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I have become very aware of the large volume of advertising of
cleaning products (Flash etc) at the moment compared to petrol ('Put a
tiger in your tank', 'We're going well, we're going Shell') or beans
('A million housewives every day, pick up tin of beans and say Beans
Means Heinz') or white goods. Are cleaning products over-priced?
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On 07/06/2026 in message <4dca2ltgqllsc3pktft99m86ve4loa7c90@4ax.com>
Scott wrote:

I have become very aware of the large volume of advertising of
cleaning products (Flash etc) at the moment compared to petrol ('Put a
tiger in your tank', 'We're going well, we're going Shell') or beans
('A million housewives every day, pick up tin of beans and say Beans
Means Heinz') or white goods. Are cleaning products over-priced?

When I had to study economics for my exams we were told that all cleaning products contain essentially the same ingredients which cost about 10p to make, the rest of the price was profit and marketing costs in persuading
you that Daz is better than Tide.

To me the most prolific adverts are for gambling in some way, shape or
form. Chairmen of such companies don't get salaries of u365 million from
money trees.
--
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
I can please only one person per day. Today is not your day.
Tomorrow, isn't looking good either.
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Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

I have become very aware of the large volume of advertising of
cleaning products (Flash etc) at the moment compared to petrol ('Put a
tiger in your tank', 'We're going well, we're going Shell') or beans
('A million housewives every day, pick up tin of beans and say Beans
Means Heinz') or white goods. Are cleaning products over-priced?

Everyone knows that all petrol is pretty similar and folk purely fill up on price or convenience. Cleaning products rely on the low level of scientific knowledge of the average consumer, so you can try to sell cheap chemicals
with claims of wonder properties.

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Tweed wrote:

Scott wrote:

I have become very aware of the large volume of advertising of

cleaning products (Flash etc) at the moment compared to petrol

Are there [m]any petrol adverts on TV nowadays? I can't think of them ...

Everyone knows that all petrol is pretty similar and folk purely fill up on price or convenience.

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On 07/06/2026 10:58, Jeff Gaines wrote:

When I had to study economics for my exams we were told that all
cleaning products contain essentially the same ingredients which cost
about 10p to make, the rest of the price was profit and marketing costs
in persuading you that Daz is better than Tide.

One of the Sunday newspapers used to have a regular column on common
products. On week they did detergents and said they are all basically
the same. They can be replaced by Teepol - put some scent in it if
necessary and you want a more luxurious version then add some salt to
thicken it.





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On 07/06/2026 11:41, Andy Burns wrote:

Tweed wrote:

Scott wrote:

I have become very aware of the large volume of advertising of

cleaning products (Flash etc) at the moment compared to petrol

Are there [m]any petrol adverts on TV nowadays?-a I can't think of them ...

Everyone knows that all petrol is pretty similar and folk purely fill
up on
price or convenience.

Shell have been running some "non oil" energy adverts for a while, but basically telling us about their research rather than plugging a
specific product
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On Sun 07/06/2026 11:28, Tweed wrote:

Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

I have become very aware of the large volume of advertising of
cleaning products (Flash etc) at the moment compared to petrol ('Put a
tiger in your tank', 'We're going well, we're going Shell') or beans
('A million housewives every day, pick up tin of beans and say Beans
Means Heinz') or white goods. Are cleaning products over-priced?

Everyone knows that all petrol is pretty similar and folk purely fill up on price or convenience. Cleaning products rely on the low level of scientific knowledge of the average consumer, so you can try to sell cheap chemicals with claims of wonder properties.

One thing I learnt recently.
If you have moss on a tarmac drive sprinkle Sodium Percarbonate on it (granular powder) when rain expected and leave it there for a few days -
hey ho the moss turns brown and is killed down to the roots.
You can buy Sodium Percarbonate but its not that cheap. What is cheaper
and is also mostly Sodium Percarbonate is.......? Vanish!
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On 07/06/2026 10:02, Scott wrote:

I have become very aware of the large volume of advertising of
cleaning products (Flash etc) at the moment compared to petrol ('Put a
tiger in your tank', 'We're going well, we're going Shell') or beans
('A million housewives every day, pick up tin of beans and say Beans
Means Heinz') or white goods. Are cleaning products over-priced?

It pays for footballers transfer fees and footballers wives transfer
fees ...
--
Adrian C
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On 07/06/2026 10:02, Scott wrote:

I have become very aware of the large volume of advertising of
cleaning products

That's just a return to origins. Soap operators are so called because
they were sponsored by cleaning product manufacturers to fill the gaps
between their advertisements.
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In article <4dca2ltgqllsc3pktft99m86ve4loa7c90@4ax.com>, Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> writes

I have become very aware of the large volume of advertising of
cleaning products (Flash etc) at the moment compared to petrol ('Put a
tiger in your tank', 'We're going well, we're going Shell') or beans
('A million housewives every day, pick up tin of beans and say Beans
Means Heinz') or white goods. Are cleaning products over-priced?

As I watch the game show "Countdown" every day, I see many of the
adverts screened on Channel 4 during the afternoon. Many are for life
assurance or funeral plans, which is slightly depressing. I suppose it
shows what advertisers think the demographic of those watching afternoon
TV is.
--
John Hall

"The covers of this book are too far apart."
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
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On Mon, 8 Jun 2026 09:32:21 +0100, David Woolley <david@ex.djwhome.demon.invalid> wrote:

On 07/06/2026 10:02, Scott wrote:

I have become very aware of the large volume of advertising of
cleaning products

That's just a return to origins. Soap operators are so called because
they were sponsored by cleaning product manufacturers to fill the gaps >between their advertisements.

Good point (soap operas). 'With Persil Automatic you do wash right,
you do wash clean and you do wash bright'.
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On Mon, 8 Jun 2026 09:55:39 +0100, John Hall <john@jhall.co.uk> wrote:

In article <4dca2ltgqllsc3pktft99m86ve4loa7c90@4ax.com>, Scott ><newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> writes

I have become very aware of the large volume of advertising of
cleaning products (Flash etc) at the moment compared to petrol ('Put a >>tiger in your tank', 'We're going well, we're going Shell') or beans
('A million housewives every day, pick up tin of beans and say Beans
Means Heinz') or white goods. Are cleaning products over-priced?

As I watch the game show "Countdown" every day, I see many of the
adverts screened on Channel 4 during the afternoon. Many are for life >assurance or funeral plans, which is slightly depressing. I suppose it
shows what advertisers think the demographic of those watching afternoon
TV is.

When would be the optimum time for charities to advertise?
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On 08/06/2026 12:19, Scott wrote:

When would be the optimum time for charities to advertise?

They seem to proliferate when advertising is cheap which is usually
during the daytime. Sure it does them more harm than good because they
repeat the same adverts ad nauseum and get really irritating.








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