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I'm going to have to find an icon for posts about commercials. Since my MBA is in marketing, I guess I pay more attention to them than most people do, and, frankly, most years I'd rather watch the commercials than the actual Super Bowl game. (I still would really like to know who told Naomi Campbell she can dance.)
Now, I dislike freecreditreport.com. I think (no, I KNOW) it's a scam. "Offer applies to enrollment in Triple Advantage", indeed. I wish I had enough money to buy ads that say, "You're entitled to a free credit report every year, anyway, and, if you spread it around the three credit reporting agencies correctly, you can get one every four months," and put them and their ilk out of business.
That said, their commercial jingles are catchy as hell - I know all the words to all three, and I often wake up with them running through my head, and not minding so much. And I gotta be amused by the protagonist who: had his identity stolen by a hacker AND married a chick with lousy credit, only to find himself driving an early-90s model Geo Metro off the lot because his credit had taken such a hit.
But...okay. I can buy how marrying a chick with lousy credit might affect your ability to buy a home as a couple. But he does say that if he'd known about her credit, he'd be a bachelor with a dog and a yard, suggesting that he could, presumably, get the loan on his own. Except for the hacker who stole his identity and forced him to work in the seafood restaurant where sits the old lady who took offense at a "woo-hoo" from one of the musicians. And how does having your identity stolen make such a difference that your work record suffers and forces you to serve chowder to tourists in t-shirts?
BTW, notice - each commercial features a pirate hat.
Now, I dislike freecreditreport.com. I think (no, I KNOW) it's a scam. "Offer applies to enrollment in Triple Advantage", indeed. I wish I had enough money to buy ads that say, "You're entitled to a free credit report every year, anyway, and, if you spread it around the three credit reporting agencies correctly, you can get one every four months," and put them and their ilk out of business.
That said, their commercial jingles are catchy as hell - I know all the words to all three, and I often wake up with them running through my head, and not minding so much. And I gotta be amused by the protagonist who: had his identity stolen by a hacker AND married a chick with lousy credit, only to find himself driving an early-90s model Geo Metro off the lot because his credit had taken such a hit.
But...okay. I can buy how marrying a chick with lousy credit might affect your ability to buy a home as a couple. But he does say that if he'd known about her credit, he'd be a bachelor with a dog and a yard, suggesting that he could, presumably, get the loan on his own. Except for the hacker who stole his identity and forced him to work in the seafood restaurant where sits the old lady who took offense at a "woo-hoo" from one of the musicians. And how does having your identity stolen make such a difference that your work record suffers and forces you to serve chowder to tourists in t-shirts?
BTW, notice - each commercial features a pirate hat.