Companies whose ads are awesome but products mediocre?

[rudeguy]

I'll start:
Sonic

 

[BoomerD]

MOST of the people in the advertising world need to be executed in a painful manner.

I don't know where they come up with some of the horrible shit commercials, but I suspect that even a deranged madman high on mushrooms could do better...

Hell, even these guys had some good ideas:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097235/

Volvo...Boxy but Good.

 

[Ricochet]

Local insurance Vern Fonk has some of the funniest commercials around. (Do a Youtube search if curious). You would have to hit pretty low to require their services though.

 

[DesiPower]

Bud Lite
Godaddy
Etrade

 

[ShawnD1]

Idaho Title Loans. I pitty the fool who don't know about Idaho Title Loans!

 

[ultimatebob]

Apple
Chrysler
Doritos

 

[DesiPower]

Apple
Chrysler
Doritos

Apple, ads suck donkey kong, products are 10 year old tek = suck != mediocre
Chrysler, ads suck products suck.
Doritos, ads are nice products are nice.

/my 2 cents

 

[Nizzzlle]

Microsoft/ Internet Explorer.

 

[Bateluer]

Microsoft/ Internet Explorer.

Microsoft had ads for IE?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Kia

 

[JulesMaximus]

Apple, ads suck donkey kong, products are 10 year old tek = suck != mediocre
Chrysler, ads suck products suck.
Doritos, ads are nice products are nice.

/my 2 cents

You missed the point of this thread completely...

 

[3chordcharlie]

Apple, ads suck donkey kong, products are 10 year old tek = suck != mediocre
Chrysler, ads suck products suck.
Doritos, ads are nice products are nice.

/my 2 cents

I thought the 'imported from Detroit' commercial was pretty excellent.

The car, less excellent.

 

[Crono]

Microsoft had ads for IE?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOaE4MV5IcM

The Alex Clare song is good, downloaded it using Zune (which is a service Microsoft should be advertising)

I don't care for Internet Explorer. It's not bad anymore, but I see no reason to switch to it from Firefox.

 

[ImpulsE69]

There's a local tire store here called Bill's Whitewall.

Their commercials are great and their slogan is "Bill's Whitewall, we sell tires n shit."

Can't comment on their service though.

 

[slag]

Snapple
Anything Green Tea or sweet tea

 

[gorcorps]

Geico

I actually don't know if it sucks, but I do know they don't have the price advantage they claim (for me). At least they were honest about it when I checked. I had much better rates staying with State Farm, and even Progressive was cheaper.

 

[Joseph F]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sZuN0xXWLc

 

[BurnItDwn]

Can't speak for sure as I've never tried their products, But I'm going to go with "Eagle" insurance. "It Must be Eagle Man" was the best/worst TV commercial of all time.

 

[gevorg]

Chevy/Dodge/Ford trucks

 

[zinfamous]

Bud Lite
Godaddy
Etrade

their ads are horrible.

 

[Ns1]

sonic's strawberry lime-aid kicks ass.