Modern jerseys are crap

[aazak]

I thought a lot of these were hideous (but a few - esp Boca Juniors - are nice):

 

[chrismpw]

There is a value to advertising letting people know a product is out there. People aren't going to research whether a product suits their needs if they aren't aware of it's existence.

Even RR didn't become a success story through word of mouth. They built their reputation in part due to constant print advertising throughout the 20th Century and many of those adverts were, and still are, praised by the advertising industry and had a positive effect on sales. One of their latest TV adverts makes reference to those adverts - the loudest noise comes from the electric clock, or words to that effect.

There aren't really many ordinary circumstances where a Rolls is absolutely the best tool for the job and I wouldn't think it's the most suitable as a general run around or lugging stuff about. The branding and advertising it as the best has often been about appealing to social status and ego stroking. It's a great way to sell stuff and as much as the build quality and finish is impeccable......it's still just a car with some ultimately pointless bells and whistles. Very impressive bells and whistles but not necessary.

Their reputation in part may also be due to buyer bias - there's not many want to drop a small fortune on the best car and then admit they may have fell for the hype or reputation and could have made made a more suitable choice for their needs.

I'd absolutely have one though...turn a few heads while I head through the Maccys drive through. It's cheap crap but I love those Chicken Selects.

Yes I get the point about having your product known and I like your reasoning. My main objection is the visual litter and the scatter gun approach, the fuel and resources wasted in mail shots which go straight in the bin, the time wasted from lives with hours of ads on tv and intrusive phonecalls.

I'd be much more responsive if ads were discrete. If they started today it would be a website - you're after an umbrella, you type that in and the page fills with loads of different manufacturers. I dont need to see ads plastered 30' high on a roadside for something I never use while I negotiate a roundabout. I certainly dislike having flashing hoardings at footie grounds distracting me from the match.

I've even gone as far as noting irritating ads with the promise never to buy from that maker.

 

[ClausThomsen]

Yes I get the point about having your product known and I like your reasoning. My main objection is the visual litter and the scatter gun approach, the fuel and resources wasted in mail shots which go straight in the bin, the time wasted from lives with hours of ads on tv and intrusive phonecalls.

I'd be much more responsive if ads were discrete. If they started today it would be a website - you're after an umbrella, you type that in and the page fills with loads of different manufacturers. I dont need to see ads plastered 30' high on a roadside for something I never use while I negotiate a roundabout. I certainly dislike having flashing hoardings at footie grounds distracting me from the match.

I've even gone as far as noting irritating ads with the promise never to buy from that maker.

I've done this. And for similar reasons don't buy Nivea, Carlsberg New Balance and products of other companies with a certain commercial partnership. It could be the greatest product ever and particularly suited to my needs but.....I'm a petty, petty man.

 

[AsiaAsia82]

I've done this. And for similar reasons don't buy Nivea, Carlsberg New Balance and products of other companies with a certain commercial partnership. It could be the greatest product ever and particularly suited to my needs but.....I'm a petty, petty man.

Not as petty as me, I switched my support to a different charity after my usual had that durge song on their tv advert...

 

[Lloydystark]

one of my recent favourites, unfortunately for me I’ve gained weight and a beer belly and mine no longer fits me lol

 

[Mcdrewson]

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one of my recent favourites, unfortunately for me I’ve gained weight and a beer belly and mine no longer fits me lol

Snap and snap.

 

[WA Toffee]

When did we start calling them jerseys instead of shirts?

 

[Lloydystark]

When did we start calling them jerseys instead of shirts?

Why do people use the term ‘cleats’? It’s boots for me always will be

 

[Jonte]

When did we start calling them jerseys instead of shirts?

T’other way round, my friend: When did we start calling them shirts instead of jerseys?

Apparently, on the arrival of much loved(?) jester and ingrained kopite, Stan Boardman, who nicked Jimmy Clitheroe’s immortal punch-line ‘where’s me shirt’, which he used as a vehicle to convey his over emphasis of the Liverpool lingo.
(The Guardian 1973).

 

[WA Toffee]

T’other way round, my friend: When did we start calling them shirts instead of jerseys?

Apparently, on the arrival of much loved(?) jester and ingrained kopite, Stan Boardman, who nicked Jimmy Clitheroe’s immortal punch-line ‘where’s me shirt’, which he used as a vehicle to convey his over emphasis of the Liverpool lingo.
(The Guardian 1973).

Nah, jersey is just another word for jumper. It's not a football jumper, it's a football shirt

 

[WA Toffee]

Why do people use the term ‘cleats’? It’s boots for me always will be

Isn't that an American term?

 

[Lloydystark]

Isn't that an American term?

Maybe heard it a few times and had to google what it meant