Who watches infomercials?

[Friendly]

I'm obsessed with the food-related ones like Magic Bullet, Nutri Bullet, and those omelet makers. What about you?

[Retread]

Infomercials are the best!

[Meowsli]

I discovered the joy of streaming.

[User 180565 is taking donation]

Some ads are entertaining I wish youtube would step it up with ads and not just show crappy mobile games or a 30 minute long ad on this pill saved my life or buy this book. If they displayed useful products it would be more enjouable

[HoudiniDerek]

I wouldn't mind them if they weren't the same information repeated every five minutes. If it was new information or new testimonials, I probably could enjoy them more.

[_Windows]

Absolute nope from me. Almost every single one I've seen has been either part of a scam, a scam itself, or extremely bad value. Infomercials also often use misleading statements on the products being advertised.

[bigballofyarn]

Apr 9, 2020 9:06:33 GMT -8 _Windows said:

Absolute nope from me. Almost every single one I've seen has been either part of a scam, a scam itself, or extremely bad value. Infomercials also often use misleading statements on the products being advertised.

You wouldn't want a portable ceiling fan for 7 easy payments of $39.95?

[wildmaven]

Apr 9, 2020 9:06:33 GMT -8 _Windows said:

Absolute nope from me. Almost every single one I've seen has been either part of a scam, a scam itself, or extremely bad value. Infomercials also often use misleading statements on the products being advertised.

Agreed. They're definitely not the ads of the past. Now, there's at least 10 lines of very small text at the bottom of the ad, saying things like, "ordering this signs you up for recurring payments," or it states that the product advertised in no way is meant to cure, treat, etc any condition, even though they say it will in the actual ad. 

[_Windows]

Apr 9, 2020 13:20:44 GMT -8 wildmaven said:

Apr 9, 2020 9:06:33 GMT -8 _Windows said:

Absolute nope from me. Almost every single one I've seen has been either part of a scam, a scam itself, or extremely bad value. Infomercials also often use misleading statements on the products being advertised.

Agreed. They're definitely not the ads of the past. Now, there's at least 10 lines of very small text at the bottom of the ad, saying things like, "ordering this signs you up for recurring payments," or it states that the product advertised in no way is meant to cure, treat, etc any condition, even though they say it will in the actual ad. 

There's also a good amount of infomercials that attracted lawsuits from the FTC for the misleading and scam tactics.

[Syko Nachoman]

Apr 9, 2020 10:13:07 GMT -8 bigballofyarn said:

Apr 9, 2020 9:06:33 GMT -8 _Windows said:

Absolute nope from me. Almost every single one I've seen has been either part of a scam, a scam itself, or extremely bad value. Infomercials also often use misleading statements on the products being advertised.

You wouldn't want a portable ceiling fan for 7 easy payments of $39.95?

The best part is that when your ceiling moves, the fan moves with it!

[roman1985]

"Amazing Discoveries" are definitely among my favorite infomercials of all time. They were so entertaining, I enjoyed them like a regular TV show, but I didn't call the number on the screen though.
Now tons of informercials are available through streaming sites (streamingsites.com/)

[Mandoli]

I used to watch the Time Life CD collection infomercials like they were the only thing on TV. I don't know if it was just because it was music, or if it was because I knew the celebrity they brought for it. I just liked watching them.

[wildmaven]

Apr 12, 2021 23:09:51 GMT -8 @kronass said:

Those are pretty fun to watch, I have to say but I am not a fan of commercials

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