JohnRich 4 #1 August 8, 2006 What do you think of those magazine cardboard advertisement inserts? Do they annoy you because they get in the way of what you are trying to read? Do you yank them out to get them out of your way? Do you reach in and hold them back out of the way to read around them? In the particular example shown in the attachment, we have an ad in TV Guide for a chihuahua dog christmas ornament, in the middle of the summer. Yeah, those are going to sell like hotcakes! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #2 August 8, 2006 I go through the magazine and yank them all out (i hate the perfume ones the most). After they've all been yanked and thrown out, then i read the magazine. Been doing this for about 10 years. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveStMarys 0 #3 August 8, 2006 I yank them out and always save one to use as a bookmark. BobbiA miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #4 August 8, 2006 QuoteI go through the magazine and yank them all out (i hate the perfume ones the most). After they've all been yanked and thrown out, then i read the magazine. Oh good, so I'm not the only one that does this. Now, by doing so, does that make them an effective means of advertising, because they forced you to look at them in order to yank them out? That's much harder to ignore than a page like all the others that you can just flip right past... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #5 August 8, 2006 I don't always go through and pull them out, but I'll usually throw them out as I come across them, if they're the loose ones ... or I'll use them as a bookmark. I can't recall ever actually READING one though."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #6 August 8, 2006 I don't think it's good advertising since i don't even pay attention to what i rip out. I just flip to the harder/stiffer pages and yank 'em without even looking at 'em. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
point_code 0 #7 August 8, 2006 Oh, I really hate these!!!! They are one of my biggest pet peeves!!!! Well actually, they just piss me off. they fall out on the floor when yer thumbing thru a magazine at the drug store, they fall out on your bathroom floor after you've purchased the magazine and take it home to read it, and I refuse to read the damn things. In my opinion they are the paper equivilent of telemarketers. I don't think I've ever seen one of these stupid inserts in Parachutist magazine, so they really rock in that department. And another thing.......removable ad inserts aside, when I buy a magazine about a particular topic whether it's skydiving, woodworking, hotrodding, or nude babes, I do so because I have an interest in that particular topic and I want to read about it. Has anyone noticed that magazines are more than 50% advertisements and less than 50% actual content. My only exception is the ads in Parachutist magazine because I love to see all the cool skydiving stuff for sale. In contrast many other magazines contain advertisements for Viagra, womens femanine products, how to build a hovercraft using old vaccume cleaner parts, or something else that's completely unrelated to the magazine or it's intended subject matter. I hate these things. : ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 892 #8 August 8, 2006 I drop them in the mail once in awhile...might as well make them actually pay something for them...they are already addressed and all.... not like I fill in any blanks or anything though...! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
point_code 0 #9 August 8, 2006 hey, that's a good idea. spending an hour pulling a few hundred out of magazines at the grocery store and dropping them in the mail (blank of course) might bring a bit of satisfaction. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #10 August 8, 2006 I hardly even notice them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #11 August 9, 2006 I usually yank them out and throw them away, but what really gets on my nerves are the ones that simply fall out when you open the magazine. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #12 August 9, 2006 Traash..all trash...but sometimes useful trash. Bookmarks Coasters Annoying mail-backs Fire starting Attic insulation (not recommended) Paper airplanes for the kids Midnight delivery to your enemy neighbor Perfumed reminders for hygeine to "those" people Bird cage liners I'm sure you can think of more... My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
