Christmas Adverts

[Oh Buoy]

John Lewis one's out about the Care system. 

 

 

[manwiththestick]

They're all a load of bollocks. 

 

Has anyone even bought anything from these stores? I have honestly never set foot in a John Lewis.

[Tony Moanero]

43 minutes ago, manwiththestick said:

They're all a load of bollocks. 

 

Has anyone even bought anything from these stores? I have honestly never set foot in a John Lewis.

Yeah, I’ve bought plenty of stuff from John Lewis over the years. It’s just a high street department store that sells a decent range of products, some of which interest me, some of which don’t.

 

Where do you buy your stuff from?

[Gruntfuttock]

Cole Brothers or just 'Coles' as it was known in Sheffield for over a 170 years was the flagship store in the City center,

 

John Lewis purchased it just after WW2 ended and owed it until its closure last year.

 

I always used to go in and up to the top floor for a browse/purchase of the latest tech until Covid hit,That and the building needing upgrading was the reason given for closure.

 

Sheffield customers were advised to use the Leeds store,..Fuck off ! was the general response.

 

The original shop was located at the bottom of Fargate and that was where my Mum and Dad met in 1961 when they both worked there.

 

 

[Section_31]

They were a novelty at first but they're all pretty formulaic. Baffles me that people actually look forward to them, these people need to invest in a DVD player and streaming service. 

[Mudface]

11 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

They were a novelty at first but they're all pretty formulaic. Baffles me that people actually look forward to them, these people need to invest in a DVD player and streaming service. 

 

Hopefully they'll see ads for these. Lovely, fluffy Christmas ones.

[manwiththestick]

8 hours ago, Tony Moanero said:

Yeah, I’ve bought plenty of stuff from John Lewis over the years. It’s just a high street department store that sells a decent range of products, some of which interest me, some of which don’t.

 

Where do you buy your stuff from?

Tony, i have never bought anything from M&S either, I just don't go in those types of store 

[Remmie]

I really get sand in my vagina about people enthusiastically parroting and willingly promoting adverts like good little consumers and I really go out of my way to avoid them. Christmas adverts are even more infuriating as people now see it as part of the whole experience buying into some cheesy schmaltzy shite. Fuck. Right. Off. 

[dockers_strike]

Used to love Christmas especially shopping for pressies for the kids. But once they get beyond that age, a lot of the magic goes.

 

When you think about it, retailers have less than 13 weeks to get their Christmas lines out and shifted. To many of the smaller retailers, the 13 weeks represents the period when they probably make a great portion of their 12 months profit if they're lucky.

[Tony Moanero]

1 hour ago, manwiththestick said:

Tony, i have never bought anything from M&S either, I just don't go in those types of store 

I’m not sure what you mean by those “types of stores”, mate, and may I ask why you don’t shop in them?
 

I used to buy underwear and lambswool jumpers from M&S. Although they were a bit more expensive than, say, Littlewoods, it was worth paying the extra as they were well made and lasted for years. Nowadays, I shop elsewhere as I feel M&S are increasingly prioritising throwaway fashion over quality.

[sir roger]

7 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

 Nowadays, I shop elsewhere as I feel M&S are increasingly prioritising throwaway fashion over quality.

 

And you were spending too much time in the Per Una section.

[Tony Moanero]

3 minutes ago, sir roger said:

 

And you were spending too much time in the Per Una section.

Haha. I was once falsely accused of stealing a leather wallet from the men’s department.

[Ezekiel 25:17]

12 hours ago, manwiththestick said:

They're all a load of bollocks. 

 

Has anyone even bought anything from these stores? I have honestly never set foot in a John Lewis.

 

 

I've never bought anything from the care system,

 

 

I say never..

[Geoff Woade]

9 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

I’m not sure what you mean by those “types of stores”, mate, and may I ask why you don’t shop in them?
 

I used to buy underwear and lambswool jumpers from M&S. Although they were a bit more expensive than, say, Littlewoods, it was worth paying the extra as they were well made and lasted for years. Nowadays, I shop elsewhere as I feel M&S are increasingly prioritising throwaway fashion over quality.

I never used to go in for stuff like clothes but I’ve disappeared up my own arse and buy food from M&S recently. Reason being Tesco etc has gone up that much there isn’t even that much price difference any more but the quality is much better (in opinion). 
‘Sniffs haughtily ‘

 

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Bollocks to grumpy sods, Christmas is great, and I still like the ads. Yes, they're getting formulaic, but so is everything.

 

Hearing the Coca-Cola ad takes me back to childhood, leafing through the Argos catalogue, looking at WWF figures and explaining the fight card to my nan. Never did get the ring though.

[Gnasher]

Tesco Christmas ad.

 

 

 

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

Absolutely ANYTHING to do with Aldi, their online presence and subsequent japery makes me cringe. That Caterpillar nonsense was a stay at home parents wet dream.

 

"oh my god absolutely creased at Aldis tweet to M&S"

 

"Isn't it brilliant luv"

 

"me and the kids were howling !!"

 

"Ours think I'm mad !!, hope everything is good Luv"

 

 

 

 

 

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Aldi do great millionaire shortbread though.

[Tony Moanero]

2 minutes ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

Aldi do great millionaire shortbread though.

Their pork pies are awful.

[Ezekiel 25:17]

6 minutes ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

Aldi do great millionaire shortbread though.

As long as they don't make a Millionaire shortbread animated worm, it's fine.

[manwiththestick]

2 hours ago, Tony Moanero said:

I’m not sure what you mean by those “types of stores”, mate, and may I ask why you don’t shop in them?
 

I used to buy underwear and lambswool jumpers from M&S. Although they were a bit more expensive than, say, Littlewoods, it was worth paying the extra as they were well made and lasted for years. Nowadays, I shop elsewhere as I feel M&S are increasingly prioritising throwaway fashion over quality.

I live in Runcorn, we didn't and don't have those stores local. 

 

I once went in M&S in town with a girlfriend, didn't buy anything but that may be my one and only visit.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

3 hours ago, Tony Moanero said:

Their pork pies are awful.

 

Can I shock you Tony? I've never eaten a pork pie.

[John102]

7 hours ago, manwiththestick said:

Tony, i have never bought anything from M&S either, I just don't go in those types of store 

How do you get your vol au vents then?

[manwiththestick]

1 hour ago, John102 said:

How do you get your vol au vents then?

What is this, the 1970s?

 

[Section_31]

Aldi don't do anything well, they just do "not as bad as you expect".

 

It's the McDowells of the retail industry.

 

"They're got fruit and fibre, we've got fruity fibre. They've got Bells whisky, we've got Balls whisky."