Is anyone else tired of Flo, Scot and the Sisters of Savings?

[BGDave]

Flo is hot!



Hater...

Yup, to the tune of a half million a year.
Meet Progressive's Flo: Actress Stephanie Courtney - Business Insider

 

[rhino]

I like Flo. I'd hit that.

I like the gecko, the cavemen, the "happier than a . . ." and all of the other Geico ads except for the googly eyes (mostly because of the Rockwell song).

 

[ViperJock]

The guy I can stand is Fred Grody. "A dealer fooooor the people!" I turn the radio every time I hear his voice. I've been tempted to call in to 93.3 and tell them so, but as yet I have not. Very irritating commercials.

 

[indytechnerd]

For me, it's gotta be the Jewelry Store commercials...Shane Company, Distinctive Diamonds, and all those others who rave on about how Indianapolis has the best diamonds in the world since they have special buyers in Antwerp or TelAviv or some other F'ing place that's remote and vaguely intriguing. Honestly, I'd take double Flo over these twits.

 

[mensajess]

I can't stand the sisters. This month they have no used inventory, next month they over ordered new cars and need to move them, and then they are out of used inventory again. Can't they learn inventory control and double check their orders to the factory?

 

[Disposable Heart]

I can't stand the sisters. This month they have no used inventory, next month they over ordered new cars and need to move them, and then they are out of used inventory again. Can't they learn inventory control and double check their orders to the factory?

I took about a year of marketing and business in college; they have a winning combination, disparaging aside:
They use female voices (two) as figureheads of a local business, add seasonal or popular knowledge events hints and cues to make the commercial identifiable, and they always put a sense of urgency (get it now before we run out, we're overstocked and it HAS to go). These are all things that put male buyers, the general buyers of automobiles (yes, there are statistics, I can't remember them) in the "awhhhh" mode and adds urgency.

If one honestly believes that they are "overstocked" or "accidentally ordered too much", they are going to be taken for a ride in the real world...

Flo has panned out and they need to retire the singing commercials soon. Average life expectancy of a successful ad campaign is about 6 months, they are overdoing it.

If people think that complaining about an ad being "annoying" is going to get it pulled, not going to happen. Radio stations are on the bubble as it is and aren't going to kill off their funding by telling a major partner to beat feet. Gotta take a societal edge with it: "I find Flo's anti-(insert something completely stupid here, but believable) offensive and you need to pull it", THEN you might have something.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

I've been tired of the "Sisters of savings" for a long time now, and routinely change the radio station when they pop on.

That, and the "removed voicebox" anti-smoking ad.

 

[bobbittle]

That, and the "removed voicebox" anti-smoking ad.

That commercial creeps me out. Have to change it as soon as it comes on.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

That commercial creeps me out. Have to change it as soon as it comes on.

ROW ROW ROW YOUR BOAT GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM....

 

[femurphy77]

Flo is hot!



Hater...

Didn't say I wouldn't, uh, never mind, family oriented forum.

You need XM/Sirius satellite radio. Best $15 a month I've ever spent.

Actually the three named commercials have me thinking exactly that!

That commercial creeps me out. Have to change it as soon as it comes on.

Yep definitely a creep out.

 

[PapaScout]

I couldn't stand Ed's mom from Ed's Transmission. I changed the radio station every time she would come on. I THINK she finally took the hint because I haven't heard her in quite a while.

ETA: Yeah, I'd do Flo.

 

[Lectric102002]

I have a strange attraction to Flo-bot. Is that wrong ?

 

[bobbittle]

I couldn't stand Ed's mom from Ed's Transmission. I changed the radio station every time she would come on. I THINK she finally took the hint because I haven't heard her in quite a while.

ETA: Yeah, I'd do Flo.

I still hear Ed's Mom occasionally.

 

[Andyccw]

I've been tired of the "Sisters of savings" for a long time now, and routinely change the radio station when they pop on.

That, and the "removed voicebox" anti-smoking ad.

Same here... I can't stand Monica Peck and Courtney Cole. I change the station every time.

 

[JettaKnight]

I tried to look up "sisters of saving." THIS thread was the fourth link in google. (EDIT: Oh - radio. That's why I don't listen to commercial radio)

As for Flo, I find her endearing. (I won't be as base as other have been in mentioning their desires)

The Scot's guy, meh. He won't last.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Oh, I'll be all base up in ya with Flo. Commercials are supposed to be annoying. That's how they draw your attention.

 

[chezuki]

Commercials are supposed to be annoying. That's how they draw your attention.

Annoyance is just one of many methods to draw attention.

 

[rhino]

Annoyance is just one of many methods to draw attention.

I am trying to resist showcasing the irony here.

By failing, I add an additional layer of irony by being the incredibly annoying individual pointing the finger. Oh, yes!

​rhino out!

 

[chezuki]

I am trying to resist showcasing the irony here.

By failing, I add an additional layer of irony by being the incredibly annoying individual pointing the finger. Oh, yes!

​rhino out!

What you didn't do there, and then in turn did do by not doing it... I saw it.