their BBQ's slowly droning out "Boys will be boys" like some kind delayed idiot.

        • picklewizard on 05/04/2022 - 11:39
          -4

          I didn't feel personally attacked
          It rubbed me up the wrong way because I felt that it tarred all men with the same brush

          🤔

      • picklewizard on 05/04/2022 - 11:33
        -6

        Oooh, negs! That'll heal your fragile bruised egos! 😂

      • Daz91 on 05/04/2022 - 14:01
        +2

        “If you don’t like it, it’s because you’re the bad person they’re talking about” what kind of Kafkatrap bullshit is that

    • Pandamony on 04/04/2022 - 19:14
      -1
      MeToo
    • ThePasserby on 04/04/2022 - 23:57

      Are they coming up with an 8 blade model this year?

    • youknow on 05/04/2022 - 00:35
      +1

      This might resonate with you? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s92UMJNjPIA

      • duchy on 05/04/2022 - 21:30

        Mesmerizing… Do they ship to Australia?

  • sardines on 04/04/2022 - 14:50
    +12

    ladbroke betting - the ads shit me. People in pubs bonding or mates bonding over betting- get (profanity) with the manipulation. I understand if your lonely it would be nice for people be caught in the moment with you and you shouting a round or food but that isnt the reality.

    • GG57 on 04/04/2022 - 15:06
      +10

      Could probably group that to be all gambling ads on tv. So out of touch with reality.

      • macfudd on 04/04/2022 - 19:37
        +2

        Agreed. Literally every betting ad is horrid and prolific.

      • Ozpit on 05/04/2022 - 09:27

        All TV ads are so out of touch with reality.

    • Ugly on 04/04/2022 - 18:05
      +1

      The Tom Waterhouse ones were worse.

  • Chazzozz on 04/04/2022 - 15:09
    +5

    Anything from Amazon. I know it's a very popular marketplace here on OzBargain, but I think if someone is rich enough to be launching giant dildos into space just so they can grow their e-peen then they don't need me throwing any more cash their way. Other people may will have a different opinion, but that's okay and they're welcome to choose who they hand their hard-earned to.

  • Zondor on 04/04/2022 - 15:41
    +2

    Metropolitan Plumbing (Drip) Metropolitan Plumbing (Drip) Metropolitan Plumbing (Drip) Metropolitan Plumbing (Drip)

    • holdenmg on 04/04/2022 - 15:47

      years of therapy… all gone in an instant

  • Dreamcast on 04/04/2022 - 15:46
    +1

    Anything Danoz Direct.

  • Commonwealth Pig on 04/04/2022 - 16:07
    +1

    Vodafone*

  • Typical16-bitEnjoyer on 04/04/2022 - 16:20
    +1

    Haven't heard an ad in aaaages.

    YouTube Premium
    Plex
    Netflix

    ;)

    • plmko on 04/04/2022 - 20:35
      +1

      Yeah but you're paying for them lol

      • Typical16-bitEnjoyer on 05/04/2022 - 07:44
        +1

        Plex is free and the other 2 cheap as chips via India VPN ozbargain method.

    • dickiee on 05/04/2022 - 14:09

      YouTube premium still has ads depending on what you watch. Seems like so many of them are sponsored by skillshare. Still don't know what it is…

  • Fobsessive on 04/04/2022 - 16:26
    +3

    Grammarly. Excessive YT ads.

  • jwolfenstein on 04/04/2022 - 16:37
    +2

    Oh my god I'm so sick of Dylan Vodafone!

  • Wasabi Ninja on 04/04/2022 - 16:47

    What’s a commercial break?

  • Ryanek on 04/04/2022 - 16:49
    +2

    Any radio ad that uses a police siren. They know exactly what they're doing and they still do it.

  • amzinguserman on 04/04/2022 - 16:56
    +1

    wynston with a y blinds.

    hate their ads.

    also anything that plays before youtube.

  • pogichinoy on 04/04/2022 - 17:15
    +1

    Doors Plus

  • Chris Topher on 04/04/2022 - 17:17

    Global Shop Direct - don't get caught by them. They base profit on postage - sell junk cheap, give a free one with it, charge plus $9.99 postage. Refund product price only.

    • whatgift on 04/04/2022 - 17:34

      Not only that, you usually have to pay for the shipping to return it!

  • cms1 on 04/04/2022 - 17:32
    +1

    Samsung - just because their ads annoyed me a lot during the Australian open.

    Didn't buy a Mazda in the past due to the zoom zoom ad campaign

  • livealittle7 on 04/04/2022 - 17:34
    +4

    If I see something heavily marketed, I automatically assume the product is quite likely to be inflated in price due to their high marketting fees.

  • gooddealmate on 04/04/2022 - 17:52

    Kimmy's Dad on the Crimsafe radio ads. Most annoying, condescending voice around. Thankfully I haven't heard them for a while now.

    Sam bloke does the Aldi adverts and a few others. Can't help but immediately associate the voice with Kimmy's Dad.

  • Ughhh on 04/04/2022 - 17:57
    +2

    Credit Union, for encouraging min wage fast food workers into getting a personal loan to buy a fancy sports car, just so they can look 'cooler' than the customer.

  • pufffdragon on 04/04/2022 - 19:04
    +1

    That ad a few years back for Suncorp, that had that annoying 10yr old girl called Sunny. God damn that ad played for a good six months straight, every ad break. It was non stop.

    Because of that, I would never go anywhere near suncorp or use their services. Even though she's no longer, I still think of that little sh$tt and that annoying song when I see anything Suncorp related.

  • SydStrand on 04/04/2022 - 19:40
    +3

    Budget Direct.

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