freecreditscore.com band

nofi · May 18, 2011, 06:08:56 AM

any thoughts on these guys. looks like they are sponsored by epiphone judging fron the instruments and epiphone 'tour bus' in television ads. seems a bit cheesy to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rikFN5fmXM&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPDdxwiRIl4&feature=relmfu

godofthunder · May 18, 2011, 06:59:43 AM

Chessy maybe but it looks like good work to me.

Dave W · May 18, 2011, 09:04:18 AM

FWIW, freecreditscore.com (a subsidiary of Experian) is not free. You have to enroll in their paid Triple Advantage service to get it "free". They have had to settle several state and federal consent orders due to deceptive advertising.

Shame on the band for doing this. Shame on Gibson/Epi if they're sponsoring this band.

eb2 · May 18, 2011, 10:07:45 AM

The original band was not a real band. They were musician-actors hired to mime the songs that were written and recorded by the guy at the ad agency. Those guys seemed to favor Fenders. They were ditched in favor of the new crew. The true talent is the ad agency guy though. These songs are catchy in an annoying and silly way.

the mojo hobo · May 19, 2011, 07:33:45 AM

The band with the Fenders were singing about freecreditreport.com. These Epi guys are a knock-off.

nofi · May 19, 2011, 08:06:10 AM

where are the monkees when you need them. seriously.

Dave W · May 19, 2011, 08:49:08 AM

Quote from: the mojo hobo on May 19, 2011, 07:33:45 AM
The band with the Fenders were singing about freecreditreport.com. These Epi guys are a knock-off.
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Both sites are owned by Experian. Both designed to mislead.

the mojo hobo · May 19, 2011, 07:36:49 PM

So they no doubt use the same ad agency for both. Makes sense.

uwe · May 20, 2011, 04:37:54 AM

Quote from: eb2 on May 18, 2011, 10:07:45 AM
These songs are catchy in an annoying and silly way.

Yes they are. I don't have issues with bands playing advertising music. But if the policies of the entity are as Dave says, then the product is all wrong.

But I'm wary of anything that claims to be free ("Land of the Free" excepted of course!). Anything that is advertised as free really can't be. As investment bankers used to say (remeber them?): There is absolutely no free lunch.

Dave W · May 20, 2011, 08:52:07 AM

Quote from: uwe on May 20, 2011, 04:37:54 AM
Yes they are. I don't have issues with bands playing advertising music. But if the policies of the entity are as Dave says, then the product is all wrong.

But I'm wary of anything that claims to be free ("Land of the Free" excepted of course!). Anything that is advertised as free really can't be. As investment bankers used to say (remeber them?): There is absolutely no free lunch.

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (2004) requires the three major credit bureaus to each offer consumers a free copy of their credit report, once a year. That's at Annualcreditreport.com and it's really free. You can find out about it from the FTC, but (surprise!) the credit bureaus don't advertise it.

One of the big three, Experian, then opened the two other sites. They apparently think that it's good marketing practice to deceive some people into thinking their site is the free site. As a result of misleading people, Experian has had to settle FTC complaints at least twice, as well as complaints by some state governments. FTC Finally Forces FreeCreditReport.com To Be Honest In Its Advertising