Comments on: Grey Power redux: You don’t drive like her does

By: RF

RF — Fri, 14 May 2010 20:35:17 +0000

Nobody drives like the caricature, therefore nobody gets a discount.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 14 May 2010 19:50:23 +0000

I think it’s unfair that so many people are raggin on the actress. I thought the commercial was funny the first few times, but you ninnies seem to have missed the point – the character played by Karen Parker was a caricature – “a caricature is a description of a person using exaggeration of some characteristics and oversimplification of others.” That was the point – you don’t drive like the caricature, so why pay like you do?

As Larynxa pointed out – sometimes you don’t have a choice in the jobs you do when you have to pay the rent. And although it’s easy to sit on your royal high horse and proclaim you’d never do such a thing – what commercials have you done lately?

I gotta hand it to her – she’s as sick and tired as anyone else of these commercials – as would anyone having them shoved down their throat as frequently as they have been. According to the article in the Hamilton Spectator, she “…recently finished a stint on the Second City Mainstage where (she) co -wrote and performed three shows…won one Canadian Comedy Award, was Dora nominated and [is] currently up for four Canadian Comedy Awards this year…And all people know me as is ‘the bitch in the commercial.’ Gotta love show business.”

By: RF

RF — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:13:37 +0000

They have a new one that I’ve seen once. I wonder who paid for the use of the vehicles? Surely they didn’t con the actors into providing their own cars again this time.

I wonder what would have happened if the bobble-headed actor’s auto that they used would have gotten in an accident. You can bet that there’s got to be a clause in a policy for a private auto that disallows coverage when it’s used as a commercial vehicle.

By: Gord McCaw

Gord McCaw — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:52:03 +0000

Yeehaw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just heard on the news today that Grey Power is taking that #%*&$@ ad off the air! For ages I wondered if I was the only one annoyed by this abomination-in the-name-of-advertising. Rejoice one and all of my fellow afflictees, relief is nigh!!!

By: Pat Doyle

Pat Doyle — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:38:22 +0000

I agree with these comments, well most of them. save $400? B**ls! They overcharged me for 6 years. When I did save more than that by using another company they never even acknowledged my cancellation letter. You in BC are lucky you can’t get them. They were also more on my condo ins. I was just too lazy to check out alternatives before.