# Commercials that lie

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-lie/505457>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 5, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-lie/505457 "2009-08-05T19:28:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 5

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**Author:** ![crazyjoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-lie/505457/81 "2010-02-08T15:55:51Z")

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I nominate every coca-cola ad show int he US where they show someone uncapping a full-sized 16.7 oz GLASS bottle of Coke.

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**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-lie/505457/82 "2010-02-08T16:22:48Z")

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“Just 15 minutes on the phone with GEICO could save you up to 15%.”

Nope. I spent about an hour and a half, only to learn that, if I switched to GEICO, my premiums would nearly double. :smack:

Every time I call any insurance company (auto – I can’t even find a company that writes policies in Florida; don’t even know what I’m going to do if/when State Farm pulls out of the state) I have never been quoted a lower premium. Ever. Minimum 20% increase.

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