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Coventina

(29,541 posts) Mon Jul 20, 2020, 01:59 PM Jul 2020

Tom Selleck hawking reverse mortgages on MSNBC (commercial) [View all]

I don't get it.

Why would anyone want to take advice on their home from Tom Selleck?
Is he some sort of financial expert?
He's never going to be in need of a reverse mortgage!
I get that he's paid to hawk these things, I just don't get why it's considered effective?

Ugh.

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Tom Selleck hawking reverse mortgages on MSNBC (commercial) [View all] Coventina Jul 2020 OP

People pay attention to celebrities. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #1

He is a scumbag for selling the product Chainfire Jul 2020 #2

Weird thing is he doesn't need the money jimfields33 Jul 2020 #6

I don't watch Blue Bloods because of him. And because it is a police show. LiberalFighter Jul 2020 #11

Me either. Aristus Jul 2020 #13

It's my guilty pleasure jimfields33 Jul 2020 #32

Never seen it RhodeIslandOne Jul 2020 #34

They do but not heavy handed like they should. No renouncing of bad actions for example jimfields33 Jul 2020 #35

It has dealt with police corruption and questionable police acts. Blue_true Jul 2020 #47

$45 million edhopper Jul 2020 #36

It a trust issue mercuryblues Jul 2020 #3

He is like the third or fourth older celeb to hawk these things. Thomas Hurt Jul 2020 #4

Before dickhole Selleck, it was dickhole Fred Thompson. Such disgusting dirtbags. kysrsoze Jul 2020 #16

and I immediately turn the mute button on...... a kennedy Jul 2020 #5

this commercial disgusts me. i never watch it. samsingh Jul 2020 #9

"This isn't my first rodeo" GreatCaesarsGhost Jul 2020 #7

Yup, exactly, the first time I heard that, I flipped the mute button on...... a kennedy Jul 2020 #12

"If you're like me..........." PatSeg Jul 2020 #8

Reverse Mortgages are awful for almost all home owners. Johnny2X2X Jul 2020 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author kysrsoze Jul 2020 #14

The check cleared and Selleck is a whore TeamPooka Jul 2020 #15

Celebrity endorsements for insurance et al have been around for decades. brooklynite Jul 2020 #17

Reverse mortgages and home equity lines of credit have the same raddled, syphilitic parent: Aristus Jul 2020 #18

But..but, Selleck says "it's not a scheme to take away your home" oasis Jul 2020 #39

And William Shatner is hawking breathing equipment. procon Jul 2020 #19

I can buy into the idea that Shatner needs a CPAP. Money doesn't protect you against aging. Coventina Jul 2020 #21

Shatner isn't hawking breathing equipment. stopbush Jul 2020 #22

More importantly Sgent Jul 2020 #27

All The CPAP Parts... ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #28

I use a CPAP machine every night, and it does what it's supposed to do. stopbush Jul 2020 #30

Yea I meant the cleaning machine Sgent Jul 2020 #50

Selleck stars in a Top 10 weekly television series. He likely makes close to $1 million per episode Blue_true Jul 2020 #48

They drive me nuts wryter2000 Jul 2020 #20

Reverse mortgages, payday loans, etc., are a last ditch effort to stay afloat. Not for most folks. Hoyt Jul 2020 #23

Reagan signed the Reverse Mortgage Act into law. madamesilverspurs Jul 2020 #24

I've never understood Selleck's "sex appeal". Coventina Jul 2020 #25

I read somewhere, TV Guide maybe, that he was filming the pilot for a series that went nowhere. Aristus Jul 2020 #43

I agree Polybius Jul 2020 #60

That advertisement is just like any other advertisement fescuerescue Jul 2020 #26

sounds like people here know exactly what is wrong edhopper Jul 2020 #37

That's true fescuerescue Jul 2020 #51

You specifically said the advertising edhopper Jul 2020 #53

Well we are talking about it fescuerescue Jul 2020 #54

I guarantee edhopper Jul 2020 #55

Oh gosh no fescuerescue Jul 2020 #56

True for the most part edhopper Jul 2020 #57

There's no commercials on the television in our house. hunter Jul 2020 #40

The advertising market is changing for sure fescuerescue Jul 2020 #52

couldn't have said it better! Nature Man Jul 2020 #59

I've hard it said that you should get a reverse mortgage. . . ironflange Jul 2020 #29

And if you don't mind having your home foreclosed on as soon as you step into a long-term Liberal In Texas Jul 2020 #42

If my parents leave me and my siblings anything more than memories I will be sad. hunter Jul 2020 #49

American's bought a Grade B actor for President. nt jalan48 Jul 2020 #31

Robert Wagner, Fred Thompson and James Garner used to advertise for them RhodeIslandOne Jul 2020 #33

good read edhopper Jul 2020 #38

I have a top ten list of ad people I want to see drop dead. Vinca Jul 2020 #41

Lol. I marvel at how they made him such a glamorous Solomon Jul 2020 #45

Reverse mortgages... Happy Hoosier Jul 2020 #44

Medical bills can get you there quickly. Solomon Jul 2020 #46

The television is like a family member in many homes Nature Man Jul 2020 #58

Celebrity...plain and simple. Caliman73 Jul 2020 #61

The problem is how reverse mortgages came about in the first place. WyattKansas Jul 2020 #62

The mantra of the USA is "MORE". Doc_Technical Jul 2020 #63

Have you watched The Kominsky Method? tandem5 Jul 2020 #64

Loved that edhopper Jul 2020 #65

He's been doing it for years Beringia Jul 2020 #66