I wondered how long it would take to get the requisite dose of TV snobbery.
I guess I should have put a smilie on it, but I forgot.
Oh, baby. 
Sweetie…it’s hors d’oeuvre. :o
Oddly enough, the only woman who will claim me has a heart like a wheel.
:smack:
Thanks.
You’re married to Shirley Muldowney?
Aren’t you guys trying to shoot the messenger here?
Advertisers reflect the society they operate in, they wouldn’t sell much otherwise. In other words, the ad has just enough of truth in it to be effective. Sparklers can be more effective than a line of schmaltz in a campaign of seduction.
I dislike the artificiality of the whole thing–it all seems forced, this annual love -fest that creates a heart-shaped world for well, weeks now.
Back when I thought that romance and I would have more than a passing acquaintance, I didn’t mind Valentine’s Day. Now, as my marriage sort of crumbles (LIssa --it sounds strange to say, but you can indeed stay married to someone who doesn’t really know you for 20 years, or at least 18)–I find I dread this day for my own personal reasons.
If Valentine’s Day is important to you, I hope it goes well. The complete commercialization of it is disgusting–and I find it’s when the stereotypes of both genders really come out.
Ugh.
EXACTLY! I told DogDad the first time we saw that stupid DeBeers ad mentioned above where the guy’s shouting “I LOVE THIS WOMAN!” that I’d rather he stood in a crowded plaza shrieking “I LOVE THIS WOMAN!” than paying thousands of bucks for jewelry. After all, anyone can buy diamonds. Heck, my dog could probably get a sufficient credit-line to buy diamonds. But it takes someone either really really nuts or really really secure to make a total fool of themselves in public for love of another person.
Some people do both, have a joint account for household use and separate accounts for personal use.
I see that commercial and wonder where a good sniper is when you really need one.
Kay Jewelers has the slogan “Every kiss begins with Kay”…they should just be honest and start saying “Every blowjob begins with Kay” 
In addition, think just how much sales would jump!
Back to the OP…
That annoying commercial made you, and other mention JCPenney 20 times or so in this thread.
I would say, annoying or not, it was pretty effective…
Yeah, at getting me not to shop there. There are plenty of other department stores in town which don’t have ad campaigns that depict women as money-grubbing whores. Advertising only works if it brings more customers into the store to spend money. I’m doing my part to to try to make this an unsuccessful campaign.
Bah.
If you are looking for a pair of shoes and you don’t find them elsewhere, you are going to go to JCP. All the ad served to do is raise JCPs place in your subconscience. And if you are boycotting companies based on annoying ads, just where WILL you shop?
No, I won’t. I already own two pairs of slip-on mocs and a pair of black pumps. That’s all I need.
Well, if it ever comes to that, there’s still plenty of little privately-owned shops in my town. I can go to Sandy’s Shoes to get footwear-- hell, we have a guy in town who still MAKES shoes by hand. I rarely buy clothes, anyway. (My sister gives me all of her hand-me-downs.)
Because there was so little awareness of that brand name before, right? JC Penny no longer needs to raise their profile. They need to have a positive experience associated with their brand name. DeBeers isn’t actually raising their own profile, but that of their product. They don’t care if you want a Debeers diamond or not, because the alternative is to dig one yourself in Herkimer. They just want you to feel like you’re a little less of a man if you can’t get your woman a big sparklie.
It’s not like JCP is an obscure store I’ve never heard of. I already have an image of them in my mind. It’s not particularly flattering. And this commercial certainly does not improve that image. JCP doesn’t sell anything I can’t find at other stores. So when I choose between those stores, and I run through the options in my head (consciously or subconsciously), I will generally choose to go to the ones that have a more positive image in my mind. I simply can’t believe that all publicity is good publicity.
Bah, simulpost.