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

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  • #92
    KKkitty
    Registered Users Posts: 7,534 ✭✭✭KKkitty


    Feminine hair removal products. The model on the telly obviously has waxed legs already so let's glide a razor along them anyway.


  • #93
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,078 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    "We need to talk about haemmorhoids / genital warts / bladder control / explosive diarrhoea and be all excited about it" eeehhh no we don't.

    Just tell us what products to buy but let's not pretend we want to talk about this stuff in excruciating detail while we are trying to watch TV.


  • #94
    Huntergonzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,160 ✭✭✭Huntergonzo


    My favourite one is "Supervalu, real food, real people"

    .....well ye, that's the minimum I expect when shopping for food. How the fúck is that in any way a unique selling point??


  • #95
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,724 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Huntergonzo wrote: »
    My favourite one is "Supervalu, real food, real people"

    .....well ye, that's the minimum I expect when shopping for food. How the fúck is that in any way a unique selling point??

    As opposed to pretend food, made of wax.


  • #96
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,681 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    upupup wrote: »
    I ate lots of Ready brek as a child but never got that glow
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=514382&stc=1&d=1590524751
    AFAIK that ad was filmed in the North of England.

    Up near "I can't believe it's not Windscale*" Sellafield





    * I can't believe it's not Calder Hall


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  • #97
    Darc19
    Registered Users Posts: 3,817 ✭✭✭Darc19


    "The Car in front is a Toyota"

    Great slogan, but could never be true. :D


    Or the best ever.

    "The said it couldn't be done"

    Guinness Light.

    Oh, sh1t, that actually WAS true :D


  • #98
    Better Than Christ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,135 ✭✭✭Better Than Christ


    Darc19 wrote: »
    "The Car in front is a Toyota"

    Great slogan, but could never be true. :D

    "You can with a Nissan"


  • #99
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,176 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    Those women in the chocolate ads having a life changing experience eating chocolate ...like suddenly all their worries are gone no bills ...no annoying kids ....

    Chocolate is not that good.


  • #100
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,681 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


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

    Congrats to the regulator on this :rolleyes:


    It's 20 years since Esat told 2,000 of it's heaviest users to PFO because they were overusing it's "Surf no limits" product.


    It's either unlimited or it's false advertising AKA fraud.


  • #101
    Hercule Poirot
    Registered Users Posts: 4,231 ✭✭✭Hercule Poirot


    KKkitty wrote: »
    Feminine hair removal products. The model on the telly obviously has waxed legs already so let's glide a razor along them anyway.

    Very true, same with male products, show me an ad where you shave a gorilla and I'll buy your product


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  • #102
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,681 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    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)
    I'll allow it

    At 80% you get a text notification and at 100% the speed drops so you don't get hit with extra data charges.

    Tethered to 200Kb/s is better than nothing, and way better than the 2.4Kb/s at 10p every 3 minutes of days gone by.


    The sister product in Italy is €7.99 for 50Gb a month. but they charge you 90c per 100MB after that.


  • #103
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,681 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    Those women in the chocolate ads having a life changing experience eating chocolate ...like suddenly all their worries are gone no bills ...no annoying kids ....

    Chocolate is not that good.

    It is now time to reveal the voice of the Cadbury's Caramel bunny.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjQ5Yw72xtA


    Trust me. You are better off not knowing. This is a thread about untrue claims.

    https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/mar/03/miriam-margolyes-like-men-dont-feel-groin-excitement


  • #104
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,176 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    It is now time to reveal the voice of the Cadbury's Caramel bunny.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjQ5Yw72xtA


    Trust me. You are better off not knowing. This is a thread about untrue claims.

    https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/mar/03/miriam-margolyes-like-men-dont-feel-groin-excitement


    Haha!


  • #105
    Potential-Monke
    Registered Users Posts: 13,802 ✭✭✭✭Potential-Monke


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

    This boiled my pish in the day. I queried it with ComReg. Thought I still had the reply, but yeah, basically because most people don't hit the limit they're allowed to call it unlimited. They couldn't understand the actual meaning of the word unlimited:

    not limited or restricted in terms of number, quantity, or extent.


  • #106
    Junkyard Tom
    Registered Users Posts: 10,117 ✭✭✭✭Junkyard Tom


    Hand cut sandwiches..

    Excuse me, can you cut my sandwich with your hand, please?

    Certainly..

    'PUT DOWN THE DAMN KNIFE AND USE YOUR BLOODY HAND LIKE IT SAYS IN THE ADVERT'


  • #107
    Ronaldinho
    Registered Users Posts: 829 ✭✭✭Ronaldinho


    Lever Brothers will give you your money back.


  • #108
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,339 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home




  • #109
    DrPhilG
    Registered Users Posts: 12,191 ✭✭✭✭DrPhilG


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

    Now they're busy instead conning the world into thinking that their "self charging" hybrids pull electricity out of their arse and run their batteries on kinetic energy for 50% of their driving time when in fact the car has a real life electric range of about 3km, and just burns petrol to recharge the battery.

    Their campaign has been banned as misleading in a number of countries.


  • #110
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users Posts: 81,110 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    That the emergency services in this country will find you faster with Eircode.

    (Sorry if mentioned before, the search function is disabled.)


  • #111
    DrPhilG
    Registered Users Posts: 12,191 ✭✭✭✭DrPhilG


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    That the emergency services in this country will find you faster with Eircode.

    (Sorry if mentioned before, the search function is disabled.)

    I have a friend who was a paramedic and he insisted that it was a big help.

    I know for me, stick my eircode into Google maps and it will take you right to my door.


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  • #112
    KaneToad
    Registered Users Posts: 3,160 ✭✭✭KaneToad


    Mobile telcos claiming 90% coverage in Ireland.
    The small print revealed that it was 90% of the population not 90% of the landmass.


  • #113
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users Posts: 81,110 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    KaneToad wrote: »
    Mobile telcos claiming 90% coverage in Ireland.
    The small print revealed that it was 90% of the population not 90% of the landmass.

    Problem is you get rejections in Ballybackofmyhole when you want to fit a €250k mast to benefit the inhabitants.


  • #114
    Potential-Monke
    Registered Users Posts: 13,802 ✭✭✭✭Potential-Monke


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    Problem is you get rejections in Ballybackofmyhole when you want to fit a €250k mast to benefit the inhabitants.

    Well I bet they're laughing at us now! We allowed the masts and on came Covid. Not happening in their place, nosireebob, no masts, no 5G, no Covid!


  • #115
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,724 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    DrPhilG wrote: »
    I have a friend who was a paramedic and he insisted that it was a big help.

    I know for me, stick my eircode into Google maps and it will take you right to my door.

    One eircode I entered in, got me mid section of a motorway. I was then expected to stop my car on the grass margin and walk the rest of the ways.


  • #116
    Sky King
    Registered Users Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Sky King


    keano_afc wrote: »
    Any laundry detergent that tells me it can get spaghetti sauce out of my white t-shirt and leave it looking exactly like it does when I bought it is lying to me.

    You need to buy the pasta sauce that's so delicious you won't spill a drop.


  • #117
    Gregor Samsa
    Registered Users Posts: 8,905 ✭✭✭Gregor Samsa


    Tic Tacs are made from 94.5% sugar.

    But in the US, the nutritional facts box on the back lists the sugar content as 0g.

    This is because the nutritional facts are done on a "per serving" basis, and they've defined a serving as one singe Tic Tac.

    A Tic Tac weighs .49g. FDA rules only require sugar more than .5g per serving to be reported.

    So 94.5% sugar legally becomes 0g.


  • #118
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,681 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    KaneToad wrote: »
    Mobile telcos claiming 90% coverage in Ireland.
    The small print revealed that it was 90% of the population not 90% of the landmass.
    Kippure probably has 30% population coverage on it's own
    https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Kippure


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