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* Pick an [[Infomercial]]. Any informercial.

* Pick one of those "As Seen On TV" type ads. Such as the lady who, in supposedly hot weather, steps right into her car and ''puts her hands on the steering wheel''. You deserve to have your hand burned, lady.

** Comparing signatures on credit cards has ALWAYS been an exception to the rule. Credit card security is based on the concept that you can dispute any fraudulent charges, and no one will try to cheat and dispute non fraudulent charges.

** There was even a line for the Visa Check Card aimed at the inconvenience of using checks as payment. This includes the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhieUXAapz8 famous "rabbit" commercial].

** Technically, halitosis exists, but it's a sign of real (but rare) medical issues like infection or a serious dental problem and mouthwash doesn't do much to avert it.

** Certain feminine hygiene products allegedly work on this principle as well.

** These commercials vaguely ring a bell, but I have no idea what RCN is.

** A cable provider; '''every''' cable or satellite provider tries to compare other ways of getting TV to be incredibly complicated to install, with customer service that is presented as harder than the American tax code to talk to a competent person to fix their problem. [[Cable-Satellite Mudslinging|It has its own trope altogether]].

* ''Every'' commercial that has ''ever'' included the question "Has this ever happened to you?", and the often-parodied old-fashioned vaccuum cleaner salesman.

* Evidently there is some great "denture adhesive ''strips'' vs. denture adhesive ''paste''" rivalry in the ad business, as this trope runs in both directions. "Aren't you tired of strips never fitting quite right, all day long?" "Aren't you tired of struggling to scrub the paste off your dentures every night?" In unison: "Well those days are over!"

** Well, in all fairness, snuggies were originally made for people who really would have a difficult time using a normal blanket, such as people in wheelchairs, in which case the blanket could possibly get caught in the wheels.

* The X-Paste Toothpaste Dispenser calls attention to the crippling difficulty of applying toothpaste to a toothbrush directly from a tube.

* The ''Easy Feet'' commercial goes on and on about how difficult it is to clean your feet in the shower, showing a man hopping on one foot and almost falling down. Yep, Easy Feet was created because cleaning your feet properly is nearly impossible.

** In their defense, it probably ''is'' for those with back problems and/or no sense of balance.

* A stamps.com commercial features the line "There's nothing worse than going to the post office and waiting in line." [[Sarcasm Mode|Looks like somebody's been leading a charmed life.]]

* The Sleep Number Bed commercials start out describing how normal mattress stores only tell you where the mattresses are, but the Sleep Number Bed salespeople "diagnose" their customers for the mattress that's right for them because sleeping on anything else must be torture.

 

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[[Category:Basic Commercial Types]]