Are 3 really that desperate?

[andym]

Anyone else getting shit loads of adverts for this horse/pony crap? About 50% of adverts on websites now seems to be for 3's singing dancing horses.

Maybe they should have saved their advertising costs and spent more in trying to keep a reliable service up and running

[Irn-Bru]

AdBlock ftw
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[unitynotsocri...]

put em in burgers,thought they were so effng cute until about 2 hours ago.
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[Islander]

That's a Shetland pony and the scenery is also Shetland.

<irony>

3 don't have a service on Shetland.

</irony>

[The Artist]

They are flooding the advertising market with that horse. It is working.

[TheManWithThe...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM75eXq_FQE

Watch till the end
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[andym]

I'm just glad I don't watch TV, apparently they are showing the shit on prime time.

I honestly get a twitch in my eye every time I see one of the banners.

But then I'm just bitter because I've got over a year of their shit internet service to put up with (although I'm seriously considering cancelling the DD)

[Nexus Icon]

I don't have any problems with the 3 network but I have a few issues with that CGI Shetland. Smug little bastard.
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[haroman666]

I like the message of "Silly things matter", cause they do.

But by fuck do I want to chop that fucking moonwalking hay-munching dickpiece up and put it in a burger.
The advert annoys the shit out of me.

Luckily, like you andym, I dont watch TV often and therefore have only seen it a couple of times. But that's a couple of times too many.
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[N cee thirty]

its the best advert ever


https://th00.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2011/328/2/b/deal_with_it_by_extrahovinco-d4h1t5m.png
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[angryjonny]

[J.M.]

What pisses me off is that they text me, a 3 customer, with all their advertising crap.

I would struggle to give less of a fuck about "free internet" advertisements being texted to me so that I can watch a pony dancing, when I already have free internet in my contract! Bah!
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[D O G]

They have ruined what was an amazing song, forever.

[Eddie Hitler]

Had a real trouble making them clear I wanted to end my 24 month contract with them the other week. Spent 25 minutes of my time trying to make them understand I didn't want a "special deal" as I was a "valued" customer.

Just had to stay calm and battle on. Considering it should have ended anyway without me having to call them, robbing thieving cunts would have continued to charge me on a rolling month basis. Shit network, never again.

[Rigga]

touch wood iv'e not had a problem with em up to now. Shit hot coverage where i live and cheap as fook. Better than the robbing twats at o2 who were charging me double what im paying now with no 3g coverage only 2g!

[Copycat73]

3 are crap.. bad coverage, terrible customer service.. rotten call centers..
finaly got rid of the last contract (had three of them) trying to cancel/give notice is impossible as they still take the money out your account ... NEVER AGAIN

they are to be avoided !!!
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[kitty kat]

I have been with 3 for over 4 years now, never had a problem with them & I have not had problems with reception or customer service.

[andym]

I only joined because they were offering the best internet allowance at a low price and the service started off quite good, never had a problem with connections etc.... then a few months down the line they are shit (been with them almost a year now), the connection drops out, the download speeds are terrible (at times, and not peak times either), the signal started strong when I joined, now I get an average of 3 bars...

It just seems they are wasting a lot of money on shit advertising than improving service

[Alpha-9]

No idea, blissful ignorance as always
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[metalangel]

3 were absolutely fucking horrendous.
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[Lord Percy]

I presume this is the ad that I've only ever seen 3 seconds of because it popped up on a youtube vid and I thought, "oh, dancing small horse, skip in 3, 2, 1"

Proud to have never seen it

The reason 3 are spending so much on the advertising campaign is because brand image alone is often what sells a product these days, and there are numerous ways to boost that brand; the current trend just being to make it 'funky' (eg Old Spice advert).

[raak]

[pits]

[_Will_]

They've succeeded making it viral - it's advertising, all they need to do is make people aware good or bad, the very fact you discussing it regardless of seeing it or not means it's a job well done

It's going to new lengths now - mashups
Hip hop
Rock
Rave
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[Dazbo666]

They've even started showing remix / viral vids too.

P.I.T.A. already!!

Extra publicity I guess, but IMO for all the wrong reasons
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