# Do advertisements have an effect on what you purchase? How? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 16, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-advertisements-have-an-effect-on-what-you-purchase-how/613032 "2012-02-16T15:41:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 20
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-advertisements-have-an-effect-on-what-you-purchase-how/613032/20 "2012-02-17T03:43:51Z")
One notable example for me was when I needed a watch. As I was looking in the display cases at the department store, I saw these little photo displays of Kesha wearing Baby G watches. (She even designed a couple of them herself.) I thought that was so cool, but still I decided to buy another brand of watch (Skagen). However, the band on the Skagen broke after only 99 days. I decided I wouldn’t make the same mistake twice. I exchanged the broken Skagen for a G Shock (made by the same manufacturer as Baby G). The saleslady kept trying to get me to take another Skagen. “It’s a better watch than the G Shock…I’ve had my Skagen for over 20 years…I guarantee you the replacement won’t break.” Finally I got her to shut up and give me the G Shock. I’ve now had my G Shock for well over 100 days, and it hasn’t given me any problems whatsoever. Proof that Kesha knows more about watches than the watch saleslady does. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-advertisements-have-an-effect-on-what-you-purchase-how/613032)._