Comments on: Editorial: The Billy Mays Effect

By: Carlos

Carlos — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:16:03 +0000

This guy is good at what he does…sell. He has the smile, manly look and his products do work. I have bought them and no complaints at all. Oxy clean is a staple now in my house. I did notice the differance right away.

He is not yelling..He is talking to you like back in school. He PROJECTS, Gets your attention and makes you listen. The fact that everyone who hates him in here found the time and location on the net to blog about him and belittle him is sad.

I wanted to know more about him so I googled him and found this…Very sad…

He is making his dream come true…..what are you negitive people doin?..sittin naked in front of your PC and bitching…
finsih off your cupcake and try finding something positive on the net and pass on good things. Makes you feel better.

Billy..keep doin whatcha doin cuz u doin it well.

Aloha

By: JW

JW — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:37:56 +0000

wake up people
scumbag is scumbag
snake oil salesmen are snakeoil salesmen
this is what happens when you have no morals, no ethics, no soul
if you send money to this moron, you are dumber than dumb

By: Harvey

Harvey — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:23:18 +0000

Billy Mays is the most obnoxious whining, screaming asshole on TV and he’s getting rich doing it. Shows how idiotic the citizens of this country are. No wonder nobody realizes that the filthy rich have stolen the country and systematically screw everyone else over and over. Of, by and for the people? Yeah, right!

By: Woodroe

Woodroe — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:40:09 +0000

I wouldn’t buy anything this loud mouth idiot advertizes. He is as adbrasive as J G Wentworth.

By: RJ

RJ — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:14:42 +0000

Sure would like someone to introduct federal legislation to ban Billy Mays commercials! Most items hawked represent ripoffs at the prices asked and are generally available elsewhere at a lot less money. Then there is this man’s soothing tonal quality (not). What an irritating SOB! Maybe a nice man, now with lots of money, but certainly is an abrasive, irritating individual. Can’t decide which is worse - Billy Mays or J G Wentworth. Won’t buy products or services either touts.

By: Poot

Poot — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:35:37 +0000

Seems the older this twit gets the darker his hair and beard become. Next he’ll be hawkin hair dye….or back shoe polish!!!

By: Daura

Daura — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:25:07 +0000

I agree with the person who dives for the remote to mute Billy Mays. I will never buy anything he sells because of the yelling. I initially wondered if he was hearing-impaired as that sometimes accounts for speaking so loud but apparently he is just a loud, abrasive guy. If you watch TV late, you are bombarded with his commercials which are 10 times as loud as the show. They should realize what a turnoff he is to the products.

By: Zathrus

Zathrus — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:20:46 +0000

Honestly, I didn’t even know who he was. But, excluding the SuperBowl and a few other rare occasions, I haven’t watched a commercial in 8 years… really, TiVo is your friend.

By: ann

ann — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:08:32 +0000

I agree with all of you. His stupid yelling is more than irritating. I’m so sick of his screaming and mangy looking beard. I think it’s to the point of not even noticing what he’s pushing because all my attention is on how I can’t stand him.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:58:19 +0000

Does this man ever loose his voice? His voice, loudness, and actions alone will make me NEVER to buy a product he endorses. He drives me nuts with his annoying commercials. It was one thing to sell house wares, tools, etc. but now insurance. What is this insurance company thinking to use Billy Mays as their spokes person? You don’t have to yell to get someone’s attention on TV. For heaven’s sake shave off that stupid beard. Let’s look professional on TV not like you just came in from chopping wood.

By: CortxVortx

CortxVortx — Tue, 27 May 2008 02:30:04 +0000

Hey, people after my own heart! I googled “against Billy Mays” and got this site on the first page. My daughter makes fun of me for keeping the tv remote in reach, just in case that tool comes on. Usually I silence him before he utters a single fingernails-on-the-blackboard syllable.

Roger, I’m with you! Most of the annoying commercials I’ve seen are amateurish local productions, but this is a national menace!

By: Roger

Roger — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:46:21 +0000

I find Billy Mays to be loud and abrasive to the ears and mind. I will NEVER buy a single thing that man is out there yelling about. I hope someone gets irritated enough to start some sort of “ban Billy Mays” movement. I will join in a heartbeat if it has the possibility of removing this irritant from my living room.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:57:59 +0000

The only thing worse than listening to Billy Mays is having to listen to George ‘W’.

By: EDDY

EDDY — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:39:42 +0000

I like Billy Mays. He does what he does well! He is supposed to get your attention..duh! That’s the point. I think he’s probably a real decent guy who’s making a living doing something he does well.

By: Teacher

Teacher — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:31:44 +0000

We found another company that sells the “Hercules Hooks”. I think it was at a craft store. They look to be the same thing(A piece of wire) and sold for a lot less that what Mays pitches on tv.

By: Squid

Squid — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:58:19 +0000

I like him because he reminds me of my friends in Pittsburgh. Everything he hawks has the PAHR of the most PAHRFUL forces in the universe!

He’s the next-best thing to Myron Cope, I’m telling ya.

By: Bruce Fenton

Bruce Fenton — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:34:31 +0000

Billy Mays is sapping this blog of its credibility as we speak…I was really sorry to see him featured on a blog that I otherwise enjoy.

By: ToolFreak

ToolFreak — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:43:21 +0000

RadioShack sells their own “Cold Heat” wire stuff, and the wire stripper tool thing has been around for years and can be had at walmart. I believe I got mine in the discount bin at Ace for $1 or something…

By: Mike Lee

Mike Lee — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:15:50 +0000

Billy Mays is full of it! I brought the cold heat and wire strippers and both didn’t work. Everytime I see his new commericals, I get mad because he made me loose my hard earned cash! So be warned.

By: eschoendorff

eschoendorff — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:12:15 +0000

Billy Mays is a knob.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:14:36 +0000

I pretty much agree with comments 3-6, although I will put in a good word for the Kaboom NeverScrub. There’s another product on the market that’s very similar, but it’s more expensive and isn’t any better. I use a NeverScrub in both the toilets at home and it really does a good job. I wouldn’t exactly call it “Never” Scrub, but definitely “Only-Very-Occasional” Scrub, and that’s better than the alternative, which is “Every Two Days” Scrub, and I’m just not that into cleaning toilets.

By: DocN

DocN — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:54:35 +0000

The problem is, most of what he advertises is junk. Some is at least functional (OxyClean is supposed to be at least a decent, if overpriced, detergent) but much of it, like the “dent removal” kits, are complete junk.

And of the useful stuff, like the putty or cleaners, better versions are available, usually for much less, at most grocery stores or reasonably well stocked hardware stores.

As a marketing scheme it’s quite successful, no doubt about that. But they’re hawking cheap Chinese import crap on the clueless, and I find that at least mildly reprehensible.

Doc.

By: Lee Gibson

Lee Gibson — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:40:17 +0000

That dude makes me stabby.

By: Mel

Mel — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 04:22:51 +0000

Mike P. - Seconded! I have decided I WILL NOT buy anything he advertises even if it looks useful. I do not like to be yelled at.

By: Mike P.

Mike P. — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 03:21:54 +0000

The guy drives me BATTY!
I’ve been known to dive across another person to reach the mute button!