If I see an ad that says “3 out of 5 prefer X over Y”, then I just think, OK I’m one of the other 2.
I never think, Oh Dear, I’m not in the majority, I should buy what the majority does even though I (and 100,000,000 others) prefer Y.
To quote Ren & Stimpy, " No, Sir, I don’t like it."
Those results are probably doctered. Like going to a store that only sells Pepsi and asking what brand the customers prefer.
I’m only impressed by taste tests if I’m the one doing the tasting.
I’m with MysterEcks… the only reliable taste-test is the one you do yourself. I’ve met people that (horror of horrors!) don’t like the taste of Josta, for cryin’ out loud!!!
What is Josta? I’m a foreign and ignorant person, so please give me a clue at least.
Ads which describe the results of taste tests or whatever do not impress me one iota. The only way to decide which product you like and are going to buy is to taste test it yourself. And if you happen to be in the 2% that supposedly don’t buy that particular product, then who give a shit, so long as you are happy.
I don’t care how many people of a group liked something, if I don’t, then it’s “I do not like them, Sam I Am.”
You also need know that sticking a television camera in someone’s face will alter the resonses significantly.
I remember some years ago a candid camera stunt in which they replicated this kind of taste test.
They concocted a beverage that, well, tasted like shit. They then went through the routine of getting people’s response to this new drink.
Amazingly enough, a number of people said they liked the drink. Some didn’t. But when they finally asked all the people at the end of this experiment, they all said they hated it. They were simply trying to be nice.
I’ve often been amazed at these ads. Do people actually think they’d spend millions of dollars to air someone who says their product stinks? ‘Well, Bob, I think this tastes like garbage.’ ‘The wonder mop? The things never picked up shit for me.’