Worst/Best Radio Ads

Del.Monte

Under the Weather.ie - the one with the fire extinguisher, the sandwich and the stupid bitch..."meeh". Who on earth comes up with this crap? The advertising agencies must love to see brain-dead government agencies approaching them not to mention the private radio sector.

ford fiesta

Did I hear a Super Valu ad on Radio 1 this morning promoting a special offer on a multipack of "Crips" ( "Crisps" )??

whisky_galore

Trebor176 wrote: »

It's that time of year again folks! Goat is back. Well, on 4FM at least.

On newstalk too, the annoying bollocks is still with us unfortunately.

Brendan Bendar

whisky_galore wrote: »

On newstalk too, the annoying bollocks is still with us unfortunately.

Hope the f uker got his throat slit as soon as he arrived.

Macdarack

Barry's tea ad , I change the station I hate it so much, the only thing that keeps me sane is that it's a long ass ad and it must cost Barry's a fortune to run it.
As for that freak who wants you to bring her to Hungary to get your teeth done, you'd want to get your ears deafened on the same trip !
I. Can show. You. Where. To. Go .

thesandeman

Joe Dolan's feckin' car has broken down again.

Bloody obnoxious LAYA ad ,!!!,,

It’s like the volume increases as the ad goes on. I can work away fine with radio in the background and any other ad. But when Laya comes on it interrupts my concentration and is so much louder and shriekier that I want to smash my iPad, throw the radio out the window & when I’m driving it’s so distracting it almost makes me crash trying to turn it down .
Seriously !
I’ve complained to Laya , BAI and Newstalk about them last year . It’s an assault on the ears.

First Up

Any ad loses its appeal and effectiveness if it is aired ten times an hour. That's not promotion - its harassment.

Please give the phoney Irish sausages a rest.

statto25

First Up wrote: »

Any ad loses its appeal and effectiveness if it is aired ten times an hour. That's not promotion - its harassment.

Please give the phoney Irish sausages a rest.

Which ad is that now?.... Don't tell me, doooonnnttttt tell me!

whatever99

Macdarack wrote: »

As for that freak who wants you to bring her to Hungary to get your teeth done, you'd want to get your ears deafened on the same trip !
I. Can show. You. Where. To. Go .

Oh she has a terrible voice for radio! I always wonder why they chose her for the voiceover! Sometimes I think that maybe she’s high up in the company, so insisted on doing it, and everyone else in there just cringes! Lol

I would like to add, the Gaiety Panto ad. Don’t know if it’s been mentioned already as haven’t read the whole thread. The kid at the end wrecks my head.

von Smallhausen

I don't know if it has been mentioned but the ad for Panadol with the sound of a headache...gives me a frickin headache...
That screeching noise in the middle actually hurts my head and whomever thought of that one, should be shot.

Barna77

First Up wrote: »

Any ad loses its appeal and effectiveness if it is aired ten times an hour. That's not promotion - its harassment.

Please give the phoney Irish sausages a rest.

Some Harvey Norman's ads for black Friday are still on. Fcking annoying that they were on every 15 minutes, all day long :mad:

anewme

Del.Monte wrote: »

Under the Weather.ie - the one with the fire extinguisher, the sandwich and the stupid bitch..."meeh". Who on earth comes up with this crap? The advertising agencies must love to see brain-dead government agencies approaching them not to mention the private radio sector.

Under the weather.ie is a stupid name for a website. I've always hated it. Stupid stupid stupid.

Ciaran_B

anewme wrote: »

Under the weather.ie is a stupid name for a website. I've always hated it. Stupid stupid stupid.

I really, really dislike 'Little Emily' and her idiot of a mother. A terrible ad.

This trend of having ads that rhyme is very annoying - there's 2 or 3 of them on at the moment that are atrocious.

Ol' Donie

There is an ad that makes me laugh, albeit unintentionally.

It starts with a woman saying "Dear Santa, all I want for Christmas is a new car."

Then Santa starts to speak (you know it's him, his first words are Ho Ho Ho), and just tells her the name of a place that sells cars, and the type of finance they offer.

Santa's new approach will take some getting used to. There'll be a lot of confused kids on the 25th when they wake up to find directions to their local Smyths.

Mr E

"If you see someone at a party with the same one as you, you're more likely to go over and say 'Hi!'" ....

... followed by:

"this must be a really shit party if you're reading a bloody book."

Mr E

The Jack Nicklaus / Dave Pelz ads for golfing at "Clean" Castle are really starting to grate.
Twee guitar music and poorly recorded audio every ad break....

tommytee

aggghhh That TV license ad where she rants on about intergalactic sci-fi waffle , I'd rather have root canal without anesthetic than listen to her annoying voice/script,
same one does other ads where she lists web addresses and instead of saying "'dot ie" she over emphasizes the 'e' so its more like "blah blah blah dot i eeeeeeeeee"
I know there are bigger things happening in the world but i still need to get this off my chest. :(:(:(:(:cool::cool::cool:

the new robotic Lotto ad that goes "winning is turning up to my sister in Australia unannounced" "winning is.....blah blah blah blah blah "
"winning is blah blah blah blah blah blah "..................its very weird.

jeremyj1968

tommytee wrote: »

aggghhh That TV license ad where she rants on about intergalactic sci-fi waffle

It's the smugness about those ads that gets to me. They don't mention that they need another 50k grand which they will p1ss away on a pay rise to Ray D'Arcy. RTE, supporting the mediocre and incompetent.

anewme

I've actually pulled in the car to make this post.

Those horrible Irish radio she's my Mum boots ads.

Unmerciful tuneless caterwauling that does not even rhyme.

I've heard two of them is and they are dire.

I'd say "Kill iit with fire" but that's not apoeopriate given the current goings on but MAKE IT STOP, PLEASE!!!!

JCX BXC

anewme wrote: »

I've actually pulled in the car to make this post.

Those horrible Irish radio she's my Mum boots ads.

Unmerciful tuneless caterwauling that does not even rhyme.

I've heard two of them is and they are dire.

I'd say "Kill iit with fire" but that's not apoeopriate given the current goings on but MAKE IT STOP, PLEASE!!!!

It's the worst ad ever made it truly crawls under your skin and make you hope you crash.

Awful awful awful, words cannot fathom the feeling I get upon hearing that ad.

Ferrier

That ad on Nova where she pronounces Rialto 'reealto' is extremely annoying. It's pronounced Rye-alto. This is Dublin missus, not Venice.

anewme

JCX BXC wrote: »

It's the worst ad ever made it truly crawls under your skin and make you hope you crash.

Awful awful awful, words cannot fathom the feeling I get upon hearing that ad.

I'm laughing here as thank God it's not just me that me that despises this.

Truely the worst ad ever made is right.

It really is cringey and skin crawling....words. can't describe how horrible it is.

.

davef1000

Ferrier wrote: »

That ad on Nova where she pronounces Rialto 'reealto' is extremely annoying. It's pronounced Rye-alto. This is Dublin missus, not Venice.

Rye, to rhyme with Sky? I’ve never heard it pronounced like that. Always Ree to rhyme with Me.

Dan Jaman

There seems to be a rash of ad voice-over artistes who make a habit of doing the "dot aye eeeeee" thing. I've been hearing a few of them on local rajo, too.

plodder

Harvey "no need to shop around" Norman.

Yeah right .. :rolleyes:

And that sci-fi TV license ad. I can never understand ads that take the mickey out of their target market: like some of the payday loan companies on UK daytime TV. It's like "We know you're a dead-beat loser, so we're going to tell you that, and you'll still buy our product. OK?"

Dan Jaman

Wtf is it with that dumb Ulster Bank ad, with all the terms and conditions tacked on that end up taking as much air time as the ad itself?
A simple phrase, like "Don't borrow more than you can afford" would do it.

dogmatix

It's January 2019 and I can now enjoy 11 months free from Bothar's f*cking goat. No more rising blood pressure as soon as that irritating actor suddenly starts spouting his drivel while I frantically try to change channel without crashing my car - only to find goat rambling away on the next channel.

BTW - was it my imagination that there was less Goat this year then in previous years? Perhaps Bothar is thinking of retiring this annual mind-wreck... An Xmas with reduced goat is always a blessing.

Brendan Bendar

Meh eh e he h e aa

He’ll be back.

Now if that tool with the train set would just pull into the sidings, it would be great.

Genghis

The current ads for (is it) Flahavans or some oats brand annoys me everytime. They claim to have some unique way of making oats and go to find out, only the cunning creatives add in a fun device whereby background noises block out the secrets reveal.

C'mon you sell oats, it's a basic commodity foodstuff, there's nothing magic or special and obscuring the non message is just plain annoying.

Dan Jaman

That fecking goat is now advertising Sky.

anewme

Dan Jaman wrote: »

Wtf is it with that dumb Ulster Bank ad, with all the terms and conditions tacked on that end up taking as much air time as the ad itself?
A simple phrase, like "Don't borrow more than you can afford" would do it.

That would be illegal.

By law you have to clearly state the terms and conditions.

If you look at a bank finance ad in print media, it's all scuttled downin the bottom corner, a huge load of words.ie, "the small print" In radio, you have to actually say them.

whisky_galore

anewme wrote: »

That would be illegal.

By law you have to clearly state the terms and conditions.

If you look at a bank finance ad in print media, it's all scuttled downin the bottom corner, a huge load of words.ie, "the small print" In radio, you have to actually say them.

Still, you get toolbags like our friend in Roscommon who think they don't have to pay back any loans.

whisky_galore

This trend of having ads that rhyme is very annoying - there's 2 or 3 of them on at the moment that are atrocious.

Thought I was alone noticing this. Makes my ears bleed some of those.

Dan Jaman

anewme wrote: »

That would be illegal.

By law you have to clearly state the terms and conditions.

If you look at a bank finance ad in print media, it's all scuttled downin the bottom corner, a huge load of words.ie, "the small print" In radio, you have to actually say them.

Has anyone had the balls to simply say, "See our terms and conditions at blah blah.ie"? If they have, has the regulator (if there is one with teeth) ever rapped them over the knuckles for it?

Frankly, I'm sick to death of every little thing having to be explained for the benefit of the stupid, the leeches, and the lawyers.

plodder

anewme wrote: »

That would be illegal.

By law you have to clearly state the terms and conditions.

What law is that?

If you look at a bank finance ad in print media, it's all scuttled downin the bottom corner, a huge load of words.ie, "the small print" In radio, you have to actually say them.

I always find it strange and annoying and a bit inconsistent. Some times they just say "terms and conditions apply" which seems kind of obvious really. Surely, everyone knows there will be terms and conditions .... Other times they seem to include some of the T&Cs but clearly not all of them. It would take five minutes to read out all the T&Cs of a typical finance contract ... for all the good it does to read anything out at speed in that "small print" type of voice.

Mr E

Sarah from the Irish Jobs ad must not have had any success last year because she's back again this year, still in the same place, still looking....

What does that say about Irish Jobs? :pac:

anewme

plodder wrote: »

What law is that?

I always find it strange and annoying and a bit inconsistent. Some times they just say "terms and conditions apply" which seems kind of obvious really. Surely, everyone knows there will be terms and conditions .... Other times they seem to include some of the T&Cs but clearly not all of them. It would take five minutes to read out all the T&Cs of a typical finance contract ... for all the good it does to read anything out at speed in that "small print" type of voice.

The good it does is to cover the financial institution legally. Otherwise, there could be complaints from the public to the Financial Regulator which could result in fines for the financial institution as it refers to a specific financial contract.

You mention ones that don't say it, haven't heard those ones ...I am answering the person who asked why Ulster Bank do it.

Saying it is obvious that terns and conditions apply is not deemed as transparent enough, as someone will challenge it and plead ignorance. Ireland is a very litigious country.

All financial institutions get their content checked before issue and that's the result.

plodder

anewme wrote: »

The good it does is to cover the financial institution legally. Otherwise, there could be complaints from the public to the Financial Regulator which could result in fines for the financial institution as it refers to a specific financial contract.

You mention ones that don't say it, haven't heard those ones ...I am answering the person who asked why Ulster Bank do it.

Saying it is obvious that terns and conditions apply is not deemed as transparent enough, as someone will challenge it and plead ignorance. Ireland is a very litigious country.

All financial institutions get their content checked before issue and that's the result.

I'd be interested to know what if any rules/laws/guidelines actually exist written down though, as opposed to financial institutions just being defensive about it. In the absence of specific rules, I'd say that courts wouldn't really hold it's reasonable to assume that there are no terms or conditions when you take out a loan or a mortgage, (even though you have to sign a document full of them) if the ads don't state that explicitly. On the other hand, some things are useful to know, like insurance companies, which country they are regulated in. I actually like to hear that one.

anewme

plodder wrote: »

I'd be interested to know what if any rules/laws/guidelines actually exist written down though, as opposed to financial institutions just being defensive about it. In the absence of specific rules, I'd say that courts wouldn't really hold it's reasonable to assume that there are no terms or conditions when you take out a loan or a mortgage, (even though you have to sign a document full of them) if the ads don't state that explicitly. On the other hand, some things are useful to know, like insurance companies, which country they are regulated in. I actually like to hear that one.

There are stringent guidelines in relation to advertising of financial products.

https://www.centralbank.ie/docs/default-source/regulation/consumer-protection/compliance-monitoring/advertising-monitoring/review-of-advertisements-for-compliance-with-consumer-credit-regulations-july-20149426b8134644629bacc1ff0000269695.pdf?sfvrsn=0

plodder

anewme wrote: »

There are stringent guidelines in relation to advertising of financial products.

https://www.centralbank.ie/docs/default-source/regulation/consumer-protection/compliance-monitoring/advertising-monitoring/review-of-advertisements-for-compliance-with-consumer-credit-regulations-july-20149426b8134644629bacc1ff0000269695.pdf?sfvrsn=0

Thanks. I see from this link: https://www.centralbank.ie/regulation/consumer-protection/consumer-protection-codes-regulations

the Consumer Protection Code lists all those specific warnings you hear: like "Warning: If you do not keep up your repayments you may lose your home." which all make sense to me. I don't see anything that says all T&Cs have to be listed, or they have to say "Terms and conditions apply" though. I think there is an element of 'to be sure, to be sure' belt and braces, defensiveness in some ads.

anewme

plodder wrote: »

Thanks. I see from this link: https://www.centralbank.ie/regulation/consumer-protection/consumer-protection-codes-regulations

the Consumer Protection Code lists all those specific warnings you hear: like "Warning: If you do not keep up your repayments you may lose your home." which all make sense to me. I don't see anything that says all T&Cs have to be listed, or they have to say "Terms and conditions apply" though. I think there is an element of 'to be sure, to be sure' belt and braces, defensiveness in some ads.

This was the bit I picked up on and would make sense why they go all out. Agree it is a belt and braces, but no ones wants a challenge.

Part 2 Section 7 of the CCR requires that ‘Any advertising concerning credit agreements that
indicates an interest rate or any figures relating to the cost of the credit to the consumer
shall include standard information in accordance with this Regulation. The standard
information shall specify in a clear, concise and prominent way by means of a representative
example;
(a) the borrowing rate, fixed or variable or both, together with particulars of any
charges included in the total cost of the credit to the consumer,
(b) the total amount of credit,
(c) subject to paragraph (3), the annual percentage rate of charge,
(d) if applicable, the duration of the credit agreement,
(e) in relation to credit in the form of deferred payment for a specific good or
service, the cash price and the amount of any advance payment, and
(f) if applicable, the total amount payable by the consumer and the amount of the
instalments’.

L1011

The radio stations would refuse to carry an ad missing those components. They'd be at risk from the BAI for accepting it and its more money for more adtime anyway.

Gen.Zhukov

Mammy, It's Joe Dolan and he says his car's broken down. He also said I'm a freeloading waster and at 53, I should have my own house.

Nerdlingr

F*ck me, the Air France one is back. :mad::mad:

TedR

ooh la la, c'est magnifique !!!!

Brendan Bendar

Nerdlingr wrote: »

F*ck me, the Air France one is back. :mad::mad:

Land in Johannesburg instead of safari......as I thought it was

vector

It's not on the radio, but it's an Irish Voiceover...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=r3jJ8eHj2Ws

I find this voice to be condescending, with it's D4 pronunciation of vowels!

Who is this person and how can I hire them as a VoiceOver for a radio ad where I can speak down to the small people

endofrainbow

vector wrote: »

It's not on the radio, but it's an Irish Voiceover...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=r3jJ8eHj2Ws

I find this voice to be condescending, with it's D4 pronunciation of vowels!

Who is this person and how can I hire them as a VoiceOver for a radio ad where I can speak down to the small people

I've actually heard a lot worse.