Comments on: Ads Just Got More Invasive

By: Steve Tucker

Steve Tucker — Tue, 29 May 2007 11:13:40 +0000

I’ve seen them recently at my local fuel station where a mate of mine works - it’s completely shameless. As if we’re not bombarded enough with advertising material.

By: Len

Len — Mon, 28 May 2007 19:01:47 +0000

It could be worse … find yourself a copy of “The Subliminal Man”, by J.G. Ballard …

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 28 May 2007 10:01:52 +0000

The only reason to stop that sort of thing is to complain to the station owner, then to their parent company, and switch your business to other chains.

Then write to them explaining why you’ve switched to them.

Course, it’s unlikely that people on a large scale would do this. Most people don’t mind advertising that much, will just go wherever has the cheapest price.

By: Wild Guess

Wild Guess — Mon, 28 May 2007 07:16:01 +0000

Sadly enough I have noticed these horrible venues of advertising. Those damn machines scream at you while trying to fill up your car. I wish they had also installed a mute button to go along with this loud monstrosity. My advice is to bring a hammer next time you pull up to one of these pumps and give the machine what it deserves.

You literally cannot walk down the street without seeing advertisements EVERYWHERE. Unfortuneately this is the society we live in. The eye cannot not rest; even when looking at the ground you see a discarded Reeses candy wrapper advertising back at you. Something is always for sale and you, the consumer, have to know about it. Sometimes useful but annoying.