[Closed] knaff marketing claims - what's the daftest you have come across

moshimonster - Member

Did they actually say that

Well not in those exact words, you've seen through me. 😆

think I've seen that audi avant somewhere before?
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http://enve.com/products/wheels/

M50 Fifty, that's 50% descending, 50% climbing

M60 Forty, 60% descending, you get the idea

But is it by time or distance?
What if I spend 40 minutes climbing on my M60 Forty wheels and it only takes me 10 minutes to whizz back down? How do I climb back up up?
What if I ride 4km straight up a hill, then after zig zagging 6km back down, I'm still not at the bottom? Should I walk the rest?

It's everywhere!!, just a moment ago in the shop (Outdoor/Walking stuff etc),I work in!. Coach party rock up 3 x old girls discussing the local church choir they sing with are on about their upcoming Christmas concert. One of the two ladies blurts out "TICKETS ARE LIMITED !!!",like it's Foo Fighters only UK date or something..., ta love I'll live!. 😕

On a similar theme, all those "Sale must end at midnight Sunday" type announcements.

Why?

obviously when someone goes to this much effort... maybe it's time for new strategy?
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Lynx adverts. I stood outside and sprayed the full can all over me. It did not attract 1 women.

I think our new Bosch oven has that. It's a lot more even in temperature around the whole oven than our last two fan ovens. 3D vision or whatever FTW!

Sucker 😉

I honestly lost track of the manufacturer as the advert made me so angry!

Red Bull gives you wings .

Er no it doesn't it's a drink that's all .

Red Bull gives you wings .
Er no it doesn't it's a drink that's all .

They never claimed it did.

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..and it tastes horrible

separated at birth
DFS marketing manager
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think about it... how else can you keep reinventing the same drivel

Years of use 20.
Hoards of totty fought off....0.

Hold on...you're an adult and you still use Lynx? I think we might have identified the problem 🙂

obviously when someone goes to this much effort... maybe it's time for new strategy?

I saw a "may cause drowsiness" claim on the label of a packet of sleeping tablets once, but I'm not sure that's naff, just retarded.

stumpy01 - Member
Stoner - Member
"Don't blend in"
'course not. Just drive the same anodyne looking car as everyone else and grow a trendy bushy beard. ****!
I saw this advert and thought exactly the same thing.
Ooooh, you trend setter, zooming around in your erm, oh wait a minute.....is that a small Vauxhall faux 4x4 people carrier thing? Sure, don't blend in duuuude!

I had one of those in France, rented from Entershite. Bloody thing was bright,tango sodding orange. Oncoming cars starting weaving as their Gallic drivers pissed themselves laughing at my vehicle of choice. Stand out? I bloody did!

I saw a "may cause drowsiness" claim on the label of a packet of sleeping tablets once, but I'm not sure that's naff, just retarded.

It's a required need on medication packets, if the effects is drowsiness then they have to state that on the packet. It is bit mad though.

[url= http://www.futureshop.co.uk/audioquest-nrg-wel-signature-ac-power-cable-3m-p-5923.html#.VHxjVjGsVds ]£9225 for 3m of twin and earth[/url]

All conductors are solid, which prevents strand interaction, a major source of distortion. Surface quality is critical because a conductor can be considered as a rail-guide for both the electric fields within a conductor, and for the magnetic fields outside the conductor. The astonishingly smooth and pure Perfect-Surface eliminates harshness and greatly increases clarity compared to OFHC, OCC, 8N and other coppers. The superior purity of PSS further minimizes distortion caused by grain boundaries, which exist within any metal conductor.

Complete and utter horse shit.

Hold on...you're an adult and you still use Lynx? I think we might have identified the problem

Audi banging on about using aluminium body panels to save weight like it is some sort of [s]marketing bullsh**[/s] revelation.

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Anything that any company says on any of their adverts.

I know it's just the world we live in but if I think about it too much it makes me quite angry and depressed.

Adverts demean and patronise us all, some of them so much so that I find it all pretty offensive.

Nissan and "Urban Proofed" cars- just **** off.

Adverts showing drivers effortlessly cruising around mountainous roads with their model wife when literally nobody has that driving experience in the UK, anywhere.

Actors with terrible geordie accents borrowing 25k at 1000% apr over the phone on a whim, smiling at their idiot husbands as they do so.

Banks with all their staff singing to us, as if making a profit is the last thing on their minds.

Constantly, all day we have to put up with this shit without any choice 😡

JD Sports, the "undisputed kings of Style". You're not though are you?

M50 Fifty, that's 50% descending, 50% climbing

M60 Forty, 60% descending, you get the idea

But is it by time or distance?
What if I spend 40 minutes climbing on my M60 Forty wheels and it only takes me 10 minutes to whizz back down? How do I climb back up up?
What if I ride 4km straight up a hill, then after zig zagging 6km back down, I'm still not at the bottom? Should I walk the rest?

Of all the ones to object to, I'm ok with that. More sensible than calling them XC/FR/AM.

I'm offended by the OP's spelling of "knaff" and "knuff" though. 👿

Any of the stupid faux by four, mini MPV, crossover nonsense that masquerades as a lifestyle choice for either young urban hipsters or active outdoorsy people. (The Renault Captur ad even has a surfer FFS!). When in reality they are either driven by pensioners because the higher driving position makes them easier to get in an out of (I'm suprised Nissan doesn't offer a bi-focal windscreen on the Juke) Or parents because its easy to wipe puke off the seats.

All-Mountain,tag. Seems to have evaporated,good,never liked it. A bike with tyres that gripped on ice...and mud??

honourablegeorge - Member
There's an Opel/Vauxhall advert for some daft little urban 4x4 where Claudia Schiffer uses a hill descent control to drive out of... a multi storey car park.
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I only ever* use hill descent on my car when driving down the ramps in multi storeys. I'd never get to use it otherwise. 🙂

*once to scare the kids. Look, no brakes, dad craic.

I got this for my little girl.
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I thought mint, it will cause **** off great big earthquake, she will love it.

Got it home and found this on the back.
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Twunts

intimate soap wash? just for the ladies?
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what was wrong with just soap?

Proctor and Gamble own Duracell and Hasbro now?

admittedly this one has taken a while to be "in bad taste"
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"Hi-Fi" (such a BS term) is the worst. The cable claims are downright criminal.

But even the stuff that the nerds consider legit like turntables or record players as the non Hi-Fi experts know them.

http://www.rega.co.uk/rp8.html

€1600 (without cartridge), made out of foam or "nitrogen expanded, closed cell, polyolefin foam core".

Unfortunately though the PSU is crap so one reviewer had to "use a small add-on power conditioner to the improve the power going to the TTPSU power supply."

Just don't go looking for real tech measurements like S/N ratio or Wow & Flutter. They don't want to look crap against a 1980's Matsushita do they.

BMW - 'the ultimate driving machine'. Most of them are specced as auto's. Thats the ultimate convenience machine not driving.

Any 29'er- does the trail REALLY come alive for you? Most 29'er owners I asked looked grumpy and shrugged and mumbled before riding off alone, friendless.

BMW - 'the ultimate driving machine'. Most of them are specced as auto's. Thats the ultimate convenience machine not driving.

I think most BMWs are actually pretty good to drive. Rear wheel drive, decent steering feel, decent handling. Generally better than their peers (Merc and Audi) in terms of being driver focused, so have to disagree with this one.

Any 29'er- does the trail REALLY come alive for you? Most 29'er owners I asked looked grumpy and shrugged and mumbled before riding off alone, friendless.

Who actually markets a 29er like that? Linky to ad please.

what was wrong with just soap?

I once saw an advert for this in that London that someone had sprayed over with "Don't put chemicals up your clunge". Seemed like a reasonable take on the issue.

Neither Merc or Audi ran such a claim though. BMW are 'ok' to drive but I wouldn't class them as the best or ultimate.

I thought it was known that 29'ers were sooo much better than 26'ers on the trail? Even though 29'er is now obsolete/replaced by 650b 😀

bring back 26 inch... ❓

Yay! Wheel size trolling

Yay! Wheel size trolling

My pleasure

I only ever* use hill descent on my car when driving down the ramps in multi storeys. I'd never get to use it otherwise.
*once to scare the kids. Look, no brakes, dad craic

My Focus does that! Put it in first, don't touch any pedals and it rolls down steep car park ramps at just the right speed.

Back on topic... That Dettol 'no touch' soap dispenser. If the soap is so good, why do I need to worry about touching a "dirty" soap dispenser *before* applying the soap?

mate found a problem at the 11th hour with his 27.5 inch tyre, he's the only one in the group with the new wheel size and couldn't "lend" him a replacement 😯 fantastic marketing... cheers for the 3 hours waiting for the blooming bike shop to open instead of traveling to the trail
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That Dettol 'no touch' soap dispenser

I seem to remember the trail vivification claim was in the context of 27.5", not 29". Perhaps it applies to both though. 🙂

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This kind of crap ^^^ spend money on smelly stuff and wow! you are a global ****er too!

I seem to remember the trail vivification claim was in the context of 27.5", not 29"

Agreed, I thought it was 650b. Perhaps originating from [url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/650b-selling ]here[/url], which seems to be the earliest reference I can see on Google, and doesn't seem to be being used ironically.

Not sure if it's actually used beyond this forum though. Such is my blinkered view of the industry now!