Saturday, 7 March 2015

What about this one, then?


I take the points my followers made about my last post. I think I probably over-reacted. Thank you for putting me right. But please, please tell me you agree about the above (Wonga) advertisement, which you have probably seen on TV. I really thought this one was the pits, and that's probably why I was so incensed about the other.

Sorry.
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17 comments:

  1. Patsy7 March 2015 at 21:14

    There's nothing good about that one.

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  2. ADRIAN8 March 2015 at 05:26

    It is the pits but then so is the company that uses the image,

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  3. Cro Magnon8 March 2015 at 05:26

    Couldn't really care less about the advert, but all these crazy TV loan sharks make me mad. I believe the guy who runs Wonga makes a FORTUNE..... Who are these people who are prepared to pay ludicrous rates of interest; I certainly couldn't!

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  4. Librarian8 March 2015 at 07:13

    It's not on German telly, so I don't know what it is all about. Of course I could look it up on youtube, but I simply take your word for it, Frances, that it is the pits.

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    1. Frances Garrood9 March 2015 at 10:38

      Dont' bother to look it up, Meike. Just take my word for it!

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  5. Rosemary Gemmell8 March 2015 at 09:09

    I agree there is nothing positive about this one, Frances, and I do hope they've taken it off by now!

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    1. Frances Garrood9 March 2015 at 10:39

      I believe they have, Rosemary. Thank goodness.

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  6. Graham Edwards8 March 2015 at 12:22

    Yes the advert is belittling and patronising and the company is the pits. I agree.

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    1. Frances Garrood9 March 2015 at 10:40

      Graham, i believe they've now had their come -uppance (at least as regards their practice, if not their adverts).

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  7. Maggie May8 March 2015 at 13:53

    Adverts really are wasted on me because although I remember the advert, I rarely remember what it is for. I've always thought this one silly, although until Cro mentioned it, I had forgotten it was about loans. But, yes I agree, any company that plays on the minds of vulnerable people is the pits.

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  8. DawnTreader8 March 2015 at 17:08

    I have no idea what that's about. And I certainly can't tell from the image!

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    1. Frances Garrood9 March 2015 at 10:41

      It's a particularly unpleasant loan company, DT.

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  9. Jenny Woolf9 March 2015 at 07:56

    Wonga is revolting so pretty well anything they do is likely to be offensive to me. I suppose they were trying to worry old people. I did see the ad on the tube but didn't bother to read it at the time.

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    1. Frances Garrood9 March 2015 at 10:42

      Revolting. Yes. I think you're right, Jenny.

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