Most Overused Advertising Cliches

Experts say that the average person is exposed to about 3,000 advertisements every day. With that many advertisements out there, it is no surprise that advertisers have a hard time coming up with something new. It seems that many advertisers out there have completely given up on being original and are simply recycling the same old ads. This list is a collection of the cliches that advertisers keep on throwing in their ads. Don't agree with the list? Place your vote or if you are a logged in, add a new item for others to vote on.

1) But wait! Order now and you also get

“yes, I hear that on every commercial”

Razor79

“so overused you almost know there going to say it”

kumo9

“aaah...the old classic.”

2) Cool looking ads that have nothing to do with the product

“These ones are great. You watch a 60 second commercial and when it is over, you have no idea what it is that you are supposed to buy.”

3) Any price ending with 95 or 99 cents

4) Fake Doctors

“How about fake claims made by sellers of "natural" vitamins, etc.?
”

5) 25 percent more effective!

“c’mon, how can you measure that kind of stuff? Besides, why would you advertise that the previous product was 25 percent "worse" before they fixed it?”

heather

“I especially enjoy the ads where something totally immeasurable is now improved by some percentage. What exactly does it mean when a body spray makes you feel 30% fresher?”

6) Children advising parents on finances, real estate, insurance etc.

“Thank you! Those commercials are not cute at all! They’re annoying, especially the smart-daughter-dumb-daddy ads!!”

7) "As seen on TV!"

“as if that means it is a better product???”

8) Prices too low to advertise!

“You’d think they didn’t want people pounding on their doors in a frenzy to get their product. Maybe it’s a safety issue - "we don’t want our employees trampled to death, so we won’t tell you how low our prices are!" Give me a break.”

9) For a limited time only

“If it’s so limited, I should never have to see it again.”

RdrTech

“Oh yeah! This simply means: "We’re going to stop selling this in a few years". Well any product can be : "For a limited time". You can’t sell something FOREVER!”

10) But wait! There’s more!

“This is so god damn annoying I didn’t want to see it in the first place why’d you think I wanna see more?”

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11) Going out of business sale

“I see this alot around where I live. But the businesses are still in business. One store has had over 60 going out of business sales for several years. When are they leaving? I’m still wondering.”

12) Cell Phone Commercials That Don’t Know About House Phones

13) "The more you buy, the more you save!"

“Does this even make sense? Does this mean buying 100 of a product costing something ending with 99 cents will save me a dollar? Wow!”

14) "The first 100 callers also get..."

15) In business since...

“I suppose this is a good tactic if you have been around since World War II, but why are there so many companies out there adding this to their packaging when they have only been around for a few years? When I’m looking for a bottle of barbecue sauce, I’m really not that impressed if you have been "producing fine quality products since 1997".”

16) "Comes with certificate of authenticity"

“Very funny /”

cakemaster

17) We?re overstocked so we are running a sale to reduce our inventory

“Local car dealer commercials use this one all the time. Are we really supposed to believe that the person in charge of ordering hundreds of thousands on dollars worth of inventory is so dense that they screw up every single time? Note to dealerships who genuinely have a problem with ordering too much inventory, find somebody who can count higher than ten without taking their shoes off.”

18) 2 day sales

“Is there such thing as a two day sale. I’ve seen "Two Day Sale: This Friday through Sunday" Can’t these people count”

19) Best In Class

“Are there any cars out there that aren’t best of class? Judging by the number of commercials that make this claim, I have to assume that there is an individual class for just about every single car out there. Best in class doesn’t mean much to me when your class is "hybrid 4 door sedans with 8-9 inch ground clearance, a green tinted speedometer and model name beginning with a soft vowel sound".”

20) "Today Only!"

21) "Only 19.95"

“and it’s only $1990573456836, 34884678364734676, 23872873867346736. 99”

lostgirl19

22) For only 17 payments of $29.99

“It normally costs hundreds of dollars, but you can get it here for only 5 payments of $75”

waterboy51

23) It even comes with a mini-flashlight

24) Get More

“Ad’s that display the idea of ’You get More with us’ by showing a dog with 6 tails or an ice-cream with like a hundred flakes or a human sized box of popcorn with a weedy man crumbling under its weight etc”