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Abbey National is attempting to entice new customers with a trade-in deal promoted in a series of TV, radio, online and press ads created by Euro RSCG Wnek Gosper.
The pounds 3.3 million campaign has been designed to tell as many consumers as possible about the terms of the deal, where the bank pledges to offer pounds 50 if it cannot make consumers a better offer on their mortgage or current account arrangements.
The print work, running in the national press, contrasts various items which fall short of satisfactory with more plush variants: hard, scratchy loo paper becomes soft and quilted, a Monopoly card for the Old Kent Road becomes Mayfair, a frog changes into a prince and a cramped, economy class airline seat changes into a luxurious business class one.
Continuing the 'Because life's complicated enough' strapline, the TV ad shows a long-suffering wife fantasising about trading her husband in ...