Does advertising affect your purchases?

Cecil_and_Kain · May 16, 2009, 04:09:38 AM

Being surrounded by so many brands with advertisements, I wonder just how much other people are affected by it. Do you completely ignore them or pay slight attention?

Kilroy · May 16, 2009, 04:15:46 AM

I try to ignore ads. I'll acknowledge when an advertisement is really neat, though.

Ridley · May 16, 2009, 04:16:26 AM

It must otherwise they wouldn't do it. I pay slight attention to the ones I like.

Magnum · May 16, 2009, 04:35:49 AM

Ads piss me off I hate how much I lie.
I don't pay attention to them

Nayrman · May 16, 2009, 07:03:56 AM

Except for necessary things (like Publix for food, or stuff like that), Ads make me want to buy their product LESS. I hate ads, they're annoying and they serve no purpose other than to influence the idiot masses because they don't know how to think for themselves.

Kodiack · May 16, 2009, 09:10:17 AM

I pay attention, but it never influences me. :u

Mystic · May 16, 2009, 09:28:25 AM

In general, I pay attention, but it doesn't influence me.

However, a good advertisement is needed if you want me to see a move in theaters.

Qsmash · May 16, 2009, 09:38:55 AM

I usually overlook ads. The only time I pay attention to ads are when they're completely ridiculous or if they're funny. Even then, it doesn't make me want to buy their product(s).

Doodle · May 16, 2009, 11:17:35 AM

I pay attention to them.
On some types of items it influences me, and some types of things it doesn't.

jnfs2014 · May 16, 2009, 11:25:32 AM

The Billy Mays ESPN.com is funny.

Cecil_and_Kain · May 16, 2009, 12:09:39 PM

Quote from: MagnumSonic on May 16, 2009, 04:35:49 AM
Ads piss me off I hate how much I lie.I don't pay attention to them

lolwut?
Also: So ads have an apparent backwards affect on the people of this forum. Oh, and Nayrman, you may want to think twice before you generalize about "the idiot masses." You never know when you may turn out to be one of them.

The Seventh · May 16, 2009, 05:02:56 PM

I usually ignore it. If it sounds interesting, I'll go ahead and research about it to see if it's all what it's cracked up to be.

… · May 17, 2009, 01:23:22 PM

Probably but not really. I have to say that a lot of ads turn me off of stuff.

The Seventh · May 17, 2009, 01:40:06 PM

Quote from: LiveOnTheEdge on May 17, 2009, 01:23:22 PM
Probably but not really. I have to say that a lot of ads turn me off of stuff.

Because they're so retarded?

I understand.

Custom · May 17, 2009, 04:40:55 PM

The only ad that ever caught my interest was ShamWow.