Big Al

[gene]

This is off the topic of upholstery, and you know I'm not one to venture down a different path very often. However, I heard a radio commercial the other day.

If you have diabetes, a life insurance company said you may be able to get a 1 million dollar term life insurance policy for maybe as little as $200 per month.

All you have to due is call Big Al. The commercial was clearly soliciting business from big fat people who are taking medicine for diabetes, just like Big Al. It actually said, "Just like Big Al."

Here's my question: Even if you are big and fat and take medicine for diabetes just like Big Al, would you call someone named Big Al to buy life insurance?

Maybe I'm missing something?

Inquiring minds want to know.

gene

[Virgs Sew n Sew]

My hubby, is a large man who has diabetes and I assure you he would not call this idiot, Big Al.  Companies like that hope that like one out of one hundred call and I assure you they will call.  The "dumbing down of America" and all that.  Even at a relatively low ratio like that, they make money.  The old idiom "A fool and his money are soon parted" is even truer today than when Franklin (I think) first espoused it.

Virginia

[brmax]

P me Off many of the laws and writings we made for the good of the countries people can and have the ability to be used to abuse a lot of people in our world, commercials like that and payday loan sharks on n on.
The Dang prey on students trying to get an education is among many, even though many students could use a swift boot in the but for some purchases?, by and large they or we all need better rules.

Better days ahead!

[sofadoc]

This thread appeared last June:
http://www.upholster.com/upholstery-forum/index.php?topic=13098.0

I'm pretty sure that she was being suckered by one of those "Big Al" type lawyers. Daytime TV is littered with asbestos lawsuit commercials. Most of them aren't even real attorneys. They merely sell referrals to a legitimate asbestos settlement firm. And they make a little money off the client along the way. 

[gene]

Sorry for the misinformation. I will blame it on a memory laps. I rarely spend any time at all listening to commercials whose products I have no intention of ever buying.

It was Big Lou, not Big Al. Someone told me today that that radio commercial runs all the time. He said he has heard it so many times that he knows it by memory.

Big Lou, give him a call. He'll talk to you.
Big Lou, he's just like you.
He takes meds too.

A friend volunteers at hospice and he has to sit and watch TV sometimes. He said there was a commercial for lawyers wanting to sue anybody for anything. A lady, in giving her testimonial for how great these lawyers are, said, "I got money 3 different times."

Yep. You folks are right, I think. TV, radio, the internet. Advertisers have found more than a few ways to get into our houses without even knocking on the door.

gene

[sofadoc]

My grandson stays at the shop with me during the summer. He watches Cartoon Network on TV all day.

You would think that most of the commercials would be for toys or sugary cereal. But no. Lawyers, insurance, tech training, etc.

The ads on a children's channel are mostly aimed at their unemployed parents.

Here in the Dallas area, the 2 main TV lawyers are "THE HAMMER!!!!", and "THE STRONG ARM!!!". They promise to fight to put the most money IN YOUR POCKET!!!