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DOES ANYONE LIKE THE BILLY MAYS TV SPOTS?

I WISH HE WOULD STOP SCREAMING AT ME! I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO HIM!


So, to answer your question...no...I hate this spots. Why does it seem like he is always screaming at me?
 
The answer depends on whether one owns stock in any of the companies he advertises. Since I do not own any, I think you can make a pretty good guess at my answer.
 
It amazes me that this annoyance continues to plague the airwaves, but there he is! And, they're continually rolling him out in new ads for new "products" to pitch, so someone must be buying into his yelling and screaming. If he didn't make someone money, he'd be gone.

Then again, it never ceases to amaze me how many gullible people there are in the world. At least Mays sells things that might actually work. He's annoying, but I tend to doubt that he's a scam artist. The stuff may or may not live up to the hype, but at least you get something for your money.

So many infomercials amount to nothing more than snake oil and promises that can't possibly be kept. By rights, all should be off the air for lack of success. Yet they continue to multiply like rats. Look at this Kevin Trudeau guy. He's been indicted, yet still goes on pitching books that reportedly offer very little information that you couldn't find yourself - and a lot of info that is pure nonsense. Now he is apparently a financial expert, because he's on infomercials pitching some new book or some such thing about debt.

People buy into this crap, which is why the rest of us are stuck seeing it all over cable. Sure would be nice if NOBODY bought these products/services so that these scammers would just go away....
 
About as much as I like root canal surgery.

BTW Someone tell Billy that the Grecian Formula he uses on his beard and mustache should qualify him as a spokesman for that product. ;D
 
My newest, least-favorite commercial/infomercials are the "crazy like a fox" ads. First, they contain an animated fox with an annoying voice. Second, the URL changes with each ad. These ran cosntantly during the Big XII basketball tournament. If you've never seen them, you can search for it yourself.

I don't know if this is national, but we also air these Homestead Financial Mortgage commercials featuring an mean, condescending animated grandmother. I refer to her as "granny the loan shark."
 
If he didn't yell or scream at the camera so much, then he would be okay. Otherwise, it's just another reason to flip the channel as fast as you can.

TheRob said:
My newest, least-favorite commercial/infomercials are the "crazy like a fox" ads. First, they contain an animated fox with an annoying voice. Second, the URL changes with each ad. These ran cosntantly during the Big XII basketball tournament. If you've never seen them, you can search for it yourself.
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Yet another reason to change the channel. And what is the deal with URLs that start off with numbers, then the actual words? That makes me not trust that company even more.
 
The only constant when a Billy Mays spot comes on is that I tune to another channel. But with the number of commercials on the air it usually means that I run headlong into yet another Bill Mays commercial. Why is the guy on so many spots? He's nauseating, and a few other negatives as well.
 
TheRob said:
Second, the URL changes with each ad.
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Presumably that's so they can track response from specific ad airings by time and station. You'll notice that the toll free phone numbers on this type of advertising are often different as well.
 
Billy Mays is like that annoying Head-On commercial (apply directly to the forehead...uh....invent something for his MOUTH!)...HATE his commercials, but the products he pushes are amazing!
 
I can't stand "Billy Mays." His screaming is obnoxious to say the least! Every time he's on TV, I'd rather be getting my knees drained. At least the pain from that would 'go-away.'

How Sweet It Is!


Gary
 
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