
I hate that advert that and 'We buy any car, dot com. We buy any car, dot com!' we turn the sound down when that comes on.
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Wed 14 Apr 2010, 12:20,
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It's like ... speed advert infliction or something.
Arrrrrgh!
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Wed 14 Apr 2010, 12:21,
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Arrrrrgh!

I bet that they are all made up companies that were simply created by comparethemarket.com to make Aleksandr seem even more awesome.
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Wed 14 Apr 2010, 12:23,
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They've not got any new ideas so are shoving shit ones onto our screens.
They're no longer clever. They're a bit tragic
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Wed 14 Apr 2010, 12:24,
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They're no longer clever. They're a bit tragic

I love the Mongoose war one, and judging by the website, they have plenty of characters to come.
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Wed 14 Apr 2010, 12:26,
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with ever more tenuous links to car insurance.
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Wed 14 Apr 2010, 12:27,
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this concept is all too familiar to me.
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Wed 14 Apr 2010, 12:31,
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At the end of the day, how interesting can you actually make the process of buying car insurance? And at least there isn't a moron going, Oooooh! I'm so CONFUSED.com, or a bunch of morons webcamming their search for car insurance.
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Wed 14 Apr 2010, 12:31,
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is actually a finely measured thing
they will know when the time has come to pull it
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Wed 14 Apr 2010, 12:26,
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they will know when the time has come to pull it

but they get it wrong far more often than they get it right.
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Wed 14 Apr 2010, 12:31,
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in all the zoos and wildlife parks in the country though. Every single one I have seen since those adverts has had people doing the meerkat voice while looking at them
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Wed 14 Apr 2010, 12:24,
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My nephew's first word was meerkat when Aleksandr came up on the TV screen. :D
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Wed 14 Apr 2010, 12:26,
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He has now learnt 3 more words too. His list now comprises;
Meerkat
Turtle
Fatman
Bugger
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Wed 14 Apr 2010, 12:32,
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Meerkat
Turtle
Fatman
Bugger

say that they hate them. Weird.
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Wed 14 Apr 2010, 12:27,
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every insurance company now wants a 'wacky' character like the meercats.
Where's elephant.co.uk when you need him?
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Wed 14 Apr 2010, 12:29,
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Where's elephant.co.uk when you need him?

now with more added obscure has-been celebrity references
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Wed 14 Apr 2010, 12:34,
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On all the bleeding time.
Selling a pointless and deeply flawed service, to find a product that you are legally required to have but is unethically overpriced because of the people that flout the law, and then offers you little to no recompense when you actually have to make a claim, due to the non-negotiable layers of beaurocracy and personal excess they include.
Insurance companies and Marketing gurus would be the first up against the wall, come my revolution.
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Wed 14 Apr 2010, 12:50,
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Selling a pointless and deeply flawed service, to find a product that you are legally required to have but is unethically overpriced because of the people that flout the law, and then offers you little to no recompense when you actually have to make a claim, due to the non-negotiable layers of beaurocracy and personal excess they include.
Insurance companies and Marketing gurus would be the first up against the wall, come my revolution.

is about sorting through insurance comapnies to find the "cheapest" quote albeit that all insurance companies are expensive, overpriced and extortionate. So I think your anger is directed at the wrong source.
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Wed 14 Apr 2010, 13:04,
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not all insurance companies are on there (Direct Line/Aviva for example), plus comparethemarket get a cut from each company when someone uses them so you're actually not getting the best deal. You still have to shop around to be sure. So their service is fundamentally flawed and pointless.
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Wed 14 Apr 2010, 14:09,
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but will that endear people to actually use their services or just hate them even more?
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Wed 14 Apr 2010, 12:24,
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I have no idea what you all are talking about *smugs*
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Wed 14 Apr 2010, 12:23,
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who STILL hasn't denied writing the jingle.
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Wed 14 Apr 2010, 12:24,
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good job he moved to America when Labour came to power :D
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Wed 14 Apr 2010, 12:27,
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He might just come back if they win :S
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Wed 14 Apr 2010, 12:30,
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I watched that BBC1 Panorama 'special' last night about preventable childhood illnesses.
I could happily have switched over and sat through an hour of the webuyanycar ad instead, as the panorama programme nearly drove me to punch the screen
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Wed 14 Apr 2010, 12:26,
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I could happily have switched over and sat through an hour of the webuyanycar ad instead, as the panorama programme nearly drove me to punch the screen

I almost feel sorry for that fat kid though, having a mother who is so willing to completely ruin his health.
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Wed 14 Apr 2010, 12:28,
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genetics
It's in her genes to feed him chocolate cake closely followed by sweets and then an adult-sized meal all in the space of 2 hours.
It's not often I get angry at anything on the TV, but it was compelling stuff to watch at the same time - gah!
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Wed 14 Apr 2010, 12:30,
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It's in her genes to feed him chocolate cake closely followed by sweets and then an adult-sized meal all in the space of 2 hours.
It's not often I get angry at anything on the TV, but it was compelling stuff to watch at the same time - gah!

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/search/?q=panorama
I love getting angry at this sort of thing
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Wed 14 Apr 2010, 12:45,
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I love getting angry at this sort of thing

TALKSPORT played webuyanycar at half speed by mistake... it was worse than fingernails down a blackboard
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Wed 14 Apr 2010, 12:28,
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Poor condition but they still trundle along. Will webuyanycar buy them?
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