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Aaron
13-02-10, 15:01
Just wondered what people's ideas of the most annoying adverts on TV are at the moment and wondered if we all thought the same?! Some of them actually put me off buying/using the products!

A couple I can think of off the top of my head are:

GoCompare - with the stupid singing man
WeBuyAnyCar.com with the ridiculous singing/dancing newsreader.

Any others people would care to add?! (no pun intended :lol: :D)
Koolpc
13-02-10, 15:05
Constant DFS adverts!!
.Alan.
13-02-10, 16:12
Direct line ads. Paul Merton and Stephen Fry = maximum irritation.:mad:

What I would give to be hiding in the sound studio with a large croquet mallet the next time they turn up to do a voice over.
Col
13-02-10, 16:19
All the above.

And the current Take a Break advert, Churchil adverts and Foxy Bingo. I just hate adverts in general at the moment. Whatever happened to the adverts which were actually entertaining so you actually took note of what they were advertising, rather than just changing channel as soon as they started?
GentleGiant
13-02-10, 16:35
Talk Talk and (until its recent demise) Tiscali.

Not the advert so much as the cheek to offer services when they know they are so bad, most people are going to wish they'd never heard of them!!
wonderlust
15-02-10, 11:08
What are adverts ;)

I record all my TV, sky+, and fast forward through all the adverts.

1 hour program on a commercial channel is 45 minutes, do that 3 times in an evening thats an extra 45 minutes of program rather than wasted time....
Col
15-02-10, 11:25
Talk Talk and (until its recent demise) Tiscali.

Not the advert so much as the cheek to offer services when they know they are so bad, most people are going to wish they'd never heard of them!!
I just hate that advert because it's so slow and takes far too long for what it actually has to say.
Tainted
15-02-10, 11:34
When i seen the title of the thread, the webuyanycar advert popped immediately into my head. So that tells you what I think of that.

I hate any advert with kids toys, they just legitimise blackmailing from your children.
Umar
15-02-10, 19:45
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3527295&id=517012350#!/pages/I-was-walking-through-reception-NO-ONE-CARES-SORT-YA-FRINGE-OUT/313061788568?ref=mf
Col
15-02-10, 20:14
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3527295&id=517012350#!/pages/I-was-walking-through-reception-NO-ONE-CARES-SORT-YA-FRINGE-OUT/313061788568?ref=mf (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3527295&id=517012350#%21/pages/I-was-walking-through-reception-NO-ONE-CARES-SORT-YA-FRINGE-OUT/313061788568?ref=mf)
Oh yeah, those adverts I hate too.

"I was installing a fire alarm system, when I was actually given the wrong type o' ladder. Being t' professional that I claim to be, I shoul'ta refused t'do t'job until I was given t'right equipment, but instead I did t'job anyweh. Me left and wus crushed. I dint get any compensation b'cause it was all my fault, but because I tried t'claim against my employer, I ended up losing my job after t'lengthy court proceedings, which cost me m'other arm anna leg. My 'ome 'as now been repossessed b'cause I couldn't pay t'legal fees."
Paul-B
16-02-10, 13:34
That awful Halifax one where a couple of tarts and clerks are pretending to be DJ's at the Halifax local music station... high-fives and all that. Urrggg!
And the "webuyanycar.com"
Perfectionist
01-03-10, 18:57
Anything dubbed i find extremely displeasing, its nearly ALWAYS obvious its not their original voice and you can always tell if its a none english speaking language dubbed. They even dubbed American Actors/Singers voices to british ones in the past, i mean come on, as if we wouldnt know!

If there going to be cheap and not create an advert in our country and insult out intelligence, should we buy their product?

As for webuyanycar, i valuated my R reg rover metro on there, they offered me £60 and £29.99 was a charge for their mechanic to look at it lol.
Col
01-03-10, 19:59
envirofone. I can't help thinking I've seen that logo before, at a particularly popular computer etailer (not Aria). Actually, I see they've changed their logo now. Maybe said etailer threatened to sue. Anyway, I checked my fully working, mint condition Nokia 5200 on there to see how much it'd be worth. When it's unlocked, it sells for £70, when it's locked to a particular network it sells for about £30.

They offered me £7.76.
Squid
01-03-10, 20:04
Cash for Gold anyone?
kicks
01-03-10, 20:17
http://www.catsforgold.com/
.Alan.
01-03-10, 22:33
Cash for Gold anyone?

Cash My Gold is the worst, with King or should that be Queen of the Oompa loompas Dale Winton.
M4T VW
01-03-10, 23:31
Im glad im at work and miss most of these adverts during the day:o
Aaron
01-03-10, 23:34
I used to as well, till I found out how to stream freeview over the internet :lol:
davidF
02-03-10, 08:47
Webuyanycar, injury claim ad - falls off ladder etc, in fact any advert designed to annoy or shock.
Marv
02-03-10, 10:51
GoCompare - with the stupid singing man
That one! Blasted advert does my nut in.
.Alan.
02-03-10, 23:30
The Citroen ad with John Lennon.:mad:

Who, in the John Lennon estate said, 'Yeh, I'll take your dirty big French stack of cash to make a great man speak for your crappy froggy car product.'
killer205
02-03-10, 23:40
i think its called safe style windows or something i hate the guy he is so annoying:kungfu:
Col
02-03-10, 23:53
i think its called safe style windows or something i hate the guy he is so annoying:kungfu:
Ye know the one - ye buy one, yeget one free. I say ye buy one, ye get one free.

Actually I think they have a new one now with the Chuckle Brothers in it, but I can't remember that one.
killer205
02-03-10, 23:55
Ye know the one - ye buy one, yeget one free. I say ye buy one, ye get one free.

Actually I think they have a new one now with the Chuckle Brothers in it, but I can't remember that one.


yep thats the one, if i ever meet the guy i will punch him and give him a free one as well
cjac05
03-03-10, 11:05
That awful Halifax one where a couple of tarts and clerks are pretending to be DJ's at the Halifax local music station... high-fives and all that. Urrggg!
And the "webuyanycar.com"

Two of the most aggravating adverts on TV atm. Though not as cringeworthy as that Glade advert on recently... "I want to do a p00* in Paul's bathroom" :rolleyes:

* p oo is censored =/
Massimo
03-03-10, 14:38
Two of the most aggravating adverts on TV atm. Though not as cringeworthy as that Glade advert on recently... "I want to do a p00* in Paul's bathroom" :rolleyes:

* p oo is censored =/


Haha that advert is soo annoying. i wonder if it worked at all lol

I cant stand the advert for "Have you had an accedent at work?"

watch this if you no the one im talking about its funny az :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGGXQaGrtSE

sooo funny
Monkey
03-03-10, 15:17
"When I get stressed I get spots, and when I get spots I get more stressed...."

STOP WEARING SO MUCH MAKING THEN YOU DUMB ****ING 12 YEAR OLD SLAG!!!
cjac05
03-03-10, 16:12
Haha that advert is soo annoying. i wonder if it worked at all lol

I cant stand the advert for "Have you had an accedent at work?"

watch this if you no the one im talking about its funny az :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGGXQaGrtSE

sooo funny

Brilliant :)
wizard
04-03-10, 12:35
Just wondered what people's ideas of the most annoying adverts on TV are at the moment and wondered if we all thought the same?! Some of them actually put me off buying/using the products!

A couple I can think of off the top of my head are:

GoCompare - with the stupid singing man
WeBuyAnyCar.com with the ridiculous singing/dancing newsreader.

Any others people would care to add?! (no pun intended :lol: :D)

I thought the original webuyanycar.com advert was bad enough, the newsreader one really takes the biscuit.
Aaron
04-03-10, 23:43
I'm so glad its not just me who gets annoyed by them! :lol:
Tinkernology
09-03-10, 22:19
I was going to say I stopped watching TVbecause of the stupid adverts but it was actuall the constand reeruns of soaps all the time that turned me from the box in the corner.
The advert that most annoyed me was that car advert for the Kia soal-less
what a pug ugly thing too!
Col
10-03-10, 00:54
The Churchill adverts are annoying me now too. They're just not funny.
scottmac
10-03-10, 09:41
Go compare and those Halifax ones where they are all pretending to be on a breakfast radio show. I'd like to roll a hand grenade into that room
Tinkernology
10-03-10, 20:35
Cash for gold
(pennies for bullion bars)
and such a cheesy grin to go with it too:chuckle:
Andy Swaffer
18-03-10, 18:59
Go Compare - without doubt the most annoying ad ever
mannafig
19-03-10, 16:14
Any of those cash for gold ads and go compare.
Geek0
19-03-10, 18:12
The "Your child would do anything for you, won't you stop smoking for them?" F*** Off :mad: as it happens i don't smoke anymore but i find those ads sooo annoying...and breathe :o
Icm76
19-03-10, 18:40
Easily the most annoying adverts are those poxy 'coming next' or 'starting on x date" banners that actually intrude on the programme. Sky One has had the worst of all with the programmre reduced to postage stamp so they could do a full screen advert for Lost! The screen squeezes to advertise HD are extremely bad too.

Complain to OFCOM about these!
Gunslinger
22-03-10, 13:04
The first 2 mentioned have got to be some of the most annoying EVER, i will not even get a quote from gocompare, they can goramit, if they think i am giving them any of my hard earned cash to use producing drivel like that...

what we need are more adverts like this one :D

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/488919/priceless_college_night_out/
killer205
22-03-10, 13:08
The first 2 mentioned have got to be some of the most annoying EVER, i will not even get a quote from gocompare, they can goramit, if they think i am giving them any of my hard earned cash to use producing drivel like that...

what we need are more adverts like this one :D

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/488919/priceless_college_night_out/


now that is a good advert :)
Funlester
22-03-10, 13:27
The Credit Expert adverts are really starting to pi$$ me off

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Peter
22-03-10, 13:44
The GoCompare adverts are beginning to drive me insane.
Gunslinger
22-03-10, 13:47
sometimes less is so much more ;)......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz0S9749CXc

thats one of my all time favourites
Aaron
22-03-10, 13:48
GoCompare, WeBuyAnyCar and Credit Expert are the pick of the bunch for me.. With all the others mentioned coming a VERY close second!
superboy
23-03-10, 17:58
any of the 'i tripped over my giant fringe and got £5000 compensation' adverts!
Aaron
23-03-10, 18:41
:lol: :lol:

Have you seen the facebook group dedicated to that exact advert?
superboy
23-03-10, 23:20
:lol: :lol:

Have you seen the facebook group dedicated to that exact advert?

haha yup :P
.Alan.
23-03-10, 23:29
I don't find those credit expert ads that annoying.
They are certainly better than Experian's old ad. The one with Michael Burke.
cjac05
24-03-10, 15:55
The Bing launch advert is really annoying me now http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F409mFP1CkU
Aaron
24-03-10, 20:10
Has anyone noticed that the font they use is almost identical to the Orange font? Its even coloured orange and everything! :lol: