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

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    #32
    djan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,751 ✭✭✭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!


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    #33
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users Posts: 24,473 ✭✭✭✭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


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    #34
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users Posts: 24,473 ✭✭✭✭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:


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    #35
    emo72
    Registered Users Posts: 6,197 ✭✭✭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.


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    #36
    Dakota Dan
    Registered Users Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭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.


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    #37
    Dakota Dan
    Registered Users Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭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.


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    #38
    Dakota Dan
    Registered Users Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭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.


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    #39
    Sky King
    Registered Users Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Sky King


    Smart Flies Aer Lingus


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


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    #40
    Dakota Dan
    Registered Users Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭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


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    #41
    alta stare
    Registered Users Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭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.


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    #42
    looksee
    Registered Users Posts: 28,106 ✭✭✭✭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?


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    #43
    Mousewar
    Registered Users Posts: 2,741 ✭✭✭Mousewar


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


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    #44
    Graham
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    "Spreads straight from the fridge"

    It does me boll**


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    #45
    Ciaran
    Registered Users Posts: 908 ✭✭✭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.


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    #46
    dan1895
    Registered Users Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭dan1895


    "Probably the best lager in the world"

    Not even the best mass produced lager in Denmark.


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    #47
    lobbylad
    Registered Users Posts: 124 ✭✭lobbylad


    Nothing works faster than Panadol

    So, eh, take nothing then!


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    #48
    Graham
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    Any ad that contains the word Probiotic.


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    #49
    [Deleted User]
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    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.


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    #50
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    Seth Brundle wrote: »
    "Totally unlimited mobile data" which has usage limits

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


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    #51
    Cordell
    Registered Users Posts: 5,822 ✭✭✭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%.


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    #52
    razorblunt
    Registered Users Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    I've only ever made a complaint and it was mainly caught me on a shít day but the car adverts for the brand new premium range with all the bells and whistles, then says "starts from £xxxxx". However the asterisk then states that the car shown isn't for sale in the UK/Ireland.
    So why the fúck are you (allowed) advertise it then?


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    #53
    Finty Lemon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,404 ✭✭✭Finty Lemon


    Dr. Bre wrote: »
    The banking ads would make you cringe. As if they doing you a favour

    "Payment holiday"
    Code for "prolonged interest payment"

    The cash back offers at drawdown are torture for most men also


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    #54
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users Posts: 16,781 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    Pretty much every carpark.

    €5 per hour.
    Yeah?
    How come I got charged €10 for 65 minutes??

    I can never understand how this "per hour or part thereof" pricing is allowed. It's extremely misleading.


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    #55
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users Posts: 19,615 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    Graham wrote: »
    Any ad that contains the word Probiotic.

    Or Actimel and their 'l-casei immunitas'.They just got some scientist to come up with some bacteria and then put a latin name on immune to make it seem all science-y.

    Advertising of cars usually seems to involve some lad driving fast through the mountains with a smile on their face, driving is shown as a joy and a pleasure. The reality for most drivers is very different when they're grinding gears on the M50 day in and day out.


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    #56
    Hangdogroad
    Registered Users Posts: 4,919 ✭✭✭Hangdogroad


    That there's a massacre going on in Penneys involving chainsaws.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZErCNMJ0VaA


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    #57
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,797 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    SuperValu is more like MediocreValu.


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    #58
    Sultan of Bling
    Registered Users Posts: 1,873 ✭✭✭Sultan of Bling


    "When a man you've never met before suddenly gives you flowers, that's impulse".

    No its not. It's some weirdo, get out of there fast.

    Another one is the tesco online shopping ad where it shows the worker carefully picking out the freshest product for the online order.

    Me hole that happens!!


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    #59
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,440 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Most anti-aging face creams. Oh, look at how good your skin will look if you use our unique product, 93.52789% of women can vouch this. For one thing, your models are, like 16 and 3/4 at a push. For another, they are the kind of porcelain-skinned lucky cows (one in a zillion) who have no visible pores whatsoever. For another, you've tested your products on 3 women, one of which said it was "meh".


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    #60
    cml387
    Registered Users Posts: 8,377 ✭✭✭cml387


    lobbylad wrote: »
    Nothing works faster than Panadol

    So, eh, take nothing then!

    That was Anadin.

    All the weasel words.

    "Helps as part of a balanced diet"
    "Up to 50% off"


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    #61
    vintagecosmos
    Registered Users Posts: 851 ✭✭✭vintagecosmos


    "Non-Iron" Shirts. Or anything for that matter.


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