Badvertising: FTC To Require Advertisers Using Testimonials To Show Typical Results
Finally the FTC doing something to benefit the consumer....
Finally the FTC doing something to benefit the consumer....
Goodbye Jared...
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That's dumb.
Most people understand that they aren't going to lose as much weight as him. It happened so why can't subway use it?????
Most people understand that they aren't going to lose as much weight as him. It happened so why can't subway use it?????
Probably a good thing...though I think I'd much rather watch a "Jared" Subway commercial then have to sit through that obnoxious "$5 Dollar Footlong" jingle one more time. :skeptical:
Well there goes half of nutrisystems advertisements. As well as bowflex. Does this affect infomercials as well? That would really hurt the "work from home for 5 hours a week and become a millionaire" shows. I was just thinking, maybe I could do that.
Oh I think there will still be plenty of those...the typical results are very repeatable for that particular product...
I don't know how big of a change this would be. It sounds like they'd just have to add "typical results are ___" to their disclaimer.
I think Jared's results are typical, provided you're a 400-pound fast food junkie who suddenly starts eating nothing but a veggie sub for lunch and dinner.
I think Jared's results are typical, provided you're a 400-pound fast food junkie who suddenly starts eating nothing but a veggie sub for lunch and dinner.
So people better not advertise basketball shoes because not everyone who wears them can dunk. People better not advertise baseball bats because not everyone can hit homeruns like in commercials. People better not advertise colognes or any type of clothing because not everyone can attract the opposite sex.
That's not it at all. They just can't advertise that shows will increase your vertical leap by a foot, or that the bat will make you hit the ball 50 feet further, or that cologne will get you laid if it doesn't actually do it.
It's just about making it so ads can't just blatantly lie about what their product is capable of and fix it by saying "results not typical" at the end. It's really just a minor adjustment to the existing rules.
Sounds about right. Stupid ******* federal government.
Just show a picture of the item with the price. Voice reads, "Buy this, its good." This ad brought you by big brother, because you are such a ******* moron you need to be protected from the big bad marketing people.
If that's all it does then diet pills and nutritional supplements might be the only things affected. It always bugged me that they could make wild claims as long as they added "results not typical" and "these statements have not been evaluated by the FDA." Who decides what is typical? The typical Bowflex owner doesn't get completely ripped, but if that typical owner uses it for 4 hours every day he would.
