The Dog Ate My Wallet

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Annual Rant: Holiday Car Commercials

It is the holiday season once again, and with the holiday season comes the holiday advertising. That means that it’s time for one other holiday tradition- my rant against holiday car commercials. Last year, I wrote that Cars are NOT Gifts, and it’s 27 comments make it my most popular post ever (thanks to The Consumerist for linking to it). This year, believe it or not, I have yet to see a commercial suggesting that someoneread more…

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Annual Rant: Cars are NOT Gifts

Every year I rant about this. (See the evidence from last year here and here.) And I will probably keep ranting about it. I HATE the car commercials that indicate you should buy a car as a gift. HATE THEM. Now, these commercials are almost always Lexus (this year’s biggest offender so far), Acura, Mercedes commercials- you know, luxury cars, though last year there was the Buick commercial. But still, even if you’re “rich” why doesread more…