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Re: Whinge thread

Post by Black Orchid » Tue Sep 18, 2018 8:22 pm

What's wrong with marketing people nowadays? Watching The Block and seeing ads for mortgage loans, insurance and prepackaged foods all being advertised by 8 year old kids.

Why would anyone tune into a mortgage loan ad with a precocious 8 year old advertising it? Seems ridiculous.

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Re: Whinge thread

Post by brian ross » Wed Sep 19, 2018 3:04 pm

Black Orchid wrote:
Tue Sep 18, 2018 8:22 pm
What's wrong with marketing people nowadays? Watching The Block and seeing ads for mortgage loans, insurance and prepackaged foods all being advertised by 8 year old kids.

Why would anyone tune into a mortgage loan ad with a precocious 8 year old advertising it? Seems ridiculous.
Perhaps you should stop watching commercial TV, BO? ABC or SBS are far better - both in programmes and the lack or choice of commercials.
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Re: Whinge thread

Post by Black Orchid » Wed Sep 19, 2018 3:35 pm

Perhaps I will continue to watch what I want? There's a thought 8-)

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Re: Whinge thread

Post by BigP » Wed Sep 19, 2018 4:40 pm

Black Orchid wrote:
Wed Sep 19, 2018 3:35 pm
Perhaps I will continue to watch what I want? There's a thought 8-)

You rebel lol

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Re: Whinge thread

Post by brian ross » Thu Sep 20, 2018 12:13 am

Black Orchid wrote:
Wed Sep 19, 2018 3:35 pm
Perhaps I will continue to watch what I want? There's a thought 8-)
You can watch what you want but it appears you're not enjoying the experience going by your whinging, BO. You don't have to put up with commercials on ABC and the commercials on SBS are better quality than those you describe. Choice is yours.
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Re: Whinge thread

Post by cods » Thu Sep 20, 2018 7:02 am

I find the ad breaks are so long now I get up and do something...lolol.. usually make a cuppa or feed cats or put them out or let them in....anything but watch the never ending ads....when an ad annoys me to hell I never buy the product...

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Re: Whinge thread

Post by sprintcyclist » Thu Sep 20, 2018 7:53 am

cods wrote:
Thu Sep 20, 2018 7:02 am
I find the ad breaks are so long now I get up and do something...lolol.. usually make a cuppa or feed cats or put them out or let them in....anything but watch the never ending ads....when an ad annoys me to hell I never buy the product...
Which is one reason NetFlix is popular
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Re: Whinge thread

Post by Black Orchid » Thu Sep 20, 2018 8:28 am

cods wrote:
Thu Sep 20, 2018 7:02 am
I find the ad breaks are so long now I get up and do something...lolol.. usually make a cuppa or feed cats or put them out or let them in....anything but watch the never ending ads....when an ad annoys me to hell I never buy the product...
Same here but why would anyone wanting a new mortgage tune into an ad with an 8 year old and a doll?

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Re: Whinge thread

Post by Black Orchid » Wed Sep 26, 2018 9:16 pm

Whinge for the day!

Google Chrome decided to update itself without asking me. I didn't realise you had to check it as "ask" in settings and I hate hate hate the new look. Especially the tabs up top.

I also had to re-login to every website I use and had forgotten half of my passwords. Then I had to deal with half a dozen of those idiotic CAPTCHA things. UGH!!

Don't know why they can't leave well enough alone.

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Re: Whinge thread

Post by cods » Thu Sep 27, 2018 11:58 am

thats not all black orchid..

the same thing at gmail....I dont like it either......

and dont get me started on those freaking electronic gizmos we use at the shops to pay...

every time I go into a shop they have a different one I have to deal with....I can never win....

and dont you love it you just get used to the lay out of a shop/supermarket..

and they relay the place........grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

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