Reading advertisements and watching them on TV, I have realized that they are biased. Well, dah!! They are advertisements, not product reviews. They are designed to be biased and to influence you into purchasing there fantastic product with all the whistles and bells that is so much better than any other on the market. But let me tell you the cold, hard facts. They stretch the truth or all the great whistles and bells are actually extras that you have to pay extra for.
Let me give a couple of examples that all of you may have run into a time or two. If you are reading this, you are using a computer of some sort, be it a desktop, a laptop, a tablet, or a smart phone. My wife decided that it may be time to get a new computer of some description. The ones that are advertised for what seems like a very fair price turn out to be a hunk of almost worthless plastic and wires with a small viewing screen and had no extra capabilities. The sells person then showed her what she really wanted in the first place but of course it is not on sell and costs many fold more than the reasonably priced one.
Doesn't the same thing seem to happen when you decide to shop for a new vehicle. They got all those "extras" on them that it about doubles the base price. It is impossible to order a bare bone model from the factory or order one with the whistles you want to blow and the bells you want to ring. Back in the day, I used to order the exact vehicle I wanted. The only draw back was you had to wait for it to be built. It seems anymore, the only choice you have is what is already built and shipped. That means, of course, you have to compromise. Hope you all have a great day today, you hear?
Worse yet is the articles in magazines that are thinly disguised advertisements.
ReplyDeleteI've never read a sailing magazine that ever gave a bad boat review, and we know there are a lot of over priced junk boats out there. They never say bad things about any equipment either.
Giving a bad boat review may run off customers. Telling the truth would cost them money.
DeleteAdvertising is nuttin to "wonder" about. "Why there is only 4 cookies left in the cookie jar"? That's something to wonder bout.
ReplyDeleteAdvertising is "gadgets". Americans love gadgets....rather they work or not. Stick your foot up under the back bumper, the hatch opens. "Oh yeah, I gotta have that" (Ford I do believe).
I don't believe there is such a thing as "basic" no more. Everthing has gadgets.....suck it up an' deal with it Dizzy.
My hand couldn't reach to the bottom of the cookie jar (grin). I will suck it up but I can still complain about .
DeleteKind of make ya wonder where all them other cookies went don't it?
DeleteThe guy with the biggest smile and tummy ate them all.
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ReplyDeleteOh, don't get me started when it comes to advertisements and I don't understand why the people it is aimed at 'don't get it' sometimes. I mean, as an example:
ReplyDeleteThe ones aimed at the ladies. It tells you how the product can make your eyelashes, long, thick, beautiful etc but when you actually read the small print, it clearly tells you that the model has used false eyelashes. What? And people still buy it.
Then all the hair adverts, that blatantly tells you that they are using false or extra hair. I mean, your hair will never ever look like that regardless to how much of the product you use on it. But, the product still sells.
I could go on and on with so many products like soap-powders that can't get your clothes white, washing up liquids that don't actually clean your 'roast tin' first time round. But I'm gonna get heated, so bye for now.