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Cars & Coffee Killer
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TV Ads For Car Dealerships
Do the "monster truck rally" style commercials really work?
Phrases from a single commercial I just watched: "This Saturday ONLY! It's a once-in-a-lifetime special event!!!" "All we care about is saving you money!" "Don't let bad credit keep you from getting the car you want! You deserve it!" "Hurry, these savings won't last!"
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12-09-2006, 06:59 PM
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Hell Belcho
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pussy cow, pussy cow, pussy cow...
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12-10-2006, 01:58 AM
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ROFL!
When I lived in SoCal as a kid, that's exactly what I thought the commercial was saying...
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12-10-2006, 06:59 AM
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They are ads directed at people with below average intelligence.
"Golly! I can have a brand-new car? Imagine that! We better git scootin right down there now before it's too late!" |
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12-10-2006, 07:06 AM
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They don't call 'em "salesholes" for nothing.
My favorite is reading the fine print of the newspaper ads: 2006 Corvette = Only $40,000.00!!!* *...with $30,000.00 cash down-payment. |
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12-10-2006, 07:31 AM
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"ALL CREDIT APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED!!!"
Joe Consumer: Hey, you said my credit appliation would be accepted? Saleshole: Yes, we accepted it. Approval is another story, however... "UPSIDE DOWN? WE'LL PAY OFF YOUR OLD CAR LOAN!!!" Negative equity applied to new loan. 
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12-10-2006, 07:34 AM
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I received a post card from a dealership that read:
We'll pay you FULL new retail price for your trade-in. They were going to credit me the full price of my trade-in as it cost when new. Fine print? Less deductions for mileage & condtion...
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12-10-2006, 07:37 AM
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You're not the only one.... Stephan, Jaaaaaaack Stephan
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12-14-2006, 02:56 PM
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It's like spam. If one retard out of a million responds, they still make money off it, hence the incentive.
The one I like is, "bring in your trade even if you have to tow it, drive it or push it!" (although we won't necessarily give you anything for it and may in fact charge you to dispose of it) The one about "all credit applications accepted" is so laughable I literally laugh out loud everytime I hear it. Really?!?! You'll accept my application?!?! Wow!!!! You must really be on my side then, huh?!?!
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12-14-2006, 03:00 PM
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"Here's Cal Worthington and his dog spot!!!"
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12-14-2006, 03:05 PM
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Back here, NASCAR star Tony Stewart is pushing ads for J D Byrider. One of the biggest rip-off bad credit-no credit places around. He's been doing ad's for them for all his career and it all comes down to "show me the money". They just prey on people who can least afford it.
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12-14-2006, 04:46 PM
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Oh God. We have a J.D. Byrider in town. What a scam!
One is right next to my favorite gyro place. A couple months ago they had a "get $100 dollars of a car for every basket you make" gimmick. Makes me sick what they do to people.
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12-14-2006, 06:14 PM
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"At Eastern Motors...your job's your credit."
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12-14-2006, 06:29 PM
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Usually I turn a deaf ear to all those local dealer commercials. They sound like idiots. Sometimes I'll watch the ones the factory puts out just to see what they have or are coming out with. But I'll tell ya, when that Jill Wagner girl comes on for Lincoln Mercury, I watch that one. She is HOT!
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12-15-2006, 03:30 AM
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Media time is too expensive and the viewing area too big in New York/New Jersey/Connecticut and we don't have those commercials. (But the daily newspapers are full of the same scams.)
But when I travel, I love to watch the small town hucksters and commercials for used car dealers. A long and tawdry tradition starting with patent medicines sold out of the back of wagons 150 years ago. Real Americana. |
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12-15-2006, 07:11 AM
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12-15-2006, 07:22 AM
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if you need a car or truck
PUSSY COW! If you need to save a buck PUSSY COW! If you want a brand new Dodge In your driveway or garage PUSSY COW! PUSSY COW! PUSSY COW! I always hoped he'd get mauled by one of those tigers....
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