Craptronic radio/calendar/clock + annoying car dealer ad

This Ultronic T524 "desktop AM/FM radio with calendar clock" is stylish and the radio tuner has pretty good reception on both bands, but the built-in speaker is very tinny, the headphone output is out-of-phase, and it's useless as a clock radio because there's no alarm!

And at the end of the video is a typical high-pressure car dealer radio commercial, with an annoying voice yelling at you (a guy who has done ads for countless different dealers), false promises of easy credit approval, and excessive use of cheesy sound effects and catch-phrases.

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[CenTexVideo]

What a piece of junk. You must have not paid a lot of money for that.

I stay far away from dealerships that have yelling ads. Do a search of Bill Heard Enterprises of Georgia and you'll know what I mean. Bill Heard was probably the dirtiest of all dealerships in modern times.

[vwestlife]

@CenTexVideo That can't be any worse than Brad Benson, the ex-NY Giants football player who now runs a Hyundai dealer in NJ. His favorite trick is to charge $4000 for pinstripes and door edge moldings, and then claim to offer "25 percent off the sticker price on every new car" -- sure, off of his ridiculously inflated mark-up, not off of the factory list price!

[Lachlant1984]

I've had units like that before, I had a touchscreen one that had an FM Auto scan radio, I think they're interesting because the ones I've had have melody alarms, I think they're funny. When you say this doesn't have an alarm, do you mean the alarm doesn't activate the radio, or do you mean it has no alarm full stop? Yeah these are pretty cheap and not very well designed, but you get what you pay for.

[vwestlife]

@Lachlant1984 The clock/calculator part runs off its own coin cell battery, which was dead. I don't think it has any alarm, but if it does, it would just be a little beeper, because it's not connected with the radio at all.

[DrCassette]

The clock radio is cheap, but it does look somewhat interesting. I first thought the calendar was a built-in TV.

All these aggressive credit advertisements are very annoying. In Germany they are rather uncommon, but they are getting more and more.

My bank likes to send me credit application forms all the time. I just have to fill in the amount of money I want and sign it - even the envelope for sending it all back is included. I feel offended by those things.

[TheDanielHolt]

Hah, that ad sounds like something from the radio in the video game GTA.

[netoe]

Man... those car commercials should be illegal.

[DrCassette]

@Knaeckebrotsaege

The amount is still left blank :D

They once even called me to ask if all those letters would reach me. I told them to stop sending them, but they obviously ignored that...

[Knaeckebrotsaege]

@DrCassette you still get ones with the amount left blank?

i already get some with pre-printed example amounts.. just disgusting

[Knaeckebrotsaege]

sounds like they fucked the polarity up when soldering the headphone jack in (or routing the wires/traces to it) lol

[fortyfiveplayer]

Worst car dealer ad EVER? Major World....

[fredo51]

lol no alarm - i guess they thought this would be a piece that set on gordon geckos desk rather than by a bed

[audubon5425]

A couple of dealerships here in New Orleans must use the same service for their ads - the format and voice is identical.

[gmcnewlook]

i had one of those things, dont know where my dad got it, but i think renewing a magazine or automobile club (CAA) either one usally gives crappy gifts for renewing

[CenTexVideo]

@vwestlife $4k for pinstripes! It's a wonder the dealership stays in business with such inflated prices. I guess people aren't doing their homework before buying a car. The people need to pay over-inflated prices so Benson can give cars away to pastors wanting to burn religious books.

[aly369]

@vwestlife Wow thats pretty bad, however in think this tv advert that is still broadcasted today is worse (watch?v=a0-2n8JHc1M).