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    Re: Companies you WON'T use due to their adverts

    I wont buy walkers crisps anymore i am seriously scared i will chuck someone out of a window if someone had one of my crips while eating them

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    Re: Companies you WON'T use due to their adverts

    The worst advert ever has to be... Go Compare!

    Every time I see / hear that advert I just want to punch that bloke in the face. What makes it even worse though is the tune is catchy and you can find yourself starting to sing it.

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    I hear ya Flash!!

    I turn the radio off now as soon as I hear one of them Go Compare adverts!!! Grrrr Boils my piss!

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    Re: Companies you WON'T use due to their adverts

    The Go Compare ads have actually managed to grow on me!

    The first two that came to mind that I would avoid due to their ads - Mikado and Lynx. Especially the first. Oh, and the Vauxhall ads with the C'mon doll.
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    dreams beds the advert with someone playing with a toy helicopter on it.

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    Re: Companies you WON'T use due to their adverts

    Toyota Yaris - whose owners were depicted as being particularly spiteful.
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    Re: Companies you WON'T use due to their adverts

    Totally hate the current berocca advert at the moment with the two sweaty fat workies dancing on a log.

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    Just remembered, not really because of an advert, but flat out refuse to ever buy anything Nike again. I know they're surely not the only ones who use child labour, but after watching Philip Knight's attitude when interviewed about it several years back, i certainly wont be buying again.

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    Re: Companies you WON'T use due to their adverts

    Sorry for the thread revival but I wanted to add Compare the Market to this list, that flippin' Compare the Meerkat thing is a terrible joke taken waay, waay too far...

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    Re: Companies you WON'T use due to their adverts

    Vauxhall
    Renault
    Activia
    Boots

    ...off the top of my head

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    Quote Originally Posted by gss03 View Post
    Totally hate the current berocca advert at the moment with the two sweaty fat workies dancing on a log.
    funny, I really like that advert! I think its really good!

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    Re: Companies you WON'T use due to their adverts

    apple - without saying
    get lost ....i mean go compare
    webuyanycar

    not all vodafone adds are bad, i actually enjoyed watching this one few times over
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    Re: Companies you WON'T use due to their adverts

    Quote Originally Posted by samcross View Post
    Vauxhall
    Renault
    Activia
    Boots

    ...off the top of my head
    I have just seen the new megane ad, and it is funny enough, especialy the guy on about it being a pulling car: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNyDhea2XOc

    Ads that do wind me up are the compare the market ones, they have gone on too long now, and the go compare ones, they are just stupid.
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    Re: Companies you WON'T use due to their adverts

    Quote Originally Posted by GheeTsar View Post
    Any price comparison website
    Any ringtone advert
    Any debt consolidation firm
    Any no-win no fee solicitors
    DFS
    PC World
    You'll be hard-pressed to find anything sensibly priced in PC World, annoying ad or no annoying ad.

    Quote Originally Posted by petercook7 View Post
    tesco because their milk contains added sugar like the rest of their foods, bt, dfs , pc world, next, vodaphone, danone
    Dear Lord ... where did you hear this ?

    Quote Originally Posted by TheWizard View Post
    Hi my first post. I wouldn't use WeBuyAny car and GoCompare - these guys run the most annoying ad campagins there is. In fact their ads are so annoying that I flip channels when they come on. I cannot fathom how these ads are supposed to attract consumers to their products.
    I don't think it's as much about "attracting" as making the brand stick in your head. I'm not fond of Go Compare adverts either ... sadly they must work, as they keep making new versions.

    Wickes. Any other ad where middle class advertising executives hire a working class voice to imply a no-nonsense quality to a product/service.

    Any ad that captures the interest with beautiful cinematography or semi-thoughtful philosophical musings, and you're just on the edge of your seat wondering what on earth this could be an advert for, and ... it's for some poxy car.

    Harvester restaurants - because a long time ago they used the song "Harvest For The World" in one of their adverts.

    The punchable man in the Halifax adverts.

    Bore Lord Gary Lineker in the Crisp ads - but I purchase and eat the crisps regardless.

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    Re: Companies you WON'T use due to their adverts

    Quote Originally Posted by Georgy291 View Post
    apple - without saying
    get lost ....i mean go compare
    webuyanycar

    not all vodafone adds are bad, i actually enjoyed watching this one few times over
    Liked that link to Hamilton + Button trying to put parts of the F1 together, goes to show you really how much they depend on the Pitstop team.

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