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

veryangryman · 25-05-2020 9:33pm #1

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 · 25-05-2020 9:51pm

veryangryman wrote: »

Any other clear lies in ads you saw?

Probably

Andrewf20 · 25-05-2020 9:52pm

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

barney shamrock · 25-05-2020 9:54pm

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

Pauliedragon · 25-05-2020 9:58pm

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 · 25-05-2020 9:59pm

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 · 25-05-2020 9:59pm

whiter than white

Conall Cernach · 25-05-2020 10:00pm

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 · 25-05-2020 10:04pm

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 · 25-05-2020 10:07pm

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 · 25-05-2020 10:09pm

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 · 25-05-2020 10:09pm

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 · 25-05-2020 10:09pm

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 · 25-05-2020 10:10pm

Harvey Norman sales

Rob Thomas · 25-05-2020 10:12pm

The Original and Best = Kelloggs

veryangryman · 25-05-2020 10:31pm

Conall Cernach wrote: »

Huh? Isn't this the same thing?

Meant to say wiings. Good spot edited

25-05-2020 10:42pm

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 · 25-05-2020 11:06pm

barney shamrock wrote: »

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

They dont work because theres never rashers left to reseal

Retro. · 25-05-2020 11:10pm

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 · 25-05-2020 11:26pm

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 · 25-05-2020 11:26pm

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

Harvey Norman sales

I see your Harvey Norman and I raise you DFS

Mervyn Skidmore · 25-05-2020 11:31pm

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

Porklife · 25-05-2020 11:47pm

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 · 25-05-2020 11:49pm

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

ArmaniJeanss · 25-05-2020 11:53pm

"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 · 25-05-2020 11:54pm

"Totally unlimited mobile data" which has usage limits

freshpopcorn · 26-05-2020 1:07am

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

Your Face · 26-05-2020 1:57am

No way that horse was going to France.

Richard Hillman · 26-05-2020 3:41am

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

barney shamrock · 26-05-2020 9:02am

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 · 26-05-2020 9:08am

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 · 26-05-2020 9:13am

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 · 26-05-2020 9:14am

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 · 26-05-2020 9:20am

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 · 26-05-2020 9:20am

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 · 26-05-2020 9:23am

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 · 26-05-2020 9:28am

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 · 26-05-2020 9:33am

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 · 26-05-2020 9:34am

Smart Flies Aer Lingus

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

Dakota Dan · 26-05-2020 9:38am

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 · 26-05-2020 9:41am

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 · 26-05-2020 9:42am

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 · 26-05-2020 9:44am

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

Graham · 26-05-2020 9:47am

"Spreads straight from the fridge"

It does me boll**

Ciaran · 26-05-2020 9:50am

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 · 26-05-2020 9:50am

"Probably the best lager in the world"

Not even the best mass produced lager in Denmark.

lobbylad · 26-05-2020 9:51am

Nothing works faster than Panadol

So, eh, take nothing then!

Graham · 26-05-2020 9:53am

Any ad that contains the word Probiotic.

26-05-2020 9:55am

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 · 26-05-2020 9:58am

Seth Brundle wrote: »

"Totally unlimited mobile data" which has usage limits

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

Cordell · 26-05-2020 10:04am

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%.

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

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