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I have a personal policy to never buy anything I see advertized on TV. Not even if I was already planning on buying it. If they have to spend millions to promote it, I know it won't be good enough to meet my needs.
That's just silly. If you drive a car, it was advertised somewhere. If you use a phone, it was advertised somwhere. Has no bearing on how good it is for you.
I have a personal policy to never buy anything I see advertized on TV. Not even if I was already planning on buying it. If they have to spend millions to promote it, I know it won't be good enough to meet my needs.
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Originally Posted by Tiffer E38
That's just silly. If you drive a car, it was advertised somewhere. If you use a phone, it was advertised somewhere. Has no bearing on how good it is for you.
I've never seen ads specifically for the more important things I buy. Such as several of a series of advanced digital cameras, my running shoes, my dull-normal, but very adequate cellphone, my bicycles, my video-editing computer and high-resolution monitor and many other things. I've seen them only in the passive presentations of products on their manufacturers' websites or in mailed brochures that I've requested.
I most often get information about what I'm going to buy from online discussion forums and reading customer reviews from large online dealers. Sometimes, I may see institutional ads from the manufacturers, but never showing any model of interest to me. These sources of information that I have sought, are not advertizing by my definition. The products I want, are sold by their quality and reputation and don't need to be actively pushed at their buyers.
Do you drive a car? I'll bet it was advertised somewhere. I'll bet that video editing equipment was advertised in trade magazines at one point. And that cellphone? Good enough doesn't mean that one that was advertised wasn't better at many things, you just decided to get basic. Your inference was that the advertised ones weren't as good as the one you chose, which is probably not true. And if you suddenly saw something you used GET advertised, would you get rid of it as no longer being good enough? I doubt it. Advertising has no bearing on whether something is suitable for your use, ONLY in that it gets people to know that it exists.
You're probably one of those "if people like it, it must be bad" kind of folks, aren't you?
I've never seen ads specifically for the more important things I buy. Such as several of a series of advanced digital cameras, my running shoes, my dull-normal, but very adequate cellphone, my bicycles, my video-editing computer and high-resolution monitor and many other things. I've seen them only in the passive presentations of products on their manufacturers' websites or in mailed brochures that I've requested.
I most often get information about what I'm going to buy from online discussion forums and reading customer reviews from large online dealers. Sometimes, I may see institutional ads from the manufacturers, but never showing any model of interest to me. These sources of information that I have sought, are not advertizing by my definition. The products I want, are sold by their quality and reputation and don't need to be actively pushed at their buyers.
Why don't you go invent and make something tonight and tell zero people about it. I'll check back in a month and see how many you've sold.
Just saw a commercial that showed what so many people do driving their vehicle. Driving on the side of sand dunes, crossing a stream in the woods and sliding sideways on a mountain side road covered by snow. If you normally do these things, it seems that an Acura SUV is for you.
When I see a Volvo commercial, I always wonder if they are driving to a Starbucks.
I've never seen ads specifically for the more important things I buy. Such as several of a series of advanced digital cameras, my running shoes, my dull-normal, but very adequate cellphone, my bicycles, my video-editing computer and high-resolution monitor and many other things. I've seen them only in the passive presentations of products on their manufacturers' websites or in mailed brochures that I've requested.
I most often get information about what I'm going to buy from online discussion forums and reading customer reviews from large online dealers. Sometimes, I may see institutional ads from the manufacturers, but never showing any model of interest to me. These sources of information that I have sought, are not advertizing by my definition. The products I want, are sold by their quality and reputation and don't need to be actively pushed at their buyers.
This is what happens when you don't forcibly deport the hipsters.
My next car is going to be a RSX-S, I have a Integra GSR now. Commercials have nothing to do with it. These two are the last of the lightweight performance Honda's.
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