Since this certainly appears to be an "advertising" thread, may I hyjack it for a minute?
I'd like to know a couple of things...
First, who was the individual in the advertising industry that decided that the best way to romance my consumer dollar is to insult my intelligence?
Second, how much sense does it make to spend millions of $$ producing and airing television commercials for products that the directed demographic cannot legally purchase?
Little over a decade back there was a big stink in the news about retired Americans making the trip to Canada to purchase prescriptions. It seems they could get their prescriptions at $25 a bottle in Canada, instead of paying $187 a pill here in the States.
Today, we watch drug commercials all day long. We get 15 seconds of "Try our product. It might be right for you. Ask your doctor." Then we get 45 seconds of why anyone would be insane to take even one dose. "Side effects include insanity, rectal prolapse, and death. Tell your doctor if you're addicted to oxygen."
Cuz it kind of bugs me when I see that, and then I have to think about the check I wrote for over $1300 for 7 pills for my sick mother. And I wonder how much of that is ear-marked to pay for advertising a product that the audience cannot purchase.
