# Good products killed by bad advertising: Example - Ziplock Veggie Bags **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 4, 2002, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-products-killed-by-bad-advertising-example-ziplock-veggie-bags/135262 "2002-11-04T21:32:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-products-killed-by-bad-advertising-example-ziplock-veggie-bags/135262/1 "2002-11-04T21:32:04Z")
I don’t know for a fact that the Ziplock Vegetable bags were a casualty of the asinine commercials with the talking finger, but I know that I despised those idiotic ads even though the product was a very good one. They kept vegetables fresh MUCH longer than normal, a boon to this single guy who is tired of having half a head of lettuce turning to mush. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-products-killed-by-bad-advertising-example-ziplock-veggie-bags/135262/2 "2002-11-04T21:35:57Z")
They kept showing them full of vegetables, but they shipped them empty, kind of like the OP. Another one was back in the 70’s. Somebody made some earplugs that protected musicians’ hearing; the idea was that they would keep rock stars from going deaf from all the pounding music (hello, Pete Townsend? You listening?). Their product died on the vine because of their choice of shills for their earplugs: Donnie and Marie Osmond. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-products-killed-by-bad-advertising-example-ziplock-veggie-bags/135262/3 "2002-11-04T21:53:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \* > **…they shipped them empty, kind of like the OP.** Why whatever do you mean? My OP is there plain as day… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-products-killed-by-bad-advertising-example-ziplock-veggie-bags/135262/4 "2002-11-05T00:56:26Z")
As I recall, those Zip-loc veggie bags were micro perferated with holes to allow moisture and ethaline gas (which speeds rotting) out, but seriously, what is the point of sticking stuff like that in a plastic bag in the first place when it’ll do better open-air in a bowel or collander? I wont say it was a good product, but my personal favorite product killed by bad advertising was the ‘three year anniversary band’ a local jewelry store was promoting. In the commercial it showed a young couple merrily walking hand-in-hand through a field, the young man pushing her on a tree swing, etc. It was all golden light and soft focus, like a ‘Mellow Hits of the 70’s’ comercial. The narration went something like: "You’ve been together for three years, through good times and bad. Why not give her a gift that says “I would do it all again”. The music swells. Cut to a close up on the ring on her hand… Suddenly there’s a record scratching noise. The the same hand is seen dropping his framed picture in the trash. “And should things not work out, Bolun’s Jewelery 100% satasfaction guarantee make cash returns painless”. I imagine a married guy watching that and thinking to himself “Hmmm, all thet for only three months salary. Maybe I better stick with a Dust Buster.” ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-products-killed-by-bad-advertising-example-ziplock-veggie-bags/135262/5 "2002-11-05T01:24:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Inky- \* > **As I recall, those Zip-loc veggie bags were micro perferated with holes to allow moisture and ethaline gas (which speeds rotting) out, but seriously, what is the point of sticking stuff like that in a plastic bag in the first place when it’ll do better open-air in a bowel or collander?** I can’t say why, but stuff lasted MUCH longer in those bags than open-air. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-products-killed-by-bad-advertising-example-ziplock-veggie-bags/135262/6 "2002-11-05T01:24:57Z")
“…Open-air in a [b[bowel\*\*”? Raise your hand if eewwww. StG ---
**Author:** ![Lazlo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lazlo/32/9678_2.png) [@Lazlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazlo)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-products-killed-by-bad-advertising-example-ziplock-veggie-bags/135262/7 "2002-11-05T08:51:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Inky- \* > \*\*when it’ll do better open-air in a bowel… > \*\* The first visual that popped in my head involved a celery stick and a speculuum. Greeeeaat. Now I’m cleaning soda off my screen. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-products-killed-by-bad-advertising-example-ziplock-veggie-bags/135262/8 "2002-11-05T10:37:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lazlo \* > **a celery stick and a speculum** What is how vegetarians amuse themselves on a Friday night? 😃