Claims made on ads that aren't true (nor ever challenged)

veryangryman

When the red bull gives you wings phrase had to be replaced with Red Bull gives you wiings it made me think.

Dunnes Stores always better value

I mean like... better than who? And always?

Where are the lawyers. Put down your crack pipes and get to work!

Any other clear lies in ads you saw?

TuringBot47

veryangryman wrote: »

Any other clear lies in ads you saw?

Probably

Andrewf20

"Kills 99% of bacteria". Its never 93.5% or 100%.

barney shamrock

"Easy open and reseal" packets of rashers.
They're neither.

Pauliedragon

All the ads that told me if I parted with my hard earned cash I'd be hung like a horny Mr Ed after taking a couple of pills. Mrs dragon wasn't too impressed. No wonder I'm divorced.:D

TuringBot47

Andrewf20 wrote: »

"Kills 99% of bacteria". Its never 93.5% or 100%.

I think I read that that percentage is determined over a 5 minute period.
But it kills 100% when given a little more time.

peasant

whiter than white

Conall Cernach

veryangryman wrote: »

When the red bull gives you wings phrase had to be replaced with Red Bull gives you wings it made me think.

Huh? Isn't this the same thing?

JohnFalstaff

Sometimes it takes a rival brand to put the boot in.

For 20 years Toyota used the tagline 'the best built cars in the world' as part of its advertising in Ireland.

In 2016, following a series of widely publicised Toyota recalls, Volkswagen's lawyers in Ireland put in a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority.

Toyota were subsequently prohibited from using the phrase as part of its brand.

They haven't used it since.

PsychoPete

JohnFalstaff wrote: »

Sometimes it takes a rival brand to put the boot in.

For 20 years Toyota used the tagline 'the best built cars in the world' as part of its advertising in Ireland.

In 2016, following a series of widely publicised Toyota recalls, Volkswagen's lawyers in Ireland put in a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority.

Toyota were subsequently prohibited from using the phrase as part of its brand.

They haven't used it since.

In fairness 90s Toyotas were ridiculously reliable

LeYouth

Not an ad, but I remember a story where someone ( i can't remember if it was in the States or Britain) took a tissue company to court because the amount of tissues in a tissue box weren't the same as what the company wrote on the outside. Like this person literally counted out all the tissues lol. Talk about OCD.

fryup

tampons - you can run with them, swim with them, ski with them....i gave them to my cousin who has MS and it didn't make a bit of difference

6o9fv7jpreb180

Conall Cernach wrote: »

Huh? Isn't this the same thing?

Think its "Red Bull gives you wiiiings" . Had to change cos someone sued them

Timberrrrrrrr

Harvey Norman sales

Rob Thomas

The Original and Best = Kelloggs

veryangryman

Conall Cernach wrote: »

Huh? Isn't this the same thing?

Meant to say wiings. Good spot edited

Swiftcover ad from the UK about ten years ago with Iggy Pop advertising insurance for 'people like me' got banned as Swiftcover didn't insure musicians.

PsychoPete

barney shamrock wrote: »

"Easy open and reseal" packets of rashers.
They're neither.

They dont work because theres never rashers left to reseal

Retro.

veryangryman wrote: »

When the red bull gives you wings phrase had to be replaced with Red Bull gives you wiings it made me think.

Dunnes Stores always better value

I mean like... better than who? And always?

Where are the lawyers. Put down your crack pipes and get to work!

Any other clear lies in ads you saw?

Dunnes already changed it

Used to be better value beats them all

Whatever that meant

Capt'n Midnight

TuringBot47 wrote: »

I think I read that that percentage is determined over a 5 minute period.
But it kills 100% when given a little more time.

clostridium perfringens is a fairly common bacteria. It causes greengage. Under ideal conditions it can reproduce in 6.3 minutes. Hot soapy water if you get a cut.

So even if 99% are killed the survivors could repopulate in a little over 44 minutes.

Capt'n Midnight

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

Harvey Norman sales

I see your Harvey Norman and I raise you DFS

Mervyn Skidmore

I'm planning on creating a disinfectant that kills 1% of bacteria and selling it to Domestos.

Porklife

TuringBot47 wrote: »

I think I read that that percentage is determined over a 5 minute period.
But it kills 100% when given a little more time.

Booorrriinnggg!!

Dr. Bre

The banking ads would make you cringe. As if they doing you a favour

ArmaniJeanss

"Todays Bread Today".

It would be reasonable to assume from that tagline that the bread company delivery people actively remove from the shelves any bread which is 2 or 3 days old. And that you wouldn't have to burrow through older stale pans to find the actual fresh bread hidden at the back.

Seth Brundle

"Totally unlimited mobile data" which has usage limits

freshpopcorn

The Head and Shoulders ad where Claudia Winkleman says that's all she uses!

Your Face

No way that horse was going to France.

Richard Hillman

AIB - Backing Brave. Eh no, you're backing the most conservative business plans imaginable from people with massive collateral

barney shamrock

PsychoPete wrote: »

They dont work because theres never rashers left to reseal

True, also because you need a breadknife and a hammer and chisel to open the packet.

lobbylad

Richard Hillman wrote: »

AIB - Backing Brave. Eh no, you're backing the most conservative business plans imaginable from people with massive collateral

And of course the "AIB - Ireland's cheapest mortgage" (which it probably was at the time), but they omitted " - one of Europe's most expensive"

djan

Mr.S wrote: »

This one is really annoying. There's some stupid rule that says that if a majority of customers don't go near the usage limit, they can advertise as unlimited.

eg GoMo

Unlimited Data plastered all over their ads.

(Capped at 80GB)

Some operators in other countries get around this by slowing down the data once you go over the limit, so technically it is unlimited. Not sure if GoMo do, but yes, it's quite annoying!

Cookie_Monster

Andrewf20 wrote: »

"Kills 99% of bacteria". Its never 93.5% or 100%.

most will kill 100% but they're not allowed say it, EU law or something iirc

Cookie_Monster

There's an ad over here that talks about the Guinness book of records saying the largest jigsaw puzzle was done by university students with xxx pieces blah blah and then says thats not the record, Taranaki is. Bloggs Surveyors, surveying, joining landblocks etc etc

It's infuriatingly stupid and wrong in so many ways. It directly accuses the GBoR of lying :rolleyes:

emo72

I think it was Kellogg's all bran back in the day.
"It's tasty, tasty, very very tasty, it's very tasty!"

It wasn't, but how else do you try sell something that's 1 step above cardboard. That's right! Lie. And it worked, sold like hot cakes.

Dakota Dan

veryangryman wrote: »

When the red bull gives you wings phrase had to be replaced with Red Bull gives you wiings it made me think.

Dunnes Stores always better value

I mean like... better than who? And always?

Where are the lawyers. Put down your crack pipes and get to work!

Any other clear lies in ads you saw?

SuperValu, when they are clearly not.

Dakota Dan

Andrewf20 wrote: »

"Kills 99% of bacteria". Its never 93.5% or 100%.

An older ad, kills all know germs dead, as against killing something alive.

Dakota Dan

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

"Todays Bread Today".

It would be reasonable to assume from that tagline that the bread company delivery people actively remove from the shelves any bread which is 2 or 3 days old. And that you wouldn't have to burrow through older stale pans to find the actual fresh bread hidden at the back.

Yesterday’s bread tomorrow.

Sky King

Smart Flies Aer Lingus


I've met some fukin eejits on Aer Lingus flights so that's flagrant false advertising.

Dakota Dan

emo72 wrote: »

I think it was Kellogg's all bran back in the day.
"It's tasty, tasty, very very tasty, it's very tasty!"

It wasn't, but how else do you try sell something that's 1 step above cardboard. That's right! Lie. And it worked, sold like hot cakes.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n1mO-9FYUVI

alta stare

veryangryman wrote: »

When the red bull gives you wings phrase had to be replaced with Red Bull gives you wiings it made me think.

Dunnes Stores always better value

I mean like... better than who? And always?

Where are the lawyers. Put down your crack pipes and get to work!

Any other clear lies in ads you saw?

For some reason when i read this it reminded me of Larry David.

looksee

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

clostridium perfringens is a fairly common bacteria. It causes greengage. Under ideal conditions it can reproduce in 6.3 minutes. Hot soapy water if you get a cut.

So even if 99% are killed the survivors could repopulate in a little over 44 minutes.

Damned autocarrot! Gangrene? Gastroenteritis?

Mousewar

Lynx promising me a literal stampede of gorgeous women.
Didn't happen

Graham

"Spreads straight from the fridge"

It does me boll**

Ciaran

Sky King wrote: »

Smart Flies Aer Lingus


I've met some fukin eejits on Aer Lingus flights so that's flagrant false advertising.

I assumed that they meant Maxwell Smart.

dan1895

"Probably the best lager in the world"

Not even the best mass produced lager in Denmark.

lobbylad

Nothing works faster than Panadol

So, eh, take nothing then!

Graham

Any ad that contains the word Probiotic.

veryangryman

veryangryman wrote: »

Dunnes Stores always better value

I mean like... better than who? And always?

Where are the lawyers. Put down your crack pipes and get to work!

Any other clear lies in ads you saw?

As far as I’m aware there’s a concept of “puffery” where advertising laws are concerned which allows for somewhat grandiose claims to be regarded as a standard element of advertisements, provided they remain as vague mostly unquantifiable claims.

Dravokivich

Seth Brundle wrote: »

"Totally unlimited mobile data" which has usage limits

Vodafone and 3 have removed their "Fair Usage" caps completely recently.

Cordell

All you can eat data.
*as long as you don't eat too much

Lifetime warranty
*as long as you don't live that long

All the "up to" claims. Something that does up to 70% more better, well 0% is still up to 70%.