If I had a million dollars
Every year I'm a little surprised that so many car companies advertise their cars as holiday gifts. Look, I like a nice present as much as the next person - but a car?
How do you buy a car for your spouse without him/her knowing? Don't you have to discuss big purchases like this?
These commercials raise lots of troubling questions about personal finance and how relationships work.
Would you be thrilled or angry if your person brought home a new car as a surprise? I'm leaning towards annoyed with a tinge of anger. Why were you holding back so much money for so long? Was it in a high-yield savings account? Did you have a great run in the stock market?
Or worse...
How did you think we'd pay for this freaking thing?
Guess I'm not the target market for these ads.
Labels: 2007, weird stuff
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Totally agree! I would be annoyed if my husband bought me a surprise car. I'm really anal retentive about how we spend money, and can't imagine not being a part of a big decision like that. But then again, I guess some people let their other half take care of finances and wouldn't really know the difference.
Just for laffs I ran the idea by Sarah of getting her a nice new Subaru Legacy. Boy, did that idea ever get shot down in a hurry. As expected. :-)