Annoying Commercials

darwinstheory said:

tempo_n_groove said:

K A R S KARS FOR KIDS
K A R S KARS FOR KIDS!

DONATE YOUR CAR TODAY!!!

My first thought when I read the thread title. So, I jumped in to see if it had been named. And nofuckinjoke...it started playing on the radio just as I was reading DK's response to T-n-G's listing it. That commercial is the god damned devil!

darwinstheory said:

Poncier said:

darwinstheory said:

tempo_n_groove said:

K A R S KARS FOR KIDS
K A R S KARS FOR KIDS!

DONATE YOUR CAR TODAY!!!

My first thought when I read the thread title. So, I jumped in to see if it had been named. And nofuckinjoke...it started playing on the radio just as I was reading DK's response to T-n-G's listing it. That commercial is the god damned devil!

Every time that thing comes on the radio in the car I switch stations as fast as I can.

Me too, but every time, it is too late. The damage has already been done. Just as @hedonist suggested, I would specifically donate a car to another organization just to spite that damn commercial. Sorry kids, but I am not giving in to that commercial. 

Seriously though, how many commercial bits do they buy. And it's been going on for so many years.

"Kars4Kids’ low rate of program spending is also particularly concerning given that the vast majority of Kars4Kids’ program expenses consist of grants to its “sister charity,” Oorah, which runs the “educational, developmental, and recreational programs for Jewish youth and their families” funded by Kars4Kids, per its mission. About 93% of Kars4Kids’ cash-based program spending in 2015 was in the form of a grant to Oorah in the amount of approximately $16.9 million. By comparison, Kars4Kids reported spending about $17.1 million on advertising and promotion in 2015 – about $150,000 more than its cash grant to Oorah. Furthermore, as a percentage of the funds Kars4Kids generated from donated vehicles (including boats & planes) in 2015, its grant to Oorah represented only about 46% of those total funds raised.

Additionally, as the car donation proceeds get passed along from Kars4Kids to Oorah, Oorah itself has fundraising and general administrative costs to pay for, which it does primarily with the grant money it receives from Kars4Kids. Therefore, the proceeds Kars4Kids generates from car donations get another “hair cut” when they make their way to Oorah. Fortunately, Oorah’s cash-based program spending percentage was 74% in 2015, which is above CharityWatch’s reasonableness benchmark of 60%. Even with Oorah’s very reasonable rate of program spending, though, once Oorah’s and Kars4Kids’ overhead expenses are considered in aggregate, only about 38% of Kars4Kids’ donated car proceeds were spent on bona fide programs in 2015. In other words, based on the average resale value of about $365 for a car donated to Kars4Kids in 2015, less than $139 actually went towards benefitting “kids,” who, as a reminder, are mostly Jewish youth that participate in Oorah’s Orthodox Jewish outreach programs."

Jason P said:

Insurance commercials drive me nuts.  I'm pretty sure that insurance premiums would be $50 a year if they just stopped running so many ads.  FYI - my friend who is an independent adjuster told me the companies that run the most ads are the worst to deal with. 

I had to go youtube premium to stop ads because I was starting to fantasize about murdering a certain emu

Jason P said:

Insurance commercials drive me nuts.  I'm pretty sure that insurance premiums would be $50 a year if they just stopped running so many ads.  FYI - my friend who is an independent adjuster told me the companies that run the most ads are the worst to deal with. 

I had to go youtube premium to stop ads because I was starting to fantasize about murdering a certain emu

Not if he gets you first

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI3RhwSF8mo