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Initech

(100,079 posts) Sat Dec 16, 2017, 04:19 PM Dec 2017

Advertisers Must Think We Have The GDP Of A Small Country To Spend On Gifts.

I mean seriously? The ads this season are bordering on completely insane. Thousands in jewelry. Big screen TVs. Luxury cars. Expensive smart phones. Tons of money on expensive clothes. Front row concert tickets. First class travel. Crazy expensive toys for the kids. And the stocking stuffers! Don't forget the stocking stuffers! Just once I want to see a realistic Christmas ad. Most of those people wouldn't be able to afford the giant bow to put on their expensive Lexus. And how do they expect people to pay for all this shit? It's madness!

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Advertisers Must Think We Have The GDP Of A Small Country To Spend On Gifts. (Original Post) Initech Dec 2017 OP

My gifts this year greymattermom Dec 2017 #1

I like giving experiences too. Also, my fav gifts to get are experiences. Alice11111 Dec 2017 #13

We are not their target audience. TDale313 Dec 2017 #2

Word. Iggo Dec 2017 #5

To think people have so much money to give cars, expensive jewelry... Alice11111 Dec 2017 #14

The 1 % have those kind of funds Sanity Claws Dec 2017 #3

!!! Alice11111 Dec 2017 #15

They're not talking to us. Iggo Dec 2017 #4

Funny though it is places most people shop. Initech Dec 2017 #7

Next year hibbing Dec 2017 #6

Yeah, the estate tax deduction was doubled, Alice11111 Dec 2017 #16

I see a lot of ads for diamonds this year. Biggest scam ever laid on the public... LuckyCharms Dec 2017 #8

Our extended family draws names. Everyone buys one gift and gets one gift. Binkie The Clown Dec 2017 #9

They don't have to advertise cheaper stuff because it will sell anyway. n/t TexasBushwhacker Dec 2017 #10

I Feel This Way RobinA Dec 2017 #11

Yeah same. Initech Dec 2017 #12

Well, someone's buying the goods, though not me. They Alice11111 Dec 2017 #17

Who gives cars as Christmas gifts?? Rhiannon12866 Dec 2017 #18

greymattermom

(5,754 posts)

1. My gifts this year

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Sat Dec 16, 2017, 04:31 PM

Dec 2017

were the leadership program at martial arts for my grandsons, a night out without the kids for my son and daughter in law, a Celtic Christmas show followed by an Ethopian dinner for my daughter and son in law, and 4 days at Siesta Key for my other daughter and her boyfriend. I think this is perfect, and it leaves nothing to put in storage later.

Alice11111

(5,730 posts)

13. I like giving experiences too. Also, my fav gifts to get are experiences.

Reply to greymattermom (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 17, 2017, 03:24 AM

Dec 2017

TDale313

(7,820 posts)

2. We are not their target audience.

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Sat Dec 16, 2017, 04:34 PM

Dec 2017

Iggo

(47,555 posts)

5. Word.

Reply to TDale313 (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 16, 2017, 04:57 PM

Dec 2017

Alice11111

(5,730 posts)

14. To think people have so much money to give cars, expensive jewelry...

Reply to TDale313 (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 17, 2017, 03:26 AM

Dec 2017

Sanity Claws

(21,849 posts)

3. The 1 % have those kind of funds

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Sat Dec 16, 2017, 04:48 PM

Dec 2017

We the 99% are not their target demographic.

Alice11111

(5,730 posts)

15. !!!

Reply to Sanity Claws (Reply #3)

Sun Dec 17, 2017, 03:27 AM

Dec 2017

Iggo

(47,555 posts)

4. They're not talking to us.

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Sat Dec 16, 2017, 04:57 PM

Dec 2017

Initech

(100,079 posts)

7. Funny though it is places most people shop.

Reply to Iggo (Reply #4)

Sat Dec 16, 2017, 05:06 PM

Dec 2017

Target, Best Buy, Newegg, Walmart, Amazon. Totally obscene though.

hibbing

(10,098 posts)

6. Next year

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Sat Dec 16, 2017, 05:01 PM

Dec 2017

After this GOP tax scam, it will be two Lexus with bows in driveway.

Peace

Alice11111

(5,730 posts)

16. Yeah, the estate tax deduction was doubled,

Reply to hibbing (Reply #6)

Sun Dec 17, 2017, 03:29 AM

Dec 2017

LuckyCharms

(17,441 posts)

8. I see a lot of ads for diamonds this year. Biggest scam ever laid on the public...

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Sat Dec 16, 2017, 05:06 PM

Dec 2017

If you have ever tried to sell a diamond back to a jeweler, you know what I mean.

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)

9. Our extended family draws names. Everyone buys one gift and gets one gift.

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Sat Dec 16, 2017, 05:09 PM

Dec 2017

Excluding the little grandchildren, of course. My grandchildren deserve to be spoiled rotten.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,192 posts)

10. They don't have to advertise cheaper stuff because it will sell anyway. n/t

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Sat Dec 16, 2017, 08:54 PM

Dec 2017

RobinA

(9,893 posts)

11. I Feel This Way

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Sun Dec 17, 2017, 12:15 AM

Dec 2017

about those articles with gift ideas. Like, who spends that much? Nobody buys me a new iPhone, that’s for sure.

Initech

(100,079 posts)

12. Yeah same.

Reply to RobinA (Reply #11)

Sun Dec 17, 2017, 12:25 AM

Dec 2017

I'm not getting a 65" big screen, or a Lexus GX460, or a Galaxy Note 8. I really want to know what the people who make these ads are smoking.

Alice11111

(5,730 posts)

17. Well, someone's buying the goods, though not me. They

Reply to Initech (Reply #12)

Sun Dec 17, 2017, 03:32 AM

Dec 2017

advertise like it is everyone.

Rhiannon12866

(205,405 posts)

18. Who gives cars as Christmas gifts??

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Sun Dec 17, 2017, 04:57 AM

Dec 2017

I agree, have seen numerous commercials for new cars - with the big bows on top!

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