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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 2305/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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I never sat through one of those commercials.  I've seen them but put it this way... if it was a pyramid scheme, it would be shut down by now.  Obviously it uses some loopholes or there's 500 catches. |
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Bella Ludwig Von Koopa You're Gonna Love Me Level: 76  Posts: 490/2962 EXP: 3891483 For next: 114577 Since: 03-29-04 From: Groovy Way Since last post: 8 min. Last activity: 6 min. |
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Those things are always on basic TV with the antenna and all. Especially during the day when the stations don't have anything else to play. So I end up watching them. Some of them I would get just for the hell of it  . Maybe they're like those shopping channels, or are those not a scam? I never ordered anything off the Shopping Network. I don't know anyone who has either |
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Emptyeye Real American Level: 67 Posts: 392/2273 EXP: 2488421 For next: 104451 Since: 05-24-04 From: I DUNNOOOOOOOO!! Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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| As I've said, my mom almost constantly ordered stuff off of QVC (One of those "shopping networks"), and she's always been satisfied. Or as my dad said about a plunger-esque thing mom ordered from there, "It was the stupidest thing ever...until it worked." So yeah. |
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 2340/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Bella: PAX?  (I know a lot of PAX stations have to air infomercials during most of the day, which tells you a lot about the situation there.) The more informercials a station has, the more financial difficulty they're in. Right? |
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Bella Ludwig Von Koopa You're Gonna Love Me Level: 76 Posts: 501/2962 EXP: 3891483 For next: 114577 Since: 03-29-04 From: Groovy Way Since last post: 8 min. Last activity: 6 min. |
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| Yeah, PAX has a lot of them almost all day. I'm guessing it is financial difficulties. PAX has some run down programs Well just really old ones. They have America's Funniest Videos, old school style back with that guy from Full House . Most of the local stations have nothing else to air too. FOX never airs infomercials. From what I've seen. Most air them at night though or during the day after all their cartoons are done airing. Which is usually around 10 or 11 AM |
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Prier Archangel Administrative Priestess. NUCLEAR SUB WEEEOOOO Level: 119  Posts: 1690/8392 EXP: 18790939 For next: 138352 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima Dist. - Tokyo, Japan Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 1 day |
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| If nothing else, it's a way to pay for stations. I mean the only exception would be something like a really wealthy station or a publicly funded PBS station...you're gonna see them regardless. Dunno if they work, but it's a way to solicit to the globe...just it is for an internet popup...it's bound to work on a few people. |
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 2346/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| PBS would not air infomercials. They usually just have an off-air period if they don't have 24h programming. Ours do. |
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Prier Archangel Administrative Priestess. NUCLEAR SUB WEEEOOOO Level: 119 Posts: 1697/8392 EXP: 18790939 For next: 138352 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima Dist. - Tokyo, Japan Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 1 day |
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| Yea...I said that. Since they're already being funded by everyone in the local areas there really isn't any need for infomercials to be broadcast on it. | |||
RavenX Red Paragoomba Level: 13 Posts: 3/57 EXP: 9533 For next: 734 Since: 06-29-04 From: Rhode Island Since last post: 486 days Last activity: 339 days |
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| I don't think it works all that well when their on a network of their own, but thrown into some sortg of context on a network can work wonders. Like on the food network having infomercials about different food related products. I know that whenever I see something like that i'm always like: "Oh! I want that" but then when you see the price it gets different. Yo go from wanting it to being: "Oh! It's THAT much! Nevermind..." | |||
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Alastor the Stylish Hey! I made a cool game! It's called "I poisoned half the food, so if you eat you might die!" Have a taco.  Level: 114  Posts: 1082/7620 EXP: 16258468 For next: 51099 Since: 03-15-04 From: Oregon, US Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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Originally posted by Colleen because they're public broadcasting and only accept donations, no adds at all. No clue why, it's pretty stupid if you ask me. Oh well, it attracts some people... |
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Slash Dafter Kodondo Level: 38  Posts: 353/584 EXP: 338934 For next: 31513 Since: 04-04-04 From: E. Millinocket, ME Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 9 hours |
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| I think they're really annoying. I've only seen like three or four things I'd ever buy from an infomercial but I forget to write down the phone numbers. |
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