Peter Jones and Moneysupermarket

Skeptic · 29 Jun 2009 at 21:18

Surely to God this man can't be so desperate for more money as to make these truly atrocious adverts? I'd have thought he would be happy with his (already considerable) stack. Not saying he shouldn't earn more, but he has lost all integrity in my eyes by doing these.

Perhaps he has some sort of affiliation with them. I don't know. All I know is I cringe for him every time I see them.

Am I alone?

aardvark · 29 Jun 2009 at 21:21

i agree totally - he's a money whore.

Bear · 29 Jun 2009 at 21:21

Perhaps the effort to earnings makes it worth it. Perhaps he is doing it as a favour for a mate. Who cares. :confused:

Silent UK · 29 Jun 2009 at 21:22

I was under the impression, that he owns part of them?

Drizmod · 29 Jun 2009 at 21:22

A guy that's good at making money makes more money SHOCKER!

Stop being jealous and go out and get some for yourself

Shadows1990 · 29 Jun 2009 at 21:22

More annoyingly (in my eyes) is the absolutely terrible job someone did with the AV sync

Slime · 29 Jun 2009 at 21:22

It does make me wonder, the use of celebs in advertising this type of product/service...does it really make people want to buy it any more than if we saw any tom, dick or harry on screen instead...? I wonder how much he was paid.

Skeptic · 29 Jun 2009 at 21:23

Bear said:
Perhaps the effort to earnings makes it worth it. Perhaps he is doing it as a favour for a mate. Who cares.

I care.

ozzy · 29 Jun 2009 at 21:24

To expand - I agree you have to have a certain mindset to get to that position. I myself am a workaholic, but only on the proviso that I don't have a massive house and a nice car.

The day that I am not wanting for anything, with a few quid in my pocket, is the day I say "thanks a lot" and cash it all in and go and live the rest of my life enjoying what I've worked hard for.

The Peter Jones and Sir Allen Sugars of the world seem to be unable to stop once they amass a large amount of money.. and it's a shame in my eyes.

Skeptic · 29 Jun 2009 at 21:25

Drizmod said:
A guy that's good at making money makes more money SHOCKER!

Stop being jealous and go out and get some for yourself

That's a pretty big assumption there, son. If you re-read my opening post, I did mention that he should earn more, but his attempts to make himself a legitimate TV-personality is cringe-worthy.

Drizmod · 29 Jun 2009 at 21:31

fus said:
That's a pretty big assumption there, son. If you re-read my opening post, I did mention that he should earn more, but his attempts to make himself a legitimate TV-personality is cringe-worthy.

I apologise. It came across to me as if you were being jealous. For your second point I agree with you!

The Peter Jones and Sir Allen Sugars of the world seem to be unable to stop once they amass a large amount of money

Nothing wrong with that. The country needs people like this who have the ability to make a lot of money. It benefits us all.

shauncr91 · 29 Jun 2009 at 21:34

ozzy said:
The Peter Jones and Sir Allen Sugars of the world seem to be unable to stop once they amass a large amount of money.. and it's a shame in my eyes.

Why would you want to stop making money, and spend the rest of the day sat on your backside doing nothing?

Ascendancy · 29 Jun 2009 at 21:34

It's better than rock stars advertising car insurance and butter

Phobia_mp3 · 29 Jun 2009 at 21:36

If it made me money I would do it. I bet with him being in the advert it makes a lot more money than if it was some random actor who can't act.

ozzy · 29 Jun 2009 at 21:39

shauncr91 said:
Why would you want to stop making money, and spend the rest of the day sat on your backside doing nothing?

I didn't say I would sit and do anything - surely life is too short to work all the time? It's more a necessity? Sure, you can get paid to do what you love, but who wants to the do same thing forever?

If you had more money than you know what to do with, would you continue to work? Me, personally, would use that money to enable me to follow my hobbies/travel/do new things

BigglesPiP · 29 Jun 2009 at 21:39

Perhaps he has a large share in the company¡

Phobia_mp3 · 29 Jun 2009 at 21:41

BigglesPiP said:
Perhaps he has a large share in the company¡

I thought he owned the majority of the company :/

shauncr91 · 29 Jun 2009 at 21:41

ozzy said:
I didn't say I would sit and do anything - surely life is too short to work all the time? It's more a necessity? Sure, you can get paid to do what you love, but who wants to the do same thing forever?

If you had more money than you know what to do with, would you continue to work? Me, personally, would use that money to enable me to follow my hobbies/travel/do new things

You have no idea how much/little Peter works. He has people running his businesses, and most likely he only supervises major decisions within the businesses, leaving him with free time to do this anyway.

Maybe he wanted to do the ad for fun ?

ozzy · 29 Jun 2009 at 21:47

Yea maybe he did it for fun, it's his decision.. but as demonstrated on here, a few people think he's a bit of a numpty - his acting is rubbish, and the ad itself is pretty lame.

shauncr91 · 29 Jun 2009 at 21:49

ozzy said:
Yea maybe he did it for fun, it's his decision.. but as demonstrated on here, a few people think he's a bit of a numpty - his acting is rubbish, and the ad itself is pretty lame.

So? It's something to do with helping people spend money and it has one of the most recognizable millionaires in the country on the advert.

It's brilliant.