Stupid, pretentious Rolex adverts

[HomerJSimpson]

I think if you looked at all your golf stuff you'd find that wasn't the case.

Wrong. Chosen purely on what worked best for my game after testing and in relation to clothing what looked and felt good to wear irrespective of brand. Never seen a golf advert and bought purely on that

 

[Slab]

Wrong. Chosen purely on what worked best for my game after testing and in relation to clothing what looked and felt good to wear irrespective of brand. Never seen a golf advert and bought purely on that

But don't you have like a dozen pairs of golf shoes ?

 

[HomerJSimpson]

But don't you have like a dozen pairs of golf shoes ?

Yes and FJ's as they were the only company offering a design your own option. Had there been others doing it I may well have made different choices but again the brand was never as a result of their advertising campaign. Seems like you all want to make this more than it is. I have said in other threads about advertising that I am not swayed by what I see/read as others have done. Seems more about who is making the claim than the statement itself. Explained so I'm done

 

[Robster59]

I find them irritating and pretentious too, but then again I am not the target audience. There are some people who buy watches like this love that pretentiousness, it adds to the cache of the buying experience and fits in with the persona they aspire to be.
But that is advertising for you. There are lots of adverts that annoy the heck out of me, but they must work.
Try working at home during the day. You get hit with adverts for life insurance, stair lifts, mobility scooters, etc. That's really where the filter hits in.

 

[Slab]

Yes and FJ's as they were the only company offering a design your own option. Had there been others doing it I may well have made different choices but again the brand was never as a result of their advertising campaign. Seems like you all want to make this more than it is. I have said in other threads about advertising that I am not swayed by what I see/read as others have done. Seems more about who is making the claim than the statement itself. Explained so I'm done

The art of a good salesman is not showing their art

 

[Bunkermagnet]

An advert should make you want to buy a product, not avoid it.

I think you need to have a word with the GM forum techies then

 

[sunshine]

Very few adverts do that to me anyway. Not swayed by them

That's quite a claim. You must be the only person in the world who is immune to marketing.

 

[Swango1980]

If you are offended by Rolex, my mate just told me he was in London at the weekend, and was in Selfridges. He said there was a pen on sale for £6,000.

I then Googled Most Expensive Pen, which was the Fulgor Nocturnus, which cost $8 million. It is encrusted with 945 black diamonds, 123 rubies and an 18-carat gold nib to ensure its durability. What's more, apparently the pens structure adheres to the divine proportion of Phi, with the cap and barrel's dimensions embodying the 1.618 ratio, symbolizing perfect harmony and beauty.

Would the above be pretentious, or are these the sorts of things everybody looks for in a pen? One thing is true, I'd be really annoyed if it was one of those pens that you need to scribble for ages on a scrap piece of paper just to get it to work.

 

[Backache]

If you are offended by Rolex, my mate just told me he was in London at the weekend, and was in Selfridges. He said there was a pen on sale for £6,000.

I then Googled Most Expensive Pen, which was the Fulgor Nocturnus, which cost $8 million. It is encrusted with 945 black diamonds, 123 rubies and an 18-carat gold nib to ensure its durability.

I'd have thought 18 carat gold is a pretty soft non durable metal.

 

[Swango1980]

I'd have thought 18 carat gold is a pretty soft non durable metal.

If so, the buyer should maybe get a refund for false advertising

 

[Imurg]

That's quite a claim. You must be the only person in the world who is immune to marketing.

I've developed an in-built advert screener...all they do is annoy the hell out of me...the majority enforce my belief that I don't want or need their product/service

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I've developed an in-built advert screener...all they do is annoy the hell out of me...the majority enforce my belief that I don't want or need their product/service

Somebody else that gets it

 

[Swango1980]

I've developed an in-built advert screener...all they do is annoy the hell out of me...the majority enforce my belief that I don't want or need their product/service

You'll remember all the stuff you don't buy when you see it advertised. After all, all of us DON'T buy most of the things we see advertised. If I was to watch half a dozen ads, there is a good chance I won't need any of their products / services. Doesn't mean I have an in-built advert screener, just that I simply don't need what they have to sell in my life.

And, advertisers are not really looking to achieve a situation where people see their ad and then go "I definitely want to get that now", albeit there will be some that do that. It is more about embedding a brand into peoples minds, so that in the future if a person needs something, they will subconsciously be more likely to buy that brand, because they've heard of it and it sounds more reputable.

 

[Imurg]

You'll remember all the stuff you don't buy when you see it advertised. After all, all of us DON'T buy most of the things we see advertised. If I was to watch half a dozen ads, there is a good chance I won't need any of their products / services. Doesn't mean I have an in-built advert screener, just that I simply don't need what they have to sell in my life.

And, advertisers are not really looking to achieve a situation where people see their ad and then go "I definitely want to get that now", albeit there will be some that do that. It is more about embedding a brand into peoples minds, so that in the future if a person needs something, they will subconsciously be more likely to buy that brand, because they've heard of it and it sounds more reputable.

I'll give you that...to an extent. But...
Take the Meerkats...initially I liked the ads and , should I have required, would possibly have gone there first over the pseudo opera singing oaf...
Now....they all irritate me to the point that I will actively seek out alternatives even if it takes longer.
I don't shop at Tesco because every little helps or the ability to shout I've got the power at the cashier...it's the closet decent sized supermarket..

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I'll give you that...to an extent. But...
Take the Meerkats...initially I liked the ads and , should I have required, would possibly have gone there first over the pseudo opera singing oaf...
Now....they all irritate me to the point that I will actively seek out alternatives even if it takes longer.
I don't shop at Tesco because every little helps or the ability to shout I've got the power at the cashier...it's the closet decent sized supermarket..

I usually look for the cheapest (Aldi in my case for groceries) and would rather compare prices for services like insurance so the ads wouldn't sway me if I could find the cover I wanted elsewhere other than the meerkats or warbling Welshman

 

[RichA]

I usually look for the cheapest (Aldi in my case for groceries) and would rather compare prices for services like insurance so the ads wouldn't sway me if I could find the cover I wanted elsewhere other than the meerkats or warbling Welshman

Our local Aldi generally has a car park full of £90k Range Rovers and Mercs with all-year-round sun-tanned couples saving a few pence on off-brand breakfast cereals that taste like sweetened cardboard. My BiL loves Aldi because he can save money on food to justify spending it on pretentious designer goods.

 

[mister v]

pretentious...Moi?

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Everyone will be affected by marketing in someway - whether that’s sub consciously

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Everyone will be affected by marketing in someway - whether that’s sub consciously

Even if it gets into the sub-conscious, and we all know irritating ads (Shake n Vac, R Whites) that live on but it doesn't mean it has to transform into buying a given product. It will always be a conscious choice based on a number of aspects but not because an ad told me to

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

There is an extra level of pomposity to them. Cringey.

How can you say that if you just don’t know the Rolex watch personally (see feedback on my Rosey comment elsewhere)