Businesses Online Q&A

Q: Ads that effect us in a negative way?

A: The Holiday ads on TV where the cartoon house is all glittering with lights, dark outside and ground covered in snow. As a car pulls up and people get out of the car and enter the house the spokesman is telling the story of the gifts they bring to the celebration (holiday turkey, $28), next car pulls in and some other gift and the amount it costs is announced. After four to five cars the announcer says, "A house full of good friends and family -- priceless." And it's an add for MasterCard. Then the ad tells you for every dollar you spend/borrow on your MasterCard you are eligible to win a house in the drawing. That's horrible! Encouraging people to take on debt and putting the carrot on the stick, not only to purposefully ruin you financially, but a gambler edge too? Disgusting. They have a law in the U.S. and at MasterCard that you can’t use your credit card for gambling. Shysters!