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Thursday, February 23, 2006

I am the win!

A few weeks ago I heard, on the radio, an ad that really pissed me off. Surprise, surprise the company it was advertising was First for Women Insurance… my old nemesis.

So I submitted a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority. It took a while, but this morning I finally heard what happened to my complaint:

The ad has been pulled, and will never be flighted again.

Damn straight.

Posted by Owen Swart at 09:35

3 comments:

  1. Owen Swart12:20 pm, February 24, 2006

    Precisely. Even strip-clubs, a service designed specifically designed for men, don't close their doors to any women who may want to frequent them.

    Where do these guys get off?

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  2. Audrey3:56 pm, March 01, 2006

    Eish :-) I have to sheepishly admit that I found some of those ads really funny. But down with sexism anyhow!

    Thanks for your input on Carbon Trading, XO. If you hadn’t mentioned the trees I would have gone on my way and accepted it as being just another day at the multinational office and what do I know. But you had to go and mention the trees, didn’t you? I thought, “ What? All of a sudden, everyone's a tree hugger? Pinch me I must be dreaming!” So of course I pinched myself and went off to find out more. Well it’s a downward spiral, really. I’ve been drowning in it for two weeks now. I blame you for my current psoriasis attack and ulcer. See blog for hysteria and reactionary details.
    BTW, there was a nice article about SALT in the Sunday Times last, with pretty pictures of stars and stuff. Good press is good! But tjoep-stil about the Golf Development.

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  3. Owen Swart7:00 pm, March 01, 2006

    While I don't particularly enjoy any of their ads (not surprising, since I'm not their target audience) this one in particular crossed the line.

    I only heard it once... I understand that the ASA policy is that once they've received a complaint about an ad, they pull it immediately pending a decision... which would explain why I only heard it once: I complained immediately.

    I'm glad I could help with the Carbon Trading thing... I was quite surprised about it when I first heard about it too.

    I shall have to submit my letter to the Sunday Times as well then. I have recently learned that it sometimes does help to complain :)

    In the immortal words of Captain Taggart "Never give up, never surrender!"

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