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Car ad
« on: May 09, 2023, 08:39:58 AM »
I just heard a radio ad for a local dealership. They were yammering on about their financing options, to which I wasn’t listening until the came to their tag line at the end:

 “You have the dream, we’ll do the math.”

LOL.

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Re: Car ad
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2023, 10:45:17 AM »
I feel like it's never a bad time to post this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcEylCwkSxE

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Re: Car ad
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2023, 04:23:03 PM »
I feel like it's never a bad time to post this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcEylCwkSxE

Always good for a laugh!

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Re: Car ad
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2023, 09:19:44 PM »
Genius.  A variation of what I've pictured for years with these big bow ads.

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Re: Car ad
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2023, 01:19:18 PM »
I would have the same reaction, even though my DH is fully employed.

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Re: Car ad
« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2023, 08:28:29 AM »
That sketch was awesome lol.  The other one that annoys me is anytime advertisers/companies use the word “easy” when it comes to financing their product (or sometimes their product is debt).  One of the worst offenders is Ford, with commercials for years about “it’s easy to get into a Ford”.  Yeah, I know it’s easy to get into a Ford, or any car, it’s called having money, makes it pretty fucking easy.  What they actually mean is it’s easy for them to financially screw people who shouldn’t be buying a new car with debt.  Other horrible offenders are a company literally called Easy Home, which is a predatory business that rents or sells to people home furnishings and electronics that they shouldn’t be buying if they can’t pay for it outright.  The markup is insane, like 3-4 times the actual retail price.  But apparently there’s no shortage of people willing to let them “do the math” if they get a fancy iPad for “just $15/week!”, nevermind that it’s for two years and you end up paying 3x what that iPad would have cost if you just saved up for it. 
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Re: Car ad
« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2023, 06:21:55 AM »
That sketch was awesome lol.  The other one that annoys me is anytime advertisers/companies use the word “easy” when it comes to financing their product (or sometimes their product is debt).  One of the worst offenders is Ford, with commercials for years about “it’s easy to get into a Ford”.  Yeah, I know it’s easy to get into a Ford, or any car, it’s called having money, makes it pretty fucking easy.  What they actually mean is it’s easy for them to financially screw people who shouldn’t be buying a new car with debt.  Other horrible offenders are a company literally called Easy Home, which is a predatory business that rents or sells to people home furnishings and electronics that they shouldn’t be buying if they can’t pay for it outright.  The markup is insane, like 3-4 times the actual retail price.  But apparently there’s no shortage of people willing to let them “do the math” if they get a fancy iPad for “just $15/week!”, nevermind that it’s for two years and you end up paying 3x what that iPad would have cost if you just saved up for it.

To those of us here on the forums that makes no sense. 

But I wonder if the people who do this live in a culture that expects people who have a bit of money saved up will help those in immediate financial need, knowing that if they are in need someone in the community will help them.  That is a very supportive culture in some ways, but it would discourage saving and encourage payments.  Or they could have family members who will grab at any saved money.  Better to pay more and at least have the item than see your money just gone.

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Re: Car ad
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2023, 08:05:26 AM »
That sketch was awesome lol.  The other one that annoys me is anytime advertisers/companies use the word “easy” when it comes to financing their product (or sometimes their product is debt).  One of the worst offenders is Ford, with commercials for years about “it’s easy to get into a Ford”.  Yeah, I know it’s easy to get into a Ford, or any car, it’s called having money, makes it pretty fucking easy.  What they actually mean is it’s easy for them to financially screw people who shouldn’t be buying a new car with debt.  Other horrible offenders are a company literally called Easy Home, which is a predatory business that rents or sells to people home furnishings and electronics that they shouldn’t be buying if they can’t pay for it outright.  The markup is insane, like 3-4 times the actual retail price.  But apparently there’s no shortage of people willing to let them “do the math” if they get a fancy iPad for “just $15/week!”, nevermind that it’s for two years and you end up paying 3x what that iPad would have cost if you just saved up for it.

To those of us here on the forums that makes no sense. 

But I wonder if the people who do this live in a culture that expects people who have a bit of money saved up will help those in immediate financial need, knowing that if they are in need someone in the community will help them.  That is a very supportive culture in some ways, but it would discourage saving and encourage payments.  Or they could have family members who will grab at any saved money.  Better to pay more and at least have the item than see your money just gone.

Debt-slavery is very common in families where one or more people are self-destructive (think addiction or untreated mental illness) because that person's problems will expand to consume and then exceed all available resources.

A culture in which community help is "available to those who need it" is usually extremely selective about who qualifies for help. Someone labeled "rich" or "having a lot of money" is guaranteed to *not* receive help when they need it.

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Re: Car ad
« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2023, 08:23:24 AM »
To me the depressing part was the implication that a car is someone's "dream".

Do these people dream about their washing machine, water heater, or HVAC system?

 

Wow, a phone plan for fifteen bucks!