Commercialist: He's a Maniac...

LOL No, Austin, I wouldn't. But then there is a lot of merchandise I wouldn't buy if it was being sold by the folks in commercials. I might even be incited to violence if someone from a "head-on" commercial approached me repeating that annoying mantra!

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I said something similar earlier tonight when I saw the commercial the first time. I would run screaming from the place if the salesman was doing that stuff. it's just creepy...

Commercials are getting truly creepy. It is like Nightmare on Elm Street in Walmart.

I would want no part of it. And just another reason that children (and adults) should not watch tv.

No I wouldn't. I happened to like the Walmart commercial this Christmas though where the cashiers were blinking their lights to different Christmas songs.

LOL. That was a weird commercial! I think I would run from the shop too. I don't know though at least it was a bit more imaginative than the Hyundai "Duh" commercial. That one drove me absolutely nuts!

my girlfriend drives a Kia so it must he must be workin it for the ladies :)

haha my mom absolutely HATES this commercial.. and she always says.. "why is he thrusting while showing that guy a car??" the first two times i saw it i thought it was funny.. but it is annoying now.. haha. but i think i'd be very entertained.. it would make the whole car buying experience less agonizing. but i wouldn't be able to take him seriously after that. haha.. so i think i'd have to say i wouldn't buy a car from him.

No way...Not only wouldn't I buy...I would never come to that dealership again....

I can't remember ever buying anything advertised on televison. Worse then the commercials is the telemarketers. Who in their right mind would EVER buy ANYTHING from ANY of them?

He's exactly copying the dance sequence Jennifer Beals did in the movie. I guess the humor is in seeing a pudgy salesman dancing around like a sexy exotic dancer. While we do own a Kia Sedona, this commercial wouldn't have done it.

(Although we did purchase a Sportage a few years ago, and one of the reasons my husband gave was the commercial where it won both the Paris to Dakar and Baja 1000 races. It showed one of the drivers hopping out to pee against a tree - so I guess they have a history of weird commercials.)

Hehe, I've left that Wal-Mart commercial alone because -- although in a real Wal-Mart the cashiers would be beaten by customers for messing around instead of ringing them up -- it is sort of cute. Besides, my vitriolic disgust at Wal-Mart gives me a strong bias against any commercial Wal-Mart does, so I'm too partial to really be taken seriously when I complain about such and such a commercial.

But it's my comment, so I'll whine if I want to. The one Wal-Mart commercial that really irritated me recently was that one for the holidays that went:

'Know what I like about Wal-Mart? It makes dropping a hint even easier.' Where Wal-Mart advertisements were pasted around the home in places the parents might see - like on their bedroom ceiling, on their garage, in their bathroom...

What I'd like to know is (aside from 'how do these people get so many circulars') what parent would be quietly amused and tolerant of this behavior. Maybe it's just my anti-Wal-Mart sentiment, but I think if a child glued an advertisement directly over my head so that I have to stare at it the moment I wake up in the morning, I'd be really annoyed. Especially if it wouldn't come off easily -- which I imagine it wouldn't, since we see pictures of Wal-Mart circulars stuck to garage doors in the snow, where it is presumably cold and wet and most non-permanent solutions like tape would fall right off.

And don't get me started on the ad campaign that said 'thanks to Wal-Mart I can buy TWO of everything for my two kids!' or the 'save more - live better' commercials that seemed to imply that Wal-Mart's lower prices (during sales) will somehow make your working-class existence upgrade to lower middle class. (Trust me, it doesn't, even with a 10% employee discount on all non-food, non-discounted items.)

See, this is why I don't get into Wal-Mart commercials, because I know I'm being especially intolerant of them.

Someone mentioned the "duh" commercials which I will not tolerate and if I am watching on the TV without Tivo, then I mute it or change the channel. As far as the "Flashdance" commercial, I actually think it is pretty funny: this out-of-shape salesman doing the dance sequence from that movie. It makes me laugh (but I have only seen it a couple of times to date). It reminds me of the "Crazy Eddie" commercials from the 70's. You might not buy the product, but it sure gets your attention.

Ha - we actually KNOW that guy! My mother-in-law is a nurse and he is the son of one of the doctors she works with! Not kidding, I promise.

Sure then I'd run him over with the same KIA. Not nice, you say? Well neither is his crotch wiggling on my television. Yuck.

Great. After we run him over, his parents can put him back together.

Nope. I think advertisers and marketing people are trying more shock effects to get people's attention. Apparently annoying is still better than indifference in the world of marketing. Because instead of people remembering how much they like the commercial, they remember how much they hate it. Head-On was a good example of people loving to hate a commercial.



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I would have to pass on a vehicle that's been "gyrated" against. LOL

That would be a big NO! Some of the car commercials are so stupid!

Nope! It's kinda nasty creepy if you ask me. That was my first thought when I saw the commercial. Eeeewwwww!

I thought that commercial was pretty funny, but I still won't buy a KIA! As for Walmart- they are not cheap..I have found stuff more expensive in there.

Stop by Kia dealer and tell them you won't be buying a Kia because the commercial disgusts you. Watch the ad disappear. Most ads are made to win awards, not to win customers.

Ads are made to sell product to a very well researched "target market"

Heck no! I'd head for the hills. I haven't saw the commercial though.

"There's a Kia Motors commercial trying to sell cards..."

I would not buy cards, I would not buy cars.

I seldom see a commercial. I turn them off or do something else.

I think this commerical is so DUMB!

I chuckle when I see stuff like what is being said because some of the most outrages commercials produce the highest sales. The more obnoxious the better the sales. A Chevy dealer in town has been producing some of the most irritating and outlandish commercials and in just the last three years his sales not only jumped dramatically but he has opened another dealership. A small carpet and floor company who produces crazy commercials has, I believe, 8 outlets now. Despite what many think the overwhelming result of those irritating commercials is that they work.

I have seen that commercial and it irritates me every time I see it again. I usually just turn the channel until I know he is through making a fool of himself. Do these companies not know that these types of commercials do not sell? They more less run customers off. I definately would not buy from them. The commercial is preposterous.

It's my husband's favorite commercial. I think it is funny too. I'm not looking for a car at the moment, but it wouldn't turn me off of buying a KIA. At least they're being honest by having an overweight balding salesperson. Hee!

Speaking of Wal-Mart, they can't get people to work in the store where my son goes to college. He started working there part-time when they've changed their employee discount to 15% off including food. That was just the incentive he needed - to buy food cheap.

LOL, good point, Austin. Hubby hates that one!

Noper. Insulting to the max.

I haven't seen the commercial, but it sounds stupid to me and almost to the point of being kinda creepy!

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When I see a commercial I really hate I email the company and tell them how much I hate them. Last time I did that if was for Daisy sour cream or something like that. They sent me coupons to get the product for free. I threw them away.

That commercial cracks me up.

I saw this commercial yesterday
I think it is strange

Have you ever been to a car lot? I swear that guy is tame compared to the antics that are pulled to get you to buy. We had one sales rep I labeled the stalker, he called us so often he was entered into my caller id as the stalker! Needless to say, I didn't buy the vehicle he was trying to sell me, in fact, I am still holding out for my "dream vehicle".

Sounds very strange.

Uh...no! LOL!

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