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Re: When I wonder whether people really DO give cars as
Christmas presents, I have to conclude that they do. New ads of this type wouldn't re-appear each year if they didn't. Outta my league! - Bob
posted by
2902
on November 21, 2011 at 8:29 PM
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And just think...only 4 more days till Black Friday
posted by
Whisperer4U
on November 21, 2011 at 5:15 PM
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Re:Exactly! We all need a lesson in budgeting. Those
are fish the car companies might have been after, too. - Bob
posted by
2902
on November 21, 2011 at 5:00 PM
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I know a few who try and later are sorry when they are trying to pay it off.
posted by
TAPS.
on November 21, 2011 at 4:05 PM
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Re: Re: Okay, call it a personal bias, but I feel the ad has the whiff of
Right Bob I get your drift I hardly look at the television and ignore adverts. I can see how it would subtly disturb some though.Firms do not pay big money for fun.
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C_C_T
on November 21, 2011 at 10:47 AM
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Re: Okay, call it a personal bias, but I feel the ad has the whiff of
excess and greed at a time when people are losing their homes and jobs. Anyone is free to make any honest gift to anyone he likes, of course. I'm not being puritanical, but think for a moment of ads being a kind of thermometer of what's going on in the society.Big companies and their ad agencies don't waste their money on ads that haven't been carefully thought out ahead of time and planned around an intended audience. On that basis, I have to conclude that they're banking on a few people who DO have moneywhile most other people have to watch, wonder, and eat their hearts out - not a crime, but a symptom of something deeply wrong, a nation that is ALREADY divided. The ads certainly aren't wrong in themselves, but a thoughtful viewer can't let them pass unweighed.- Bob
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2902
on November 21, 2011 at 9:09 AM
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Re: Re:Well, tv ads here get pretty unappetizing around Christmas,
oops ... suggesting that we give new cars to each other as Christmas gifts. To me, that's materialism way over the top. The one percent refers to the wealthy whom the"Occupy Wall Street protesters (the "99%)" are demonstrating against. - Bob
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2902
on November 21, 2011 at 8:29 AM
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Re:Well, tv ads here get pretty unappetizing around Christmas,
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2902
on November 21, 2011 at 8:23 AM
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Lots of folks I know, but I don't think of them as 1%...just Americans. A divided nation will fall.
posted by
UtahJay
on November 21, 2011 at 6:35 AM
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What does it mean Bob? I would like to be worried also,
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C_C_T
on November 21, 2011 at 6:32 AM
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