power city ads

loyatemu

whats the story with the power city ads in the newspapers?

they used to have big pictures of the gear with the prices in big print.

now they just have a long list of model numbers, with no prices. Whats the point? I don't even look at them any more - its hardly great marketing.

DonkeyStyle \o/

I haven't seen them... but I really miss those cool TV ads they do...

(Guy pointing at electrical appliance) "DIS... microwave oven... only FOWER NOINETY NOINE"
brilliant

loyatemu

I used to work with that guy - he was a feckin' IT consultant, just did the ads in his spare time.

DonkeyStyle \o/

loyatemu wrote:

I used to work with that guy - he was a feckin' IT consultant, just did the ads in his spare time.

Bah, I'm so disillusioned now... I used to love going to PowerCity and imagining the staff doing the pointy thing
Like something they all had to learn how to do on their first day or something.

WindSock

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

I haven't seen them... but I really miss those cool TV ads they do...

(Guy pointing at electrical appliance) "DIS... microwave oven... only FOWER NOINETY NOINE"
brilliant

''Power Ci'y open till Mid noih''

binman

When I worked there people thought I was that guy from the ads! Like they wanted an autograph or something they were dissappointed when I said it aint me!
God I worked there for ages, almost never escaped...repressed memories flooding back...

stovelid

People in work were talking about that recently. Its pretty cryptic advertising although we're talking about it I guess

loyatemu wrote:

whats the story with the power city ads in the newspapers?

they used to have big pictures of the gear with the prices in big print.

now they just have a long list of model numbers, with no prices. Whats the point? I don't even look at them any more - its hardly great marketing.

gucci

they were the fore runner to harvey norman

"THIS MADNESS MUST END.....SOON"

Seth Brundle

their website is one of the best in Ireland
http://www.powercity.ie/
cost FOWER NOINETY NOINE to make!

Ruu_Old

The best ones were when that Barry from Fair City chap used to do them and be acting the tough guy. What a joke! I'm not taking that eejit seriously.

tallus

gucci wrote:

they were the fore runner to harvey norman

"THIS MADNESS MUST END.....SOON"

I'd love to meet the guy who does the voice overs on the HN ads and introduce him to the business end of a crowbar. His voice does my head right in.
On the subject of PowerCity, I never even noticed an ad change heh, never had any problems with the staff there tho, always courteous and helpful.

Nephew

Man I hate power city, I bought an mp3 player there last christmas. I paid for it at the till and I had to wait 20 minutes for the dickhead to find it in the stockroom.

gucci

Nephew wrote:

Man I hate power city, I bought an mp3 player there last christmas. I paid for it at the till and I had to wait 20 minutes for the dickhead to find it in the stockroom.

see thats what you get with technology....there making everything so compact these days

Calibos

loyatemu wrote:

I used to work with that guy - he was a feckin' IT consultant, just did the ads in his spare time.

Are we taking about the guy that rattles off the prices really fast? Fair hair?

Name Jonathan (AKA Johnoff to some)?

If we're taking about the same guy, he was/is a mates brothers friend. Worked part time in Power City donkeys years ago for only a year or so. Happened to be the staff member picked by the producers when they first started doing the telly ads. Must have been his ability to deliver prices rapid fire while still remaining intelligable. Anyway, he wasn't in Powercity that long and went on to much bigger and better things but they always got him back to don the uniform and do the latest ad for years. Nice little side earner!!

AdMMM

tallus wrote:

I'd love to meet the guy who does the voice overs on the HN ads and introduce him to the business end of a crowbar. His voice does my head right in.
On the subject of PowerCity, I never even noticed an ad change heh, never had any problems with the staff there tho, always courteous and helpful.

He's never been in Ireland afaik. His voiceovers are sent over from Australia.

Wertz

kbannon wrote:

their website is one of the best in Ireland
http://www.powercity.ie/
cost FOWER NOINETY NOINE to make!

I think that site was designed and made by primary school kids in some sort of competition, and they used the runner up entry...
If you think their newspaper ads lack detail, try the site, where you're browsing 2 grand tellies with a 100*100 thumbnail and a two line description.
A box shifting company like that and you can't even make a rudimentary online purchase on the site....you can order by email and have them deal with you from a call centre :rolleyes: Great way to keep costs down...

Heisenberg.

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binman wrote:

When I worked there people thought I was that guy from the ads! Like they wanted an autograph or something they were dissappointed when I said it aint me!
God I worked there for ages, almost never escaped...repressed memories flooding back...

Which one did you work in?

I worked in Coolock from '99 to '04.

Great social life.

InFront

Yeah I forgot all about power city as well. I remember the fair haired guy, but there was a blond girl too, with a strong Dublin accent iirc. They don't still do TV ads, do they?