get the boycott flag out, and wave it.

[nochay]

"Brand New Cars at used car prices"

your hearing this correctly

"Brand New Cars at used car prices"

yes, you heard right

"Brand New Cars at used car prices"

"Brand New Cars at used car prices"

CALL DESERT!!

Desert Toyota is proud to announce our new special!!!!!

"Brand New Cars at used car prices"

your hearing this

"Brand New Cars at used car prices"

Solara, Camry, Sienna, It's all at desert toyota!

get a low 6666666666.666666% financing on any of our cars!!!!

"hey john elway, who you gonna call?" I'd call desert!

"Who you gonna call"

"I said, las vegas, who you gonna call!!!"



CALL DESERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Brand New Cars at used car prices"

"Brand New Cars at used car prices"

This is a actual commercial, that is recycled on every corporate run TV/radio station in the las vegas valley. The annoying song is set to the ghost busters music, with a bunch of pinheads they stuffed into a recording studio, fresh off the streets. They keep the basic theme song, and the John Elway pinhead (who probably is shown where las vegas is on a map ) then pound this into your brain. Sometimes, they run the same ad's for a month or two, and then change them. They also can run the ad up to 20-30 times in a hour sometimes. "Carpet Bombing the Airwaves" would sum this up.

I am fedup with this. This is a petition for anyone who is considering buying a car, to boycott the Desert Automotive Group.

About Desert Automotive Group

An investment group that included current President Larry Carter founded the Desert Automotive Group in 1973. Starting with Desert GMC on West Tropicana (now the site of Budget Suites), the Desert group grew to become four dealerships before being acquired in 1997 by Republic Industries, Inc., which does business today as AutoNation, Inc.

Desert dealerships in Las Vegas include: Desert Buick GMC on West Sahara, Desert Lincoln Mercury on West Sahara, Desert Pontiac GMC-Buick in the Valley Auto Mall, Desert Honda on East Sahara, Desert Chrysler Jeep on Boulder Highway, Desert Volkswagen/Audi on North Decatur Boulevard, Desert Dodge on West Sahara, Desert Toyota on West Sahara, Desert Nissan on West Sahara, Desert BMW of Las Vegas on Decatur at Sahara and Desert BMW of Henderson in the Valley Auto Mall.

They used to be a good company, before Autonation bought them. Now, we are subjected to crappy commericals, and the ultimate insult: Mobile billboards. Nothing beats sitting in traffic, staring at a ugly 80000X600000 billboard on four wheels with john elway staring at you.

Also, boycott the Autonation company also. The parent company needs to get a foot in up their ass, and their profits to plunge.

I will not give my hard earned money to a bunch of slimey corporate sleazebags who seem to think the only way to get anyone to buy a car is to break my spirit, numb my mind, then watch as I pull up to the dealership, and drive out.

It is time to take action. Anyone who lives in las vegas, post in this thread. how do you feel about these ad's they run? Have you had a bad experience with them? Anyone else outside of the vegas valley, post also. I want this to be seen everywhere, and this taken care of. Post anything they may have done. Annoying commercials, rude salespeople, broke your car in the shop, ripped you off, etc etc.

Dane

[jokostel]

personally i dont even botherb reading those dang banners and advertisements... not because im weak willed its because i dont have the time to listen to crap they have to sell me.... yes they should put a stop to stupid advertisements such as that but hey.... would you if it got more sheeple to come in and buy vehicles at 30% interest on a loan???

[nochay]

Click Here For Locations of the dealerships

My point is, we need to take back the airwaves. I love listening to 2 stations here, and I switch back and forth when I want a change. Nothing is more annoying, enjoying your favorite song, when it is over, and John Elway is grating at your ears. (The worst was when they played the Desert commercial, sandwiched a different one in between, then played it again! I am asking the people out there who are not nose to butt or following the herd, to not buy *ANYTHING* from the autonation group of company's. If you are considering a car, entertain other options. If they are this unethical on the radio, trying to pound it into your head, then what are they doing on the contract while "Call Desert" is on infinite loop in your brain while you are signing the contract?

Dane

[nochay]

Bad Business Bureau

Pay a visit to the above site, and post your horror stories there, or read the 10 current stories.

Dane

[RedFury]

I agree, there should be some sort of regulation as to how many times an hour any one business can run an ad.

I'd think you'd have better luck if you contacted the radio stations involved in this media carpet bagging and call it exactly that, and tell them that you aren't going to listen to their station, or frequent ANY of their advertisers until they stop the bleeding in your ears.

[Ed_S]

I totally agree with you, these advertising methods are VERY annoying. Mail your opinion to the radio stations involved, that's still the best way to get a responce. Phone calls are easily ignored and emails are virtually useless for this. But frankly, you're not likely to get anything accomplished. Advertising is their major revenue source, after all, and they're not likely to cut off a major customer.

The thing is, these ad campaigns work. The whole idea is to keep the company name in people's mind. Catchy jingles that stay in your head are especially effective. I can think of several local dealers that had them years back - I still remember the jingles & the names long after the company's gone!
Rolling billboards get signs into places that stationary signs aren't allowed, yet they're just as legal as having a name on the side of a truck. Write the dealership & tell them you feel it's an eyesore - if they get enough complaints, they'll send it elsewhere.

They really can't stop advertising heavy, though. With eleven dealerships, this company HAS to go for volume and must get their ads out constantly to reach as many people as possible. If they don't move a lot of cars, parts, and service every month, they'll be in trouble quick - and in today's economy, that's a tough bill to fill!! The auto business is in rough shape, at least here in Mo.

BTW, I know first-hand about this, having worked at a dealership forever. Sales are down, service is down, bodywork's WAY down. We're down in wholesale parts too, but not as bad as the other dept's. It's reached the point that dealers around here consider breaking even to be a GOOD thing...

[OuTpaTienT]

It's up to the radio station how often they run an ad. Boycotting the business is wrong. UnAmerican. If you're going to boycott anyone, boycott the station where you hear this crap repeatedly. They sold the air time. And you, the consumer, are the one with the ultimate choice in this equation, TURN IT OFF! Geeeez. Boycott? Let me know when your next book burning is too, I'll be sure to boycott that.

[desmocat]

I feel the same way about a jewelry store chain that has some lady sounding like the are squeezing her ***** in a vice the way she is "singing" at the start of it.
it's like AHHHHHHHUUUHHHH that's ******(name not published, don't know if they run the same ads nationwide..)
Just like out suggested, I immediately switch the station.

If you want to be heard, call or write the dealer and tell them the ads have the exact opposite effect as intended, that instead of listening, you change the station, and never listen to their ads that they paid for.

[osprey4]

Ok, so we have a post about annoying car dealer ads.

So what's the point?