This ad has been running for a couple of years, but I’m not
so sure it’s a good idea to keep running it. I mean, it demonstrates how easy
it purportedly is to use the Chase Quick Pay system, but it also shows how
cheap Drew Brees is. Because in what world do numerous large holes in a house
and a smashed chandelier cost only $200 to fix? Well, that’s what we see him
sending people for such serious damages to their homes. And Brees is a
multi-millionaire, right? So shouldn’t he pay them what it will really costs to
fix this kind of damage? And right after they finally got their homes fixed
after all that Katrina damage, too! Man, this guy is trading a bit too much on
his sports hero status in expecting to get away with gypping them like this.
But maybe this just goes to prove President Obama’s point about the rich: they
don’t care about anyone else’s problems, and they don’t want to pay their fair
share.
(Just kidding: but this is what the ad’s scenario ends up
making Brees look: like a cheap guy who doesn’t even have the courtesy to
apologize in person for the damage to people’s homes. Or is it just that his
son is so destructive, he’s tired of having to face everyone, and they’re all
so used to it by now, so he doesn’t even have to bother anymore? Kids of
celebrities always seem to get into and cause trouble, don’t they?)
Here’s the cheap & chintzy compensation commercial:
