Kernow Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 You may have seen the advert on TV. Here's how it should have ended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 awful advert, wish they'd stop ruining my favourite songs. I don't care if Jimmy Saville is alive and on the moon spying on little girls. Stay off my TVbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuespachRam Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Great song....i had a drunken bet with one of my mates a few years ago that whoever dies first the one left will sing "half the world away" at their funeral.... since then the song always makes me sad/emotional/sing etc.... thankfully both os us are still alive and kicking... the advert is ok, nothing special though and another hyped up "christmas tradition" that never was a christmas tradition but has been manufactured to be one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrivateDerby Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 I bloody hate those types of adverts, trying to tap into emotions knowing the weak will give in, makes me not want to shop there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuespachRam Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 19 minutes ago, PrivateDerby said: I bloody hate those types of adverts, trying to tap into emotions knowing the weak will give in, makes me not want to shop there. Really though.....did seeing an old guy with a telescope really make you want to shop there??? Now seeing a buy 2 get 3 free offer at Argos...now thats a different matter eh..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewe Ram Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Why don't they just give the 7 million it cost to make it to a charity that genuinely helps lonely old people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrivateDerby Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 4 minutes ago, MuespachRam said: Really though.....did seeing an old guy with a telescope really make you want to shop there??? Now seeing a buy 2 get 3 free offer at Argos...now thats a different matter eh..! Does my head in, all them gushy OTT adverts, no wonder everyone's gone so soft and feminine in recent years, brainwashing! The Mick ones good though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRamFan Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Another fake lunar landing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringerBell Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashz09 Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 I liked the advert with the English and German football players who dropped guns for a game of football. Surprised me it was a true story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mafiabob Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Makes me laugh people complaining about a advert... My gosh we are a nation of moaners... Get a grip, don't like it switch over... The BBC don't have adverts. You can moan about the licence fee then. Does it make me want to shop there... No. Sometimes we just live in a cynical old world... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 What I find interesting about this campaign is that there's nothing to buy in the advert. It's all about "soft" marketing & reinforcing the postive impression of John Lewis as a brand & as an employer. In some ways, I see them as a traditional British department store (in a good way) that has somehow managed to stay profitable and competitive when the rest of the market has joined a race to the bottom for quality/price/customer experience and corporate social responsibility. Waitrose has consistently been the only non-discount food retailer in recent years to enjoy growing sales and that's based on investment in their people and stores in order to provide an inviting environment with friendly, motivated and helpful staff. Good luck to 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuespachRam Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 i have never ever bought anything from John Lewis....just like i have never bought anything from Debenhams...they always seem like places my mum and gran would go, why would i.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcsilks Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 I actually really like the John Lewis adverts. Yes, they're trying to pull on those heart strings but what's wrong with that. It's nice to watch something that's nice and warm every once in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 3 hours ago, MuespachRam said: i have never ever bought anything from John Lewis....just like i have never bought anything from Debenhams...they always seem like places my mum and gran would go, why would i.? Take out the main supermarkets and JLP are the biggest retailer in the UK, whilst your mum and gran may shop there, so do a lot of other people. They stock some good clothing brands and top end electrical items that in the main come with an extended guarantee compared to their competitors. I would say their customer service, pinned with the never knowingly undersold motto is one of their biggest consumer USPs. Given they recorded double digit growth figures, the marketing campaign they have certainly hits the mark, probably not to the average football fan, but I wouldn't have guessed an advert would not sway you one way or the other to buy. You did ask :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuespachRam Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 1 hour ago, Leeds Ram said: Take out the main supermarkets and JLP are the biggest retailer in the UK, whilst your mum and gran may shop there, so do a lot of other people. They stock some good clothing brands and top end electrical items that in the main come with an extended guarantee compared to their competitors. I would say their customer service, pinned with the never knowingly undersold motto is one of their biggest consumer USPs. Given they recorded double digit growth figures, the marketing campaign they have certainly hits the mark, probably not to the average football fan, but I wouldn't have guessed an advert would not sway you one way or the other to buy. You did ask :-D And the other reason for me never shopping there is that I live in Florida, but of a trek for a new duvet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbob Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 1 hour ago, Leeds Ram said: Take out the main supermarkets and JLP are the biggest retailer in the UK, whilst your mum and gran may shop there, so do a lot of other people. They stock some good clothing brands and top end electrical items that in the main come with an extended guarantee compared to their competitors. I would say their customer service, pinned with the never knowingly undersold motto is one of their biggest consumer USPs. Given they recorded double digit growth figures, the marketing campaign they have certainly hits the mark, probably not to the average football fan, but I wouldn't have guessed an advert would not sway you one way or the other to buy. You did ask :-D How long you worked there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozza Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 4 hours ago, mcsilks said: I actually really like the John Lewis adverts. Yes, they're trying to pull on those heart strings but what's wrong with that. It's nice to watch something that's nice and warm every once in a while. Bloody 'ell , Darth Vader has just blown up Planet Earth , and you call it 'nice and warm' !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PistoldPete2 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 I liked the Penguins one... This one just seems daft. What's the old guy doing on the moon, where's his space suit and where can I get a telescope as good as his? And someone should tell Richard Branson about those balloons not only can they travel round the world but also all the way to the moon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon the ram 2009 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Is anyone else not a little uncomfortable that the advert is basically about a sad old bloke looking into little girls bedroom Windows with a telescope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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