TV Advertisement 1

[CajunCenturion]

A restaurant advertisting one of its current specials, closes with the following line:

"Never-ending pop-corn shrimp, but it won't last forever. So hurry on down to ... "


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[Thadeus]

lol, THANKS CC

 

[Katy44]

They maybe meant that it would keep on coming, but eventually it would go off!

 

[CosmoKramer]

Here's another:

Save up to 50% or More On Your Long Distance Telephone Bill!

http://www.b2btoday.com/artman/save_telephone_bill.shtml

Hoc nomen meum verum non est.

 

[SkipVought]

I like to ask anytime there is a Free! offer, "Can I just have the Free part?"

It would make alot more sense to state No [red]Extra[/red] Charge!

Then there's the advertising claim...

"No other product works better!"

Well, ain't that nice! More than likely, I can get a competing product that works just as well!

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[CajunCenturion]

What I found interesting in the restaurant ad, was that the glaring grammatical error not only turned the sentence into a humorous statement, in changed the entire meaning of the sentence.

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[Dimandja]

What is the grammatical error, CC?

 

[CajunCenturion]

It is a dangling participle caused by the misuse of a pronoun.

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[ESquared]

I tried to get the FREE mobile phone at Radio Shack one time, but they wouldn't give it to me without signing up for service. I argued that they had irresponsible advertising and that the phone was actually at no additional charge.

Does not free mean free of hindrance, cost, or obligation? I should have taken the phone and walked out of the store!

It's similar to a doughtnot shop saying its doughnuts are fat free--they still have all the fat, you just don't pay for that part (it's provided in the product at no additional charge).

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[Katy44]

The UK National Lottery are currently running a TV advert claiming that your chances of winning are "increased 100%" if you actually buy a ticket (as opposed to not buying a ticket).

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

I tried to get the FREE mobile phone at Radio Shack one time, but they wouldn't give it to me without signing up for service.

Was the phone advertised as "free" or "free (*)" with loads of small-print T&Cs that actually said you need to buy a contract to get the "free" phone? If the smallprint was on/in the ad, you can't really claim you were mislead just because you may not have read/seen/heard it ;o)

Dan

 

[columb]

From a Glasgow casino

All meals half price eight to midnight
Restarant opening hours 20:00 - 24:00

One of the party I was with couldn't spot what was wrong. No wonder she lost!

Columb Healy
Living with a seeker after the truth is infinitely preferable to living with one who thinks they've found it.

 

[Thadeus]

One of my favorites is on eBay. The use of the name Martin to sell your lesser quality guitar.....

For those who don't know, CF Martin is one of the best Guitar makers in the world. They also put their name on a line of guitar strings... I don't know if they are the primary manufacturer of the strings or they just move them under their name.

Here's the regularly used headline for the product:
Vintage Guitar with Martin Strings
or
Johnson JG-610 JG610-n Acoustic Guitar & Martin Strings

These are entered as such because no one would search for a Johnson JG-610, but someone will definately enter Martin in their search...
Not false advertising, but a pain in the neck when searching.....

~Thadeus

 

[entaroadun]

I really like the doughnut analogy.

 

[mbarron]

It sounds like the UK Lottery needs to go back to math class.

The UK National Lottery are currently running a TV advert claiming that your chances of winning are "increased 100%" if you actually buy a ticket (as opposed to not buying a ticket).

There would be no percentage increase from zero to one. Your odds of winning would go up 100% if you bought two tickets instead of one.





Mike

 

[Katy44]

There would be no percentage increase from zero to one"

Oh yes there would! An infinite amount! What I don't understand is that that would be a much better marketing ploy!

 

[flapeyre]

Years ago, if you bought a new car in the USA, you could either get the air-conditioning installed at the factory by the manufacturer, or a "hang-on" aftermarket unit. One company took advantage of that terminology and called themselves the Factory Air Conditioning Corp. So, that means if you ordered a car from an unscrupulous dealer with "Factory air conditioning", that's just what you got -- a cheap hang-on unit from Factory (but not what you expected).

Today, though, every car sold (at least in the South) comes with A/C installed by the manufacturer, and I have not seen the hang-on units available for years.

De mortuis nihil nisi bonum.

 

[Katy44]

Did that not count as fraud?!

 

[flapeyre]

It was so long ago, I don't remember if it was prosecuted. It would be handled on the state level and the attorneys general of the states involved would have handled the case. Probably it would be termed "misrepresentation". It all depends on what was on the bill of sale. Plus intent has a lot to do with it. IANAL.

De mortuis nihil nisi bonum.

 

[strongm]

>Your odds of winning would go up 100% if you bought two tickets instead of one

You may want to check your own maths...