Ghetto Marketing by Ford

John C. wrote:
> "lab~rat >:-)" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I was wondering if it was a regional thing or a nationwide ad. It
> > really shows the power of advertising, since I scrapped the idea of
> > buying an F150 after seeing the posse of sub-literate shills rapping
> > and using the phrase 'flash your grille'.
> >
> > I can't imagine that's a nationwide ad, please tell me Ford has more
> > sense than S. Florida...
>
> Sorry, I'm afraid it's playing up in Boston.
>
> No worse than D/Cs "Thet thang got a HEMI!?" ads, with the trailer park duo.
> --
> John C.
> '03 Cobra Convt.

we prefer "Manufactured Housing Community"... LOL!

Ahhhhh... life in in the trailer park... but that was years ago... even
had a Camaro then... LOL!

On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:40:54 GMT, "Jim Warman"
> puked:

>You wont buy the truck because you don't like the ad???
>
>There's some mighty powerful logic at work, there...

It wasn't at the top of my list, it was in there with a cluster of
about 5 vehicles. I found the ad pretty reprehensible, in case you
hadn't noticed.

BTW, I haven't bought ANY new vehicle yet, so maybe the ad turned me
against buying a car altogether.


>
>
>"lab~rat >:-)" > wrote in message
.. .
>>I was wondering if it was a regional thing or a nationwide ad. It
>> really shows the power of advertising, since I scrapped the idea of
>> buying an F150 after seeing the posse of sub-literate shills rapping
>> and using the phrase 'flash your grille'.
>>
>> I can't imagine that's a nationwide ad, please tell me Ford has more
>> sense than S. Florida...
>> --
>> lab~rat >:-)
>> Do you want polite or do you want sincere?
>

--
lab~rat >:-)
Do you want polite or do you want sincere?

Haven't seen it in Colorado...yet. God I hope not ever.

Scott W.
'68 Ranchero 500
'69 Mustang
TS #57

"lab~rat >:-)" > wrote in message
...
>I was wondering if it was a regional thing or a nationwide ad. It
> really shows the power of advertising, since I scrapped the idea of
> buying an F150 after seeing the posse of sub-literate shills rapping
> and using the phrase 'flash your grille'.
>
> I can't imagine that's a nationwide ad, please tell me Ford has more
> sense than S. Florida...
> --
> lab~rat >:-)
> Do you want polite or do you want sincere?

"Jim Warman" > wrote in message
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>I do NOT buy something because the ad campaign is good... I buy something
>because I
>
> A): need it
>
> and
>
> B): feel that it is a good product sold at fair price with good after
> sales service....
>
> It is those that buy because they feel good about a ****ing commercial
> that have no freaking idea.....

OK. I understand COMPLETELY where you're coming from Jim, but you need to
remember that we are a nation of MORONS!!! All you have to do is go sit in a
mall for 15 minutes, or go watch a security checkpoint in an airport for
less than 5 and KNOW we are mostly a bunch of F'n idiots who can't help
ourselves other than to be morons with an IQ in the double digits (Present
company not included). Come ON this is the US. The land of the free, home of
the intellectually inept!

In the US I would be surprised if 1/10th of the population actually uses
their brain the way it was intended to be used. That is, other than the
lower autonomic brain functions such as breathing, keeping the heart
pumping, sex, etc.

Scott W.
'68 Ranchero 500
'69 Mustang
TS #57

"John S." > wrote
> we prefer "Manufactured Housing Community"... LOL!

I thought it was "PRE- manufactured housing."

Scott W.
'68 Ranchero 500
'69 Mustang
TS #57

My Names Nobody wrote:
> "Jim Warman" > wrote in message
> news:zH5Og.9655$bf5.1066@edtnps90...
>> Nearly forgot..... saw a McDonalds commercial a few days ago.... later
>> that night, I was out and about and started feeling a tad peckish.... The
>> hamburger I got bore little resemblance to the one in the ad and even less
>> resemblance to a real hamburger... I don't understand it. After all, the
>> people in the ad were attractive and "normal"....
>>
>> I'm sure it would have tasted better if Micheal Jackson was doing the
>> ad....
>>
>> At least it might not have given me the drizzling ****s....
>>
>
> So are you trying to say you think big corporations **** those millions of
> dollars away for nothing?
>
>
>


Actually I think it's more like... Those of us with more than a few
working brain cells are not much swayed by fancy advertising.

--

"Trespassing on private computer networks through
intentional misrepresentation is an activity that
merits no First Amendment protection" - Judge James W. Haley Jr.

lab~rat >:-) wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:40:54 GMT, "Jim Warman"
> > puked:
>
>> You wont buy the truck because you don't like the ad???
>>
>> There's some mighty powerful logic at work, there...
>
> It wasn't at the top of my list, it was in there with a cluster of
> about 5 vehicles. I found the ad pretty reprehensible, in case you
> hadn't noticed.
>
> BTW, I haven't bought ANY new vehicle yet, so maybe the ad turned me
> against buying a car altogether.
>
>
>>

<cough> I sure like my Titan <cough> :-P


--

"Trespassing on private computer networks through
intentional misrepresentation is an activity that
merits no First Amendment protection" - Judge James W. Haley Jr.

We have them here in Canada, too, Scott... and I very nearly became one of
them. My last experience with the goldens arches, though, has re-affirmed my
faith. If a McDonalds commercial gets my gastric juices flowing, I will go
to my usual burger joint - the one that makes me wait 20 minutes for an 8
dollar hamburger - knowing that McDonalds has succeeded in making a consumer
buy a burger.... just not one of theirs....

With "nobody" starting to sound like a freaking parrot, I feel the need to
remind everyone that some of these commericals can cost BIG BUX to produce
and BIG BUX to air... the cost of these ads being borne by the consumers
purchasing the product. "Nobady" hasn't grasped the idea thatit isn't the
advertiser that is spending money for the commercial, it is the consumer
buying the commercial along with the product....

The inability to perform any cognitive thought processes or make any logical
decisions is a fast spreading disease... One only needs to review recent
legislation to see it is true. New laws are being passed all the time to try
and keep these bozoes from killing themselves or harming others - and all
that is required is common sense.

Some guy PM'd me to tell me that he isn't going to buy a Jag because Ford
hires faggots...... it makes no matter to me but if a penis extension....
whoops, I meant Jag ... is what he wanted, he has denied himself that
"pleasure" (I don't believe that buying a Jaguar is a wise buying decision
either way).

One example out of many.... I tried a buddies compound mitre saw.... a
"Brand X" midprice model...... it was OK but not great. Come time to buy
one, I chose a DeWalt.... 10 times the saw my buddy bought. Now, let's
pretend that I saw a DeWalt ad that ****ed me off and I decided there and
then not to buy the DeWalt and get the same thing as my friend.... That
would have been a very unwise buying decision.

McDonalds is very active in childrens welfare... Ronald McDonald houses all
over the place. Very commendable. They have some nifty commercials.... but
I'm not going to buy their burgers....

Advertising is all bull**** dressed up to go out... I like quality I can
feel and touch and use for years with no problems.... If the thing is a POS
or is ahrd to use or constantly breaks down, fondly remembering a glitzy ad
isn't going to make it any better...

It's good to see that there is some sanity left in the world, Scott... your
are almost like a ray of sunshine...

"WindsorFox[SS]" > wrote in message
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> My Names Nobody wrote:
>> "Jim Warman" > wrote in message
>> news:zH5Og.9655$bf5.1066@edtnps90...
>>> Nearly forgot..... saw a McDonalds commercial a few days ago.... later
>>> that night, I was out and about and started feeling a tad peckish....
>>> The hamburger I got bore little resemblance to the one in the ad and
>>> even less resemblance to a real hamburger... I don't understand it.
>>> After all, the people in the ad were attractive and "normal"....
>>>
>>> I'm sure it would have tasted better if Micheal Jackson was doing the
>>> ad....
>>>
>>> At least it might not have given me the drizzling ****s....
>>>
>>
>> So are you trying to say you think big corporations **** those millions
>> of dollars away for nothing?
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> Actually I think it's more like... Those of us with more than a few
> working brain cells are not much swayed by fancy advertising.
>
> --
>
> "Trespassing on private computer networks through
> intentional misrepresentation is an activity that
> merits no First Amendment protection" - Judge James W. Haley Jr.

And, Those of us with more than a few working brain cells are in the
minority, like it or not.

"Jim Warman" > wrote in message
news:sIoOg.10388$Lb5.4017@edtnps89...
> We have them here in Canada, too, Scott... and I very nearly became one of
> them. My last experience with the goldens arches, though, has re-affirmed
> my faith. If a McDonalds commercial gets my gastric juices flowing, I will
> go to my usual burger joint - the one that makes me wait 20 minutes for an
> 8 dollar hamburger - knowing that McDonalds has succeeded in making a
> consumer buy a burger.... just not one of theirs....
>
> With "nobody" starting to sound like a freaking parrot, I feel the need to
> remind everyone that some of these commericals can cost BIG BUX to produce
> and BIG BUX to air... the cost of these ads being borne by the consumers
> purchasing the product. "Nobady" hasn't grasped the idea thatit isn't the
> advertiser that is spending money for the commercial, it is the consumer
> buying the commercial along with the product....


Where the hell do you think they get the money? Duh!


>
> The inability to perform any cognitive thought processes or make any
> logical decisions is a fast spreading disease... One only needs to review
> recent legislation to see it is true. New laws are being passed all the
> time to try and keep these bozoes from killing themselves or harming
> others - and all that is required is common sense.
>
> Some guy PM'd me to tell me that he isn't going to buy a Jag because Ford
> hires faggots...... it makes no matter to me but if a penis extension....
> whoops, I meant Jag ... is what he wanted, he has denied himself that
> "pleasure" (I don't believe that buying a Jaguar is a wise buying decision
> either way).
>
> One example out of many.... I tried a buddies compound mitre saw.... a
> "Brand X" midprice model...... it was OK but not great. Come time to buy
> one, I chose a DeWalt.... 10 times the saw my buddy bought. Now, let's
> pretend that I saw a DeWalt ad that ****ed me off and I decided there and
> then not to buy the DeWalt and get the same thing as my friend.... That
> would have been a very unwise buying decision.
>
> McDonalds is very active in childrens welfare... Ronald McDonald houses
> all over the place. Very commendable. They have some nifty commercials....
> but I'm not going to buy their burgers....
>
> Advertising is all bull**** dressed up to go out... I like quality I can
> feel and touch and use for years with no problems.... If the thing is a
> POS or is ahrd to use or constantly breaks down, fondly remembering a
> glitzy ad isn't going to make it any better...
>
> It's good to see that there is some sanity left in the world, Scott...
> your are almost like a ray of sunshine...
>

If you truly don't care what crap you promote with your dollars, who here is
actually faced with an inability to perform any cognitive thought processes
or make any logical decisions???