Ireland ASA Complaints Bulletin 28 juni 2011

De Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland, de RCC in Ierland, heeft een bundel uitspraken gepubliceerd. Categorieën variëren van telefoonabonnementen, bier, zorgverzekeringen, bookmaker, netwerkaanbieder, resort, pakketdienst, reiki beoefenaar, centrum voor afvallen, auto, online in- en verkoop, tentoonstelling, onderhoud auto, autoverzekering, energieleverancier, auto verkoop.

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Paddy Power
A leaflet handed out at the Ireland V England rugby match in the Aviva Stadium stated
“Treble The Odds
Open a new phone account. bet €50 and we’ll TREBLE the odds for you! That’s €50 at...

Diageo
An outdoor poster campaign featured a frosted glass of Budweiser Ice Cold beside a frosted Budweiser bar tap. One of the captions stated “Budweiser ICE COLD. THE COLDEST PINT EVER. CHILLED BELOW ZERO.”

VHI Healthcare
The announcer stated the following:
“Vhi Healthcare is still the cheapest for couples and the cheapest for families, which means great quality healthcare at the best prices. As we’re the only not-for-profit health insurer in Ireland, your care is our only priority. Switch to us now on 1850 44 44 44 or compare and save at vhi.ie. Vhi Healthcare. When you need us we’re there.

Harrington Bookmakers
A leaflet for Harrington Bookmakers was headlined “The Punters No.1 Choice Bookmaker”.

Meteor
The poster advertisement featured various android and smart phones. The bottom left of the advertisement included a claim of “99% Population coverage.”

Delphi Mountain Resort
A brochure for Delphi Mountain Resort featured various special offers including “Unforgettable Family Holidays €999 per family” and “Easter Family Fun From only €259”. Both offers were accompanied by a photo of two children wearing life jackets and an adult with no jacket boating in a lake/river scenario.

Vodafone
Press 1.
The advertisement featured an “I love you” sign and stated “Love your smartphone without the long term contract. Switch to Vodafone. Unlimited free Vodafone calls & texts. Switch to Simply Plus from Vodafone. For just €40 a month you get loads of calls & texts to any network, plus lots of data. So now you can love your Smartphone and your network. Offer ends 30th April.”

City Post
The advertisement was set in a board room scenario with staff members in a meeting and one of them, Sean, was presenting to the meeting:

Abby Wynne
The website was for a reiki practitioner and it claimed that reiki “boosts your body’s natural immune system” and “many people have described how Reiki has helped them recover from life threatening illnesses, severe stress, chronic pain and even cancer. Studies have shown that Reiki helps people recover from surgery much faster than people who have not had Reiki.”

Keith Anthony Weight Loss Centres
A poster advertisement featured a client of Keith Anthony Weight Loss Centres and showed a before photograph of the client also alongside the caption “I’ve lost 4 stone 3lbs in 14 weeks.” The headline stated “Strictly no bars, no sachets, no supplements, no gimmicks.” The advertisement provided a web address and further contact details for the weight loss centres.

Renault
The advertisement featured four men whispering the words of the song I love Rock ‘N Roll while driving with a baby in the back seat. They pulled up to the side of the road to drop the baby with the mother and then continued on driving while singing at the top of their voice. It appeared the men were driving to a sporting event.

VHI Healthcare
Radio - VHI Cheapest For Couples & Families
VO: VHI Healthcare is still the cheapest for couples and the cheapest for families which means great quality healthcare at the best prices. As for the only not for profit health insurer in Ireland, your care is our only priority. Switch to us now on 1850 444444 or compare and save at vhi.ie. VHI healthcare, when you need us we’re there. Savings based on VHI one plus plan versus Quinn essential plus excess and Aviva I&We level 2 excess. Terms and conditions apply.

Heineken Ireland
The scene opened with a male passenger in a train compartment with a bottle of Heineken and the train pulling into a station. He placed a beer mat on top of the bottle and headed outside to buy a paper. On his return, he encountered a couple, in what he believed to be his compartment and the woman was sitting sipping a Heineken.

Deal Solo
The radio advertisement featured a female voice over who said “Buying Selling DealSolo.ie”. A child’s voice then said “It’s feckin’ great. The word feckin’ had been partially beeped out.

MCD Promotions
Press
“The Pharaoh has arrived! …. Tutankhamun. His tomb and his treasures. A major exhibition of the international archaeological sensation. The spectacular reconstruction of the pharaoh’s tomb and treasures. RDS, Dublin. Venue box office open daily from 10am – 7pm.”

VHI Healthcare
Press
The headline caption stated “Vhi Healthcare Cheapest for Individuals, Couples and Families.” Below it stated “As we are the only not for profit health insurer in Ireland, your care is our only priority. Compare our prices and then switch to us on 1850 44 44 44 or visit vhi.ie.” A table below compared the Vhi One Plus Plan for Families, Couples and the Vhi One Plan for Individuals with a comparable plan from Aviva and Quinn. It showed that in the examples quoted, VHI was cheaper that its competitors.” The footnote stated “Terms and conditions apply. Savings correct at time of going to print.”

Audi Ireland
A promotion for an Audi Service with Audi South Dublin Service Centre offered “Seasonal service offers from only €119.99. Full Service from only €189.99. Brake fluid change from only €79.99” and “Air Conditioning service from only €99.99.”

No Nonsense Insurance
The advertisement featured three plastic dolls dressed as insurance workers, and they were sitting around the canteen table talking about car insurance:
FVO (Woman): “And he says… is there anything you can do on the price… and I says… of course there is now Michael have you considered the sex change...what says he?...a sex change… says I ... taking a spanner and making a few adjustments because if you’re to come back a woman say in ten years, we’ve great deals for the mature lady driver.”

Airtricity
The advertisement showed various everyday life scenarios that were powered by Airtricity energy. This included imagery of a sports stadium lit up at night, a hospital ward, the luas, a couple out walking late at night under street lighting and a mother and daughter at bedtime.

eircom
TV
The television advertisement featured babushka dolls and the voice over stated the following:
“There is something very different about the eircom bundle. You still get up to 8mb next generation broadband, you still get unlimited local and national calls and you still get 30 minutes to any mobile network. The only difference is the new small price just €39.99 a month. To switch today call 1800 350 303 or visit eircom.net”

Car Buyers Guide
An advertisement for the Car Buyers Guide featured a couple who were selling their car on the advertisers’ website. The advertisement began with the girl in hot pants and cropped top draped over a car using the automatic feature on a camera to take pictures of herself. Next she was shown uploading the photographs to the advertisers’ website and explaining to her partner that she took some photographs of his car and uploaded them to sell the car. When showing him the photographs she said “I reckon these might sell it.”