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Companies offering cash for gold are usually not the most tasteful advertisers. Still, this may be the first commercial of its kind to advocate yanking Grandma’s fillings out with pliers before she has even keeled over. "No wonder people hate advertising," writes the guy who sent us the spot. But actually, these ads are even worse when they’re played straight.

—Posted by Tim Nudd

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