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Post by Back to being Cenanuff on Jul 31, 2008 12:53:10 GMT -5
Okay, the one about the car makes sense. But there's a couple fatal flaws with the other two:
1. No amount of identity theft will cause you to work at a Red Lobster. There are so few companies out there that allow credit profile to trump the interview process that it's laughable to think that you would be denied employment based on your credit profile alone.
2. If your credit profile, debt ratios, and assets were enough to make you a happy bachelor with a dog and a yard, there's a simple solution when your wife has bad credit: leave her off the application and the title. Just because you're married doesn't mean she has to be on all the paperwork. Just pay your bills on time for two straight years, and refinance or quitclaim her on after the transaction is over.
Plus, it's pretty freakin callous to say that if you'd have pulled her credit report before marrying her, you wouldn't have gone through with it.
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Post by CM Dazz on Jul 31, 2008 12:54:20 GMT -5
I just always get the SMURFIN' SONG STUCK IN MY HEAD. YOU JUST DID IT TO ME NOW. SMURFER.  ;D |
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Post by teamjd on Jul 31, 2008 12:54:25 GMT -5
but F R E E dude, that spells free.
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Agent P
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Wooo
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Post by Agent P on Jul 31, 2008 12:56:41 GMT -5
I always have the car one stuck in my head.
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Jay Peas 42
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Totally flips out ALL the time.
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Jul 31, 2008 14:49:28 GMT -5
I think the commerical's audiance is the financially illiterate. It's saying you should get a credit report prior to major purchases and major life events, and you should keep watch on your credit report to deal with problems because they effect your credit history. Which is true, but I agree these commericals fudge the truth.
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AFN: Judge Shred
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Wanted to change his doohicky.
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Jul 31, 2008 14:56:22 GMT -5
Maybe he is working in that restaurant because he has so much debt he had to take on a second job?
Also, the songs are awesome.
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Mac
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Post by Mac on Jul 31, 2008 14:57:38 GMT -5
1-877-KARS-4-KIDS is stuck on my head everey day.
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Post by pegasuswarrior on Jul 31, 2008 15:30:09 GMT -5
I think anyone who appeciates those commercials are probably ones who don't need to be targetted. The financially "loopy" people I know would not appreciate the advertising on the level these commercials deserve. They should just have Merle Haggard get on there and say "Go to freecreditreport.com" and that would probably be more effective AND cost-efficient. But at the same time, I'm glad they're out there so the rest of us can at least enjoy them.
Also, the initial poster is exactly right and makes a couple of valid points.
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Peanut Butter & JAAAAAMMMM!
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Post by The Line on Jul 31, 2008 15:42:19 GMT -5
Two complaints that really aren't credit-related.
Commercial one: My mom owns a restaurant, and I work down there. Being a waiter is a very good job. Working in a nice place can be a very profitable job, especially for entry level. If he is indeed "fish to tourists in t-shirts", then he is probably rolling in tips. He could have it WAY worse.
Commercial two: He obviously is unhappy with his lady. So, why stay? The only person he has to blame for his unhappiness and lack of credit is himself for staying with her. Also, they make her look really pissed off her the commercial. Probably because the "protagonist" always has his free-loading friends over and they sing songs about her.
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Post by The Wraith on Jul 31, 2008 15:53:56 GMT -5
FREEEEEEEEEEEE CREDIT, REPORT DOT COM!
YEEHAW!
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Post by erisi236 on Jul 31, 2008 16:02:36 GMT -5
That Happy Bachelor one is pretty disturbing. Will you marry me..... after I check your credit, and ya that chick does look pissed in that ad probably because she married a guy that works a Red Lobster and drives a used sub compact.  |
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Post by Jeff on Jul 31, 2008 16:53:43 GMT -5
These commercials are awesome youre nuts
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Vengeance Of War
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Post by Vengeance Of War on Jul 31, 2008 17:22:24 GMT -5
SING IT!
They say a man should always dress for the job he wants
So why'm I dressed up like a pirate in this restaurant?
It's all because some hacker stole my identity
And now I'm in here every evening servin' chowder and iced tea
Shoulda gone to freeeeeeeeecreditreport.com (Yee-ha!)
I woulda seen this comin' at me like an atom bomb
They monitor your credit and send you e-mail alerts
So you don't end up sellin' fish to tourists in T-shirts!
That commercial rules. And once that song's in your head, it's in there FOREVER!
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I hear dem shoutin'.
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Post by THE Baldy Kendrick on Jul 31, 2008 17:29:07 GMT -5
Well I was shopping for a new car, which one's me?
A cool convertible or an S.U.V.
Too bad I didn't know my credit was whack.
Now I'm drivin' of the lot in a used sub-compact.
F-R-E-E, that spells free
Credit Report dot com, baby.
Saw their ads on my T.V.
Thought about going but was too lazy
Now instead of lookin' fly and rollin' phat,
My legs are stickin' to the vinyl and my posse's gettin' laughed at
F-R-E-E, that spells free
Credit Report dot com, baby.
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jzbadblood
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Christ, man. Can't you see what's happening? Can't you read between the lines?
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Post by jzbadblood on Jul 31, 2008 17:31:36 GMT -5
I like the commercials because they all center around this one guy...like, these commercials are the story of the characters life. Each one is a different chapter.
It's good. I also like the Stride commercials because of this. Every new commercial is a continuation of the story.
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Post by i.Sarita.com on Jul 31, 2008 17:33:13 GMT -5
Back in March I had kindey failure and was actually dying in my bathroom puking, literally, and that dumb ass car one was stuck in my head...it was brutal...it's like the devil himself was pulling me by the ankels straight to hell, and that song was the soundtrack...ugh...
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Post by kretchpoof on Jul 31, 2008 18:32:52 GMT -5
I like the commercials because they all center around this one guy...like, these commercials are the story of the characters life. Each one is a different chapter. The funny thing is, I believe that the guy is French-Canadian and speaks almost no English. |
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Post by thwak is T.hawk on Jul 31, 2008 18:56:33 GMT -5
Back in March I had kindey failure and was actually dying in my bathroom puking, literally, and that dumb ass car one was stuck in my head...it was brutal...it's like the devil himself was pulling me by the ankels straight to hell, and that song was the soundtrack...ugh... I know I shouldn't be laughing at that, but that's seriously the funniest thing I've read all day. |
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Post by jumbo jim on Jul 31, 2008 19:14:59 GMT -5
i find the guys voice annoying when he sings
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Post by cheeseisgood on Jul 31, 2008 19:41:00 GMT -5
I know the lyrics to all of them. I love these commercials. They're so dumb, they're awesome.
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